Char * backend names are no longer supported. They have been replaced with elements of the ec_backend_id_t enum.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2be7b5..eccac7e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,33 +98,11 @@ User-facing API Functions
 /* liberasurecode frontend API functions */

 

 /**

- * Returns a list of EC backends implemented/enabled - the user

- * should always rely on the return from this function as this

- * set of backends can be different from the names listed in

- * ec_backend_names above.

- *

- * @param num_backends - pointer to int, size of list returned

- *

- * @return list of EC backends implemented

- */

-const char ** liberasurecode_supported_backends(int *num_backends);

-

-/**

- * Returns a list of checksum types supported for fragment data, stored in

- * individual fragment headers as part of fragment metadata

- *

- * @param num_checksum_types - pointer to int, size of list returned

- *

- * @return list of checksum types supported for fragment data

- */

-const char ** liberasurecode_supported_checksum_types(int *num_checksum_types);

-

-/**

  * Create a liberasurecode instance and return a descriptor 

  * for use with EC operations (encode, decode, reconstruct)

  *

- * @param backend_name - one of the supported backends as

- *        defined by ec_backend_names

+ * @param id - one of the supported backends as

+ *        defined by ec_backend_id_t

  * @param ec_args - arguments to the EC backend

  *        arguments common to all backends

  *          k - number of data fragments

@@ -138,7 +116,7 @@ const char ** liberasurecode_supported_checksum_types(int *num_checksum_types);
  *      

  * @return liberasurecode instance descriptor (int > 0)

  */

-int liberasurecode_instance_create(const char *backend_name,

+int liberasurecode_instance_create(const ec_backend_id_t id,

                                    struct ec_args *args);

 

 /**