An API for Internet Auctions

By Kevin O'Malley and Terence Kelly

Dr. Dobb's Journal September 1998

(a)
// recvBuf sent from the server = 	"auth?id=1234&status=0"
APIStringData  msg(recvBuf);
char *p = msg.Find("status");
assert(p != NULL);
char *p = msg.Find("id");
assert(p != NULL);
(b)
APIStringMsg reply;
reply.AddOpType("auth");
reply.AddTerm("id", 1234);
reply.AddTerm("status", NO_API_ERR);

Example 3: Example of classes: (a) APIStringData; (b) APIStringMsg.

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