# Object/String Conversion

## Functions
HWLOC_DECLSPEC const char * | hwloc_obj_type_string (hwloc_obj_type_t type) __hwloc_attribute_const
| Return a stringified topology object type.
HWLOC_DECLSPEC hwloc_obj_type_t | hwloc_obj_type_of_string (const char *string) __hwloc_attribute_pure
| Return an object type from the string.
HWLOC_DECLSPEC int | hwloc_obj_type_snprintf (char *__hwloc_restrict string, size_t size, hwloc_obj_t obj, int verbose)
| Stringify the type of a given topology object into a human-readable form.
HWLOC_DECLSPEC int | hwloc_obj_attr_snprintf (char *__hwloc_restrict string, size_t size, hwloc_obj_t obj, const char *__hwloc_restrict separator, int verbose)
| Stringify the attributes of a given topology object into a human-readable form.
HWLOC_DECLSPEC int | hwloc_obj_snprintf (char *__hwloc_restrict string, size_t size, hwloc_topology_t topology, hwloc_obj_t obj, const char *__hwloc_restrict indexprefix, int verbose)
| Stringify a given topology object into a human-readable form.
HWLOC_DECLSPEC int | hwloc_obj_cpuset_snprintf (char *__hwloc_restrict str, size_t size, size_t nobj, const hwloc_obj_t *__hwloc_restrict objs)
| Stringify the cpuset containing a set of objects.

## Function Documentation

HWLOC_DECLSPEC int hwloc_obj_attr_snprintf | ( | char *__hwloc_restrict | string,
|  | size_t | size,
|  | hwloc_obj_t | obj,
|  | const char *__hwloc_restrict | separator,
|  | int | verbose |
| ) |  |  |

Stringify the attributes of a given topology object into a human-readable form.

Attribute values are separated by `separator`.

Only the major attributes are printed in non-verbose mode.

Returns:
  how many characters were actually written (not including the ending \0), or -1 on error.

HWLOC_DECLSPEC int hwloc_obj_cpuset_snprintf | ( | char *__hwloc_restrict | str,
|  | size_t | size,
|  | size_t | nobj,
|  | const hwloc_obj_t *__hwloc_restrict | objs |
| ) |  |  |

Stringify the cpuset containing a set of objects.

Returns:
  how many characters were actually written (not including the ending \0).

HWLOC_DECLSPEC int hwloc_obj_snprintf | ( | char *__hwloc_restrict | string,
|  | size_t | size,
|  | hwloc_topology_t | topology,
|  | hwloc_obj_t | obj,
|  | const char *__hwloc_restrict | indexprefix,
|  | int | verbose |
| ) |  |  |

Stringify a given topology object into a human-readable form.

Note:
  This function is deprecated in favor of hwloc_obj_type_snprintf() and hwloc_obj_attr_snprintf() since it is not very flexible and only prints physical/OS indexes.

Fill string `string` up to `size` characters with the description of topology object `obj` in topology `topology`.

If `verbose` is set, a longer description is used. Otherwise a short description is used.

`indexprefix` is used to prefix the `os_index` attribute number of the object in the description. If `NULL`, the `#` character is used.

Returns:
  how many characters were actually written (not including the ending \0), or -1 on error.

HWLOC_DECLSPEC hwloc_obj_type_t hwloc_obj_type_of_string | ( | const char * | string | ) |

Return an object type from the string.

Returns:
  -1 if unrecognized.

HWLOC_DECLSPEC int hwloc_obj_type_snprintf | ( | char *__hwloc_restrict | string,
|  | size_t | size,
|  | hwloc_obj_t | obj,
|  | int | verbose |
| ) |  |  |

Stringify the type of a given topology object into a human-readable form.

It differs from hwloc_obj_type_string() because it prints type attributes such as cache depth.

Returns:
  how many characters were actually written (not including the ending \0), or -1 on error.

HWLOC_DECLSPEC const char* hwloc_obj_type_string | ( | hwloc_obj_type_t | type | ) | const

Return a stringified topology object type.