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+/**
+ * @file
+ * Public interface for computing semantic differences in categories.
+ *
+ * @author Jeremy A. Mowery jmowery@tresys.com
+ * @author Jason Tang jtang@tresys.com
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Tresys Technology, LLC
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef POLDIFF_CAT_DIFF_H
+#define POLDIFF_CAT_DIFF_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+#include <apol/vector.h>
+#include <poldiff/poldiff.h>
+
+ typedef struct poldiff_cat poldiff_cat_t;
+
+/**
+ * Get an array of statistics for the number of differences of each
+ * form for categories.
+ *
+ * @param diff The policy difference structure from which to get the
+ * stats.
+ * @param stats Array into which to write the numbers (array must be
+ * pre-allocated). The order of the values written to the array is
+ * as follows: number of items of form POLDIFF_FORM_ADDED, number of
+ * POLDIFF_FORM_REMOVED, number of POLDIFF_FORM_MODIFIED, number of
+ * POLDIFF_FORM_ADD_TYPE, and number of POLDIFF_FORM_REMOVE_TYPE.
+ */
+ extern void poldiff_cat_get_stats(const poldiff_t * diff, size_t stats[5]);
+
+/**
+ * Get the vector of user differences from the category difference
+ * summary.
+ *
+ * @param diff The policy difference structure associated with the
+ * category difference summary.
+ *
+ * @return A vector of elements of type poldiff_cat_t, or NULL on
+ * error. The caller should <b>not</b> destroy the vector
+ * returned. If the call fails, errno will be set.
+ */
+ extern const apol_vector_t *poldiff_get_cat_vector(const poldiff_t * diff);
+
+/**
+ * Obtain a newly allocated string representation of a difference in
+ * a category.
+ *
+ * @param diff The policy difference structure associated with the category.
+ * @param cat The category from which to generate the string.
+ *
+ * @return A string representation of category difference; the caller is
+ * responsible for free()ing this string. On error, return NULL and
+ * set errno.
+ */
+ extern char *poldiff_cat_to_string(const poldiff_t * diff, const void *cat);
+
+/**
+ * Get the name of the category from a category diff.
+ *
+ * @param cat The category from which to get the name.
+ *
+ * @return Name of the category on success and NULL on failure; if the
+ * call fails, errno will be set. The caller should not free the
+ * returned string.
+ */
+ extern const char *poldiff_cat_get_name(const poldiff_cat_t * cat);
+
+/**
+ * Get the form of difference from a category diff.
+ *
+ * @param cat The category from which to get the difference form.
+ *
+ * @return The form of difference (one of POLDIFF_FORM_*) or
+ * POLDIFF_FORM_NONE on error. If the call fails, errno will be set.
+ */
+ extern poldiff_form_e poldiff_cat_get_form(const void *cat);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* POLDIFF_CAT_DIFF_H */