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Writing Entry Store/Fetch Functions
114 Netscape Directory Server Plug-In Programmer’s Guide • December 2003
Figure 9-1 How the Server Calls Entry Store and Entry Fetch Plug-In Functions
Writing Entry Store/Fetch Functions
Unlike most other types of plug-in functions, entry store and entry fetch plug-in
functions are not passed a parameter block when called. Instead, entry store and
entry fetch plug-in functions must have the following prototype:
void function_name( char **entry, unsigned long *len );
On Windows platforms, use the following prototype and make sure to include the
function in a
.def
file:
__declspec( dllexport ) \
void function_name( char **entry, unsigned long *len );
The parameters are described below: