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.TH CONFDB_OBJECT_CREATE 3 2008-04-17 "corosync Man Page" "Corosync Cluster Engine Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
confdb_object_create \- Create a new object in the Configuration Database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <corosync/confdb.h>
.sp
.BI "confdb_error_t confdb_object_create(confdb_handle_t " handle ", unsigned int " parent_object_handle ",
.BI	void " *object_name ",
.BI	int " object_name_len ",
.BI	unsigned int " *object_handle "); "

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B confdb_object_create
function create a new object in the configuration database. Objects may contain other sub-objects or
keys with values.
.BR
On success the handle of the new object is returned in
.B object_handle.
This value should be used to refer to the object in future, eg when retrieving sub-keys or if the
object is destroyed.
.B parent_object_handle
is the handle of the object that is the parent of the new object. This can be
.B OBJECT_PARENT_HANDLE
if the new object is to be a child of the top-level object.
.BR
Object names are not required to be unique in the database. If you call
.B confdb_object_create
twice with the same parameters you will create two different objects with the same name
but distinct object handles. You can iterate through similarly name objects using the
.B confdb_object_find
call.
.SH RETURN VALUE
This call returns the CONFDB_OK value if successful, otherwise an error is returned.
.PP
.SH ERRORS
The errors are undocumented.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR confdb_initialize (3),
.BR confdb_finalize (3),
.BR confdb_fd_get (3),
.BR confdb_dispatch (3),
.BR confdb_object_create (3),
.BR confdb_object_destroy (3),
.BR confdb_object_parent_get (3),
.BR confdb_key_create (3),
.BR confdb_key_delete (3),
.BR confdb_key_get (3),
.BR confdb_key_replace (3),
.BR confdb_object_find_start (3),
.BR confdb_object_find (3),
.BR confdb_object_iter_start (3),
.BR confdb_object_iter (3),
.BR confdb_key_iter_start (3),
.BR confdb_key_iter (3),
.PP