Single hash entry in the in-memory cache. More...

#include <aaruformat/lru.h>

Data Fields
char *	key
	Null-terminated key string (unique within the cache). May encode numeric keys.
void *	value
	Opaque value pointer associated with key (not freed automatically on eviction/clear).
UT_hash_handle	hh
	uthash handle linking this entry into the hash table (must remain last or per uthash docs).

Detailed Description

Single hash entry in the in-memory cache.

This structure is managed by uthash (open addressing with chaining semantics provided by macros). It represents one key/value association tracked by the cache. The cache implementation supports both string keys (null-terminated) and 64-bit numeric keys; numeric keys are stored by casting to a temporary string buffer upstream (see implementation). Callers do not allocate or free individual entries directly; use the cache API helpers.

Lifetime & ownership:

key points either to a heap-allocated C string owned by the cache or to a short-lived buffer duplicated internally; callers must not free it after insertion.
value is an opaque pointer supplied by caller; the cache does not take ownership of the pointee (caller remains responsible for the underlying object unless documented otherwise).

Definition at line 26 of file lru.h.