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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+* Module m_items                                                           *
+* Connect and disconnect items to and from menus                           *
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "menu.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: m_items.c,v 1.16 2005/01/16 01:02:23 tom Exp $")
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  int set_menu_items(MENU *menu, ITEM **items)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Sets the item pointer array connected to menu.
+|
+|   Return Values :  E_OK           - success
+|                    E_POSTED       - menu is already posted
+|                    E_CONNECTED    - one or more items are already connected
+|                                     to another menu.
+|                    E_BAD_ARGUMENT - An incorrect menu or item array was
+|                                     passed to the function
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+set_menu_items(MENU * menu, ITEM ** items)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("set_menu_items(%p,%p)"), menu, items));
+
+  if (!menu || (items && !(*items)))
+    RETURN(E_BAD_ARGUMENT);
+
+  if (menu->status & _POSTED)
+    RETURN(E_POSTED);
+
+  if (menu->items)
+    _nc_Disconnect_Items(menu);
+
+  if (items)
+    {
+      if (!_nc_Connect_Items(menu, items))
+	RETURN(E_CONNECTED);
+    }
+
+  menu->items = items;
+  RETURN(E_OK);
+}
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  ITEM **menu_items(const MENU *menu)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Returns a pointer to the item pointer array of the menu
+|
+|   Return Values :  NULL on error
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(ITEM **)
+menu_items(const MENU * menu)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("menu_items(%p)"), menu));
+  returnItemPtr(menu ? menu->items : (ITEM **) 0);
+}
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  int item_count(const MENU *menu)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Get the number of items connected to the menu. If the
+|                    menu pointer is NULL we return -1.         
+|
+|   Return Values :  Number of items or -1 to indicate error.
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+item_count(const MENU * menu)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("item_count(%p)"), menu));
+  returnCode(menu ? menu->nitems : -1);
+}
+
+/* m_items.c ends here */