tt_message_handler_ptype - retrieve the handler ptype attribute from a message
#include <Tt/tt_c.h> char *tt_message_handler_ptype(Tt_message m);
ToolTalk Functions tt_message_handler_ptype(3)
NAME
tt_message_handler_ptype - retrieve the handler ptype attribute from a
message
SYNOPSIS
#include <Tt/tt_c.h>
char *tt_message_handler_ptype(Tt_message m);
DESCRIPTION
The tt_message_handler_ptype() function retrieves the handler ptype
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_handler_ptype() function
returns the type of process that should handle this message. The
application can use tt_ptr_error(3) to extract one of the following
Tt_status values from the returned pointer:
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.
APPLICATION USAGE
The application should use tt_free(3) to free any data stored in the
address returned by the ToolTalk API.
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_ptr_error(3), tt_free(3).
ToolTalk 1.3 1 March 1996
tt_message_handler_ptype(3)