Index: ossp-pkg/val/val.pod
RCS File: /v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/val/val.pod,v
rcsdiff -q -kk '-r1.5' '-r1.6' -u '/v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/val/val.pod,v' 2>/dev/null
--- val.pod	2002/01/17 09:22:18	1.5
+++ val.pod	2002/01/17 11:50:06	1.6
@@ -232,6 +232,56 @@
 
 OSSP var.
 
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item simple create, reg, get, destroy
+
+    #include <stdio.h>
+    #include "val.h"
+
+    int main(void)
+    {
+        val_rc_t rc;
+        val_t *v;
+        int example;
+        int pullout;
+
+        if ((rc = val_create(&v)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        if ((rc = val_reg(v, "foo", VAL_TYPE_INT, "foo variable", (void *)&example)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        example = 123;
+        if ((rc = val_get(v, "foo", &pullout)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        printf("pulled example and got %d\n", pullout);
+        if ((rc = val_destroy(v)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+=item reg inline data, structured name, set
+
+    #include <stdio.h>
+    #include "val.h"
+
+    int main(void)
+    {
+        val_rc_t rc;
+        val_t *v1, *v2;
+        int pullout;
+
+        if ((rc = val_create(&v1)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        if ((rc = val_create(&v2)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        if ((rc = val_reg(v1, "bar", VAL_TYPE_VAL, "child", (void *)&v2)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        if ((rc = val_reg(v1, "bar.foo", VAL_TYPE_INT, "foo variable", NULL)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        if ((rc = val_set(v2, "foo", 456)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        if ((rc = val_get(v1, "bar.foo", &pullout)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        printf("pulled example and got %d\n", pullout);
+        if ((rc = val_destroy(v2)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        if ((rc = val_destroy(v1)) != VAL_OK) exit(-1);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+=back
+
 =head1 HISTORY
 
 B<OSSP val> was invented in January 2002 by Thomas Lotterer and Ralf S.