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Chapter 32: State

1. Introduction

The state record is used to store an arbitrary ASCII string.

2. Field Summary

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Field  Type    DCT  Initial  Access  Modify  Rec Proc   PP   
                                             Monitor         
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VAL    STRING  Yes  Null     Yes     Yes     Yes        Yes  
OVAL   STRING  No   Null     Yes     No                      
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3. Field Descriptions

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Name  Summary      Description                              
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VAL   Value Field  An arbitrary string value                
OVAL  Old Value    Used to decide when to invoke monitors.  
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4. Record Support Routines

Two record support routines are provided:

process

process triggers monitors on VAL when it changes and scans the forward link if necessary.

get_value

get_value fills in struct valueDes so that it refers to VAL.
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