add mulikey support to configuration

codes/configuration.h

@@ -72,6 +72,24 @@ int configuration_get_value(ConfigHandle *handle,
                             char *value,
                             size_t length);
 
+
+/*
+ * Get's the values for a give section/key pair which has multiple values.
+ * Caller's responsible for transforming it to a useable type.
+ * Assumes the key name is a MULTIKEY configuration type.
+ * 
+ * handle - configuration handle
+ * section_name - name of the section the key is in
+ * key_name - name of the key
+ * values - array of points to values (must be freed by caller)
+ * length - number of value items
+ */
+int configuration_get_multivalue(ConfigHandle *handle,
+                                 const char * section_name,
+                                 const char * key_name,
+                                 char ***values,
+                                 size_t *length);
+
 /*
  * Get's the value for a give section/key pair and converts it to an int.
  * Assumes the key name is a KEY configuration type.

src/util/configuration.c

@@ -87,6 +87,26 @@ int configuration_get_value(ConfigHandle *handle,
     return rc;
 }
 
+int configuration_get_multivalue(ConfigHandle *handle,
+                                 const char *section_name,
+                                 const char *key_name,
+                                 char ***values,
+                                 size_t *len)
+{
+    SectionHandle section_handle;
+    int           rc;
+
+    rc = cf_openSection(*handle, ROOT_SECTION, section_name, &section_handle);
+    assert(rc == 1);
+
+    rc = cf_getMultiKey(*handle, section_handle, key_name, values, len);
+    assert(rc);
+
+    (void) cf_closeSection(*handle, section_handle);
+
+    return rc;
+}
+
 int configuration_get_value_int (ConfigHandle *handle,
                                  const char *section_name,
                                  const char *key_name,