ofproto: Improve abstraction by adding function ofproto_parse_name().

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / ofproto / names.c

diff --git a/ofproto/names.c b/ofproto/names.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Nicira Networks.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "ofproto/ofproto.h"
+
+#include "dpif.h"
+
+/* This function is in a separate file because it is the only ofproto function
+ * required by ovs-ofctl, which allows ovs-ofctl to avoid linking in extra
+ * baggage. */
+
+/* Parses 'ofproto_name', which is of the form [type@]name into component
+ * pieces that are suitable for passing to ofproto_create().  The caller must
+ * free 'name' and 'type'. */
+void
+ofproto_parse_name(const char *ofproto_name, char **name, char **type)
+{
+    dp_parse_name(ofproto_name, name, type);
+}
+