sousa-gecko/docs/nspr/reference/hash_tables.md

This chapter describes the hash table functions in the plds (portable library — data structures) library of NSPR. The hash table library functions are declared in the header file plhash.h.

:::{warning} Warning: The NSPR hash table library functions are not thread safe. :::

A hash table lookup may change the internal organization of the hash table (to speed up future lookups).

• Hash Table Types and Constants
• Hash Table Functions

(hash-table-types-and-constants)=

Hash Table Types and Constants

• PLHashEntry
• {ref}PLHashTable
• PLHashNumber
• PLHashFunction
• {ref}PLHashComparator
• PLHashEnumerator
• PLHashAllocOps

(hash-table-functions)=

Hash Table Functions

• {ref}PL_NewHashTable
• {ref}PL_HashTableDestroy
• {ref}PL_HashTableAdd
• {ref}PL_HashTableRemove
• {ref}PL_HashTableLookup
• {ref}PL_HashTableEnumerateEntries
• {ref}PL_HashString
• {ref}PL_CompareStrings
• {ref}PL_CompareValues