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Functions

Comparator Functions Compare two sets of data as arrays of various types and return their ordering

	int	IXCompareBytes(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareUnsignedBytes(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareShorts(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareUnsignedShorts(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareLongs(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareUnsignedLongs(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareFloats(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareDoubles(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareShort(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareUnsignedShort(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareLong(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareUnsignedLong(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareFloat(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareDouble(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareStringAndUnsigneds(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareUnsignedAndStrings(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareStrings(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)
	int	IXCompareMonocaseStrings(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, const void *context)

Comparison Format Functions Compare two arrays of data based on a type encoding and return their ordering

int

IXFormatComparator(const void *data1, unsigned short length1, const void *data2, unsigned short length2, void *format)

IXBTree Locking Macros Lock and unlock an IXBTree for thread-safe access

	void	IXLockBTreeMutex(IXBTree *aBTree)
	void	IXUnlockBTreeMutex(IXBTree *aBTree)

IXStoreBlock Archiving Functions Archive or unarchive an object to or from an IXStore

	unsigned int	IXWriteRootObjectToStore(IXStore *aStore, unsigned int aHandle, id anObject)
	id	IXReadObjectFromStore(IXStore *aStore, unsigned int aHandle, NXZone *aZone)