API for the CSlib

The CSlib is a C++ class, so it can be used directly from C++. It can also be used by any langauge which can call C functions, since a C-style interface to the library is provided. A Fortran 2003 iso_c_binding interface file and a Python wrapper are also provided, both of which use the C interface.

The APIs for all these languages are conceptually identical, they just differ in syntax.

The C++, C, Fortran, and Python apps in the test dir illustrate use of this API. They call all of the functions listed below. These apps are described in this section.

When running a parallel client or server app, all the processors in the app should typically make the same calls at the same time to the CSlib. Several of the CSlib methods are effectively synchronizing (as noted on their doc pages), meaning they perform internal MPI communication between the processors in a single app.

Here is the short list of all the CSlib functions, from the C++ class header file. Click on a link for an explanation, including example code for how to call the CSlib from various languages.

Language requirements:

This page describes how to use the CSlib from apps written in different languages.

Create and destroy:

CSlib(int csflag, char *mode, char *txt, MPI_Comm *pworld);
~CSlib();

Send a message:

void send(int msgID, int nfield);
void pack_int(int id, int value);
void pack_int64(int id, int64_t value);
void pack_float(int id, float value);
void pack_double(int id, double value);
void pack_string(int id, char *string);
void pack(int id, int ftype, int flen, void *data);
void pack_parallel(int id, int ftype, int nlocal, int *ids, int nper, void *data);

Receive a message:

int recv(int &nfield, int *&fieldID, int *&fieldtype, int *&fieldlen);
int unpack_int(int id);
int64_t unpack_int64(int id);
float unpack_float(int id);
double unpack_double(int id);
char *unpack_string(int id);
void *unpack(int id);
void unpack_parallel(int id, int nlocal, int *ids, int nper, void *data);

Query statistics:

int extract(int flag);