Storing custom information in the client

SYNOPSIS

#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
Compile and link with -lmemcached
void *memcached_get_user_data(memcached_st *ptr)
Parameters:ptr -- pointer to initialized memcached_st struct
Returns:opaque pointer to the user supplied data
void *memcached_set_user_data(memcached_st *ptr, void *data)
Parameters:
  • ptr -- pointer to initialized memcached_st struct
  • data -- opaque pointer to user supplied data
Returns:

opaque pointer to the previously set data

DESCRIPTION

libmemcached allows you to store a pointer to a user specific data inside the memcached_st structure.

memcached_set_user_data() is used to set the user specific data in the memcached_st structure.

memcached_get_user_data() is used to retrieve the user specific data in the memcached_st structure.

RETURN VALUE

memcached_set_user_data() returns the previous value of the user specific data.

memcached_get_user_data() returns the current value of the user specific data.