API: Introduce value and datatype structs to Extern C

Summary

See #22 (closed). Introduce datatype and value structs to the Extern C interface which are then used to set and get property and entity values and datatypes. For this, an AbstractValue class was introduced to libcaosdb.

Focus

The former implementations of the caosdb_entity_{property,entity}_get_<type>_value functions have been replaced by the corresponding get functions that operate on value structs. In the same way, the former ..._{set,get}_datatype(char *, bool, bool) functions have been replaced by the corresponding caosdb_entity_datatype_is_<type> and caosdb_entity_datatype_get_datatype_name functions. The tests in test_ccaosdb have been adapted and extended.

Test Environment

Unit and integration tests should be sufficient.

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include/ccaosdb.h

@@ -424,7 +424,14 @@ int caosdb_entity_value_is_string(caosdb_entity_value *value, bool *out);
 int caosdb_entity_value_is_double(caosdb_entity_value *value, bool *out);
 int caosdb_entity_value_is_integer(caosdb_entity_value *value, bool *out);
 int caosdb_entity_value_is_bool(caosdb_entity_value *value, bool *out);
-int caosdb_entity_value_is_list(caosdb_entity_value *value, bool *out);
+int caosdb_entity_value_is_vector(caosdb_entity_value *value, bool *out);
+int caosdb_entity_value_get_as_string(caosdb_entity_value *value, char **out);
+int caosdb_entity_value_get_as_double(caosdb_entity_value *value, double *out);
+int caosdb_entity_value_get_as_integer(caosdb_entity_value *value, int64_t *out);
+int caosdb_entity_value_get_as_bool(caosdb_entity_value *value, bool *out);
+int caosdb_entity_value_get_as_vector_size(caosdb_entity_value *value, int *out);
+int caosdb_entity_value_get_as_vector_at(caosdb_entity_value *value, caosdb_entity_value *out,
+                                         const int index);
 
 // CONSTRUCTORS AND DESTRUCTORS
 int caosdb_entity_create_entity(caosdb_entity_entity *out);
@@ -441,14 +448,14 @@ int caosdb_entity_create_int_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const int64_t value
 int caosdb_entity_create_string_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const char *value);
 int caosdb_entity_create_double_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const double value);
 int caosdb_entity_create_bool_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const bool value);
-int caosdb_entity_create_int_list_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const int64_t *value,
-                                        const int length);
-int caosdb_entity_create_string_list_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const char **value,
+int caosdb_entity_create_int_vector_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const int64_t *value,
+                                          const int length);
+int caosdb_entity_create_string_vector_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const char **value,
+                                             const int length);
+int caosdb_entity_create_double_vector_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const double *value,
+                                             const int length);
+int caosdb_entity_create_bool_vector_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const bool *value,
                                            const int length);
-int caosdb_entity_create_double_list_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const double *value,
-                                           const int length);
-int caosdb_entity_create_bool_list_value(caosdb_entity_value *out, const bool *value,
-                                         const int length);
 int caosdb_entity_delete_value(caosdb_entity_value *out);
 
 // SETTERS FOR EVERYTHING THAT MAY BE SET