Function Categories

The Service Provider Layer API functions can be divided into three categories:

• Data store functions, which facilitate activities related to the public module and underlying data service themselves. These functions include configure(), mklocation(), status(), and version().

• dhcptab container functions, which facilitate the creation of the dhcptab container, the writing of records to the dhcptab container, and the query of records in the dhcptab container. The open_dt() function creates a handle for the container, and the other functions take a pointer to that handle. The close_dt() function destroys the handle when it closes the container.

• Network container functions, which facilitate the creation of DHCP network containers, the writing of records to the network containers, and the query of records in the network containers. The open_dn() function creates a handle for the container, and the other functions take a pointer to that handle. The close_dn() function destroys the handle when it closes the container.

The functions are described in more detail in Chapter 3, Service Provider Layer API.