DataBlade API header files
The DataBlade® API header files begin with the mi prefix. The DataBlade API provides public header files for use in DataBlade API modules.
| Header file | Description |
|---|---|
| mi.h | The main DataBlade
API header
file It includes other DataBlade API public header files: milib.h, milo.h, and mitrace.h. The mi.h header file does not automatically include mistrmtype.h. To use the stream I/O functions of the DataBlade API, you must explicitly include mistrmtype.h. |
| milib.h | Defines function prototypes for the public entry
points and public declarations of required data type structures and
related macros The mi.h header file automatically includes milib.h. |
| mitypes.h | Defines all DataBlade
API simple
data types, accessor macros for these data types, and directly related
value macros The mitypes.h header file automatically includes the Informix® ESQL/C header files: datetime.h, decimal.h, and int8.h. The milib.h header file automatically includes mitypes.h. |
| milo.h | Defines the data type structures, values, and function
prototypes for the smart-large-object interface (functions that have
names starting with mi_lo_) The mi.h header file automatically includes milo.h. |
| mistream.h | Contains definitions for stream data structures,
error constants, and generic stream I/O functions The mistrmtype.h and mistrmutil.h header files automatically include mistream.h. |
| mistrmtype.h | Contains definitions for the type-specific stream-open
functions that the DataBlade
API provides The mistrmtype.h header file automatically includes mistream.h; however, the mi.h header file does not include mistrmtype.h. You must explicitly include mistrmtype.h to use the stream I/O functions of the DataBlade API. |
| mistrmutil.h | Contains definitions for the stream-conversion
functions that the DataBlade
API provides
for use in streamwrite() and streamread() opaque-type
support functions The mistrmutil.h header file automatically includes mistream.h; however, the mi.h header file does not include mistrmutil.h. You must explicitly include mistrmutil.h to use the stream-conversion functions of the DataBlade API. |
| mitrace.h | Defines the data type structures, values, and function
prototypes for the DataBlade
API trace
facility The mi.h header file automatically includes mitrace.h. |
| miconv.h | Contains convention definitions, including on/off
switches based on architecture, compiler type, and so on Other parts of the code use these switches to define data types correctly. The mitypes.h header file automatically includes miconv.h. |
| memdur.h | Contains the definition of the MI_MEMORY_DURATION data
type, which enumerates valid public memory durations The milib.h header file automatically includes memdur.h. |
The mi.h header file provides access to most of the DataBlade API header files in the preceding table. Include this header file in your DataBlade API module to obtain declarations of most DataBlade API functions and data types.
| Header file | Description |
|---|---|
| minmmem.h | Includes the minmdur.h and minmprot.h header
files, which are necessary for access to advanced memory durations
and memory-management functions Neither the mi.h nor milib.h header file automatically includes minmmem.h. You must explicitly include minmmem.h to use advanced memory durations or memory-management functions. |
| minmdur.h | Contains definitions for the advanced memory durations
The minmmem.h header file automatically includes minmdur.h. You must explicitly include minmmem.h to use advanced memory durations. |
| minmprot.h | Contains definitions for the advanced DataBlade
API functions
The minmmem.h header file automatically includes minmdur.h. You must explicitly include minmmem.h to use advanced functions. |