Hi David -
Have a look at “Radius/Radius.pm”.
$p->getUserName
calls getUserName in Radius.pm
$p->get_attr('User-Name’)
calls get_attr() with the attribute name ‘User-Name’ from the dictionary (see
“Radius/AttrVal.pm”)
$p->getAttrByNum($Radius::Radius::USER_NAME)
calls getAttrByNum() with USER_NAME (both are defined in Radius.pm)
This last one is the most efficient (and doesn’t use the dictionary).
regards
Hugh
> On 17 Aug 2019, at 06:10, David Rose <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Looking at cleaning up some of our hook processing and was looking through
> some of the example hooks provided with Radiator. While doing so I noticed
> there are a number of ways to get attributes and was wondering why certain
> methods were used in different example hooks.
>
> For example I found these for getting user names:
>
> - $p->getUserName
> - $p->get_attr('User-Name')
> - $p->getAttrByNum($Radius::Radius::USER_NAME)
>
> All seem to be capable of doing the same thing. Even in our hooks there are
> differences in which is used and I would prefer to change this so that our
> hooks are at least consistent (unless there is reason not to do so).
>
> Are there reasons to use one over the other? For example, do some have better
> performance or take up fewer resources? Perhaps there are specific use cases
> when one should be used over another? Or maybe some are decprecated and
> should be avoided?
>
> I just want to make sure that I make the best choices while cleaning up our
> own code and couldn't find anything documenting the differences. Thank you in
> advance for any information you provide.
>
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