pips_entity_get_provider()

Get the publish/subscribe provider for an entity

Synopsis:

#include <pips/publication.h>

pips_provider_t* pips_entity_get_provider(pips_entity_t *const entity)

Arguments:

entity: A pointer to the entity whose provider is requested

Library:

pips-client

Description:

This function gets a handle to the publish/subscribe provider associated with the given entity. The entity may represent a topic, a namespace, or an actual provider.

Returns:

On success, a handle (which is a pointer to a pips_provider_t structure) to the provider associated with the current entity. On error, NULL (errno is set).

Errors:

ENOTTY: The entity is invalid.
EFAULT: The entity was not correctly initialized.