contrib/examples/myplugin.c: Use a compound literal in the example plugin, too.

diff --git a/contrib/examples/myplugin.c b/contrib/examples/myplugin.c
index e1b89f6..71fb5f8 100644 (file)
--- a/contrib/examples/myplugin.c
+++ b/contrib/examples/myplugin.c
@@ -85,36 +85,50 @@ static int my_init (void)
 } /* static int my_init (void) */
 
 /*
- * This function is called in regular intervalls to collect the data.
+ * This is a utility function used by the read callback to populate a
+ * value_list_t and pass it to plugin_dispatch_values.
  */
-static int my_read (void)
+static int my_submit (gauge_t value)
 {
-       value_t values[1]; /* the size of this list should equal the number of
-                                                 data sources */
        value_list_t vl = VALUE_LIST_INIT;
 
-       /* do the magic to read the data */
-       values[0].gauge = random ();
-
-       vl.values     = values;
+       /* Convert the gauge_t to a value_t and add it to the value_list_t. */
+       vl.values = &(value_t) { .gauge = value };
        vl.values_len = 1;
-       vl.time       = time (NULL);
+
+       /* Only set vl.time yourself if you update multiple metrics (i.e. you
+        * have multiple calls to plugin_dispatch_values()) and they need to all
+        * have the same timestamp. */
+       /* vl.time = cdtime(); */
+
        sstrncpy (vl.host, hostname_g, sizeof (vl.host));
        sstrncpy (vl.plugin, "myplugin", sizeof (vl.plugin));
 
        /* it is strongly recommended to use a type defined in the types.db file
         * instead of a custom type */
-       sstrncpy (vl.type, "myplugin", sizeof (vl.plugin));
+       sstrncpy (vl.type, "myplugin", sizeof (vl.type));
        /* optionally set vl.plugin_instance and vl.type_instance to reasonable
         * values (default: "") */
 
        /* dispatch the values to collectd which passes them on to all registered
         * write functions */
-       plugin_dispatch_values (&vl);
+       return plugin_dispatch_values (&vl);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function is called in regular intervalls to collect the data.
+ */
+static int my_read (void)
+{
+       /* do the magic to read the data */
+       gauge_t value = random ();
+
+       if (my_submit (value) != 0)
+               WARNING ("myplugin plugin: Dispatching a random value failed.");
 
        /* A return value != 0 indicates an error and the plugin will be skipped
         * for an increasing amount of time. */
-    return 0;
+       return 0;
 } /* static int my_read (void) */
 
 /*