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Chapter 5 - Option Management / Option Management Reference

Functions / Finding Options

OTFindOption

Finds a specific option in an options buffer.

C INTERFACE

TOption* OTFindOption (UInt8* buffer, UInt32 buflen, 
                       OTXTILevel level, OTXTIName name);

C++ INTERFACE

None. C++ applications use the C interface to this function.

PARAMETERS

buffer

A pointer to the buffer containing the option to be found.

buflen

The size of the buffer containing the option to be found.

level

The protocol of the option to be found.

name

The name of the option to be found.

DESCRIPTION

Given a buffer such as might be returned by the OTOptionManagement function or by any endpoint function that returns a buffer containing option information, you can use the OTFindOption function to find a specific option in the buffer.

SEE ALSO

To parse through a buffer, option by option, use the OTNextOption function (described next).

To convert option information in a buffer into a string, use the OTCreateOptionString function (page 5-42).