hc_schema_get_length

Looks up length of char and string attribute fields.

Synopsis

     hcerr_t hc_schema_get_length(hc_schema_t *schema, 
          char *name, int *length);

Description

This function looks up the length of a char or string field associated with a given attribute name in the current metadata schema, or returns an error if the name is not known.

Parameters

schema

IN: The schema to interrogate.

name

IN: The attribute name to look up in the schema.

length

OUT: Updated to be the length of the field associated with that name in the schema.

Return Codes

     HCERR_OK
     HCERR_BAD_REQUEST
     HCERR_INVALID_SCHEMA
     HCERR_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT