assert(added);
}
+/* Searches for 'name' in 'sh'. If it does not already exist, adds it along
+ * with 'data' and returns NULL. If it does already exist, replaces its data
+ * by 'data' and returns the data that it formerly contained. */
+void *
+shash_replace(struct shash *sh, const char *name, const void *data)
+{
+ size_t hash = hash_name(name);
+ struct shash_node *node;
+
+ node = shash_find__(sh, name, hash);
+ if (!node) {
+ shash_add_nocopy__(sh, xstrdup(name), data, hash);
+ return NULL;
+ } else {
+ void *old_data = node->data;
+ node->data = (void *) data;
+ return old_data;
+ }
+}
+
void
shash_delete(struct shash *sh, struct shash_node *node)
{
}
return true;
}
+
+/* Chooses and returns a randomly selected node from 'sh', which must not be
+ * empty.
+ *
+ * I wouldn't depend on this algorithm to be fair, since I haven't analyzed it.
+ * But it does at least ensure that any node in 'sh' can be chosen. */
+struct shash_node *
+shash_random_node(struct shash *sh)
+{
+ return CONTAINER_OF(hmap_random_node(&sh->map), struct shash_node, node);
+}