tt_message_address - retrieve the address attribute from a message
#include <Tt/tt_c.h> Tt_address tt_message_address(Tt_message m);
tt_message_address(3) ToolTalk Functions tt_message_address(3)
NAME
tt_message_address - retrieve the address attribute from a message
SYNOPSIS
#include <Tt/tt_c.h>
Tt_address tt_message_address(Tt_message m);
DESCRIPTION
The tt_message_address() function retrieves the address attribute from
the specified message.
The m argument is the opaque handle for the message involved in this
operation.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the tt_message_address() function returns a
value that specifies which message attributes form the address of this
message. The tt_message_address() function returns one of the follow-
ing Tt_address values:
TT_HANDLER
The message is addressed to a specific handler that can per-
form this operation with these arguments.
TT_OBJECT
The message is addressed to a specific object that can per-
form this operation with these arguments.
TT_OTYPE
The message is addressed to the type of object that can per-
form this operation with these arguments.
TT_PROCEDURE
The message is addressed to any process that can perform
this operation with these arguments.
Note that messages of class TT_OFFER may only be sent with an address
of TT_PROCEDURE. Attempting to send an Offer with any other address
will result in an error return of TT_ERR_ADDRESS.
The application can use tt_int_error(3) to extract one of the following
Tt_status values from the returned integer:
TT_OK The operation completed successfully.
TT_ERR_NOMP
The ttsession(1) process is not running and the ToolTalk
service cannot restart it.
TT_ERR_POINTER
The pointer passed does not point to an object of the cor-
rect type for this operation.
TT_ERR_ADDRESS
The specified Tt_address is invalid.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | library/tooltalk |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Committed |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
tt_c(5), tt_int_error(3).
ToolTalk 1.3 1 March 1996 tt_message_address(3)