These functions retrieve information on a SMIng Attribute definition (SMIng).
smiGetAttribute(SmiClass*smiClassPtr,char*name) returns a pointer to structSmiAttribute for the
Attribute with the given name in the given class(smiClassPtr), or NULL if the attribute with the given
name does not exist.
smiGetFirstAttribute(SmiClass*smiClassPtr) and smiGetNextAttribute(SmiAttribute*smiAttributePtr) are
used to iterate through the attributes of the class given by smiClassPtr. They return a pointer to structSmiAttribute that represents an attribute or NULL if there are no attributes left in the class, or error
has occurred.
smiGetAttributeParentClass(SmiAttribute*smiAttributePtr) returns a pointer to a structSmiClass,
pointing to the parent class of the given smiAttributePtr, or NULL if the attribute does not reference
class. Note that attributes always have either parent type or parent class.
smiGetAttributeParentType(SmiType*smiAttributePtr) returns a pointer to a structSmiType, pointing to
the parent type of the given smiAttributePtr, or NULL if the attribute does not reference type. Note
that attributes always have either parent type or parent class.
smiGetFirstUniqueAttribute(SmiClass*smiClassPtr) and smiGetNextUniqueAttribute(SmiType*smiAttributePtr)
are used to iterate through the unique attributes of the class given by smiClassPtr. They return a
pointer to structSmiAttribute that represents a unique attribute or NULL if there are no unique
attributes left in the class, or error has occurred. This function MUSTNOT be used for scalar classes,
so it should only be called after isClassScalar() has returned 0.
smiGetAttributeFirstRange(SmiAttribute*smiAttributePtr), and smiGetAttributeNextRange(SmiRange*smiRangePtr) are used to iterate through ranges that restrict number or octet string types. Both
functions return a pointer to the structSmiRange representing the range, or NULL if there are no more
ranges, or error has occurred.
smiGetAttributeFirstNamedNumber(SmiAttribute*smiAttributePtr) and
smiGetAttributeNextNamedNumber(SmiNamedNumber*smiNamedNumberPtr) are used to iterate through named
numbers of bits or enumerations for attributes, which reference types, and to retrieve the reference
restriction of a pointer. Both functions return a pointer to the struct SmiNamedNumber representing the
named number, or NULL if there are no named numbers left, or error has occurred.
smiGetFirstNamedNumber() can be used to retrieve the name of the identity that is restricting Pointer
type, as it is stored as the name of the first named number.