EDCS Binding to C

6  Function definitions

6.1  Introduction

6.1.1  Table of contents

6.1.2  Notational conventions

The binding of each EDCS function utilizes the following template:

Abstract Function:  EDCS Abstract Function Name

ReturnValueDataType EDCS_FunctionName (

. . .

);

The EDCS C binding function name is formed by a sentinal “EDCS_” followed by the name without spaces and with words capitalized. The EDCS abstract function name is the name used in ISO/IEC 18025.

The return value data type and parameter data types may be found in clause 5 of this standard or may be a standard C data type (e.g., void). If the parameter data type is preceded by the word “const”, the input parameter is a pointer to a structured representation type.

The parameter names are formed by using lower case words separated by underscores.

To the right of each parameter declaration is a C comment field which provides a brief description of the parameter. If the comment begins with “OUT”, it means the argument is used as an output parameter; the implementation returns data to the application through this argument. If the comment begins with “I/O”, it means the argument both provides data necessary for the correction operation of the function as well as returning results from a function. Arguments without “OUT” are input-only parameters.

6.2  Conversion API functions

Abstract Function:  ConvertQuantityValue

EDCS_Status_Code EDCS_ConvertQuantityValue (

);

Abstract Function:  Get_Highest_Codes_Used

EDCS_Status_Code EDCS_GetHighestCodesUsed (

);