Function msAddNewSymbol

mapsymbol.c:664–685

* Add a default new symbol. If the symbol name exists * return the id of the symbol. */

 * return the id of the symbol.
 */
int msAddNewSymbol(mapObj *map, char *name)
{
    int i = 0;
 
    if (!map || !name)
      return -1;

    i = msGetSymbolIndex(&map->symbolset, name, MS_TRUE);
    if (i >= 0)
      return i;

    /* Allocate memory for new symbol if needed */
    if (msGrowSymbolSet(&(map->symbolset)) == NULL)
        return -1;

    i = map->symbolset.numsymbols;  
    map->symbolset.symbol[i]->name = msStrdup(name);

    map->symbolset.numsymbols++;

    return i;
}

/* msAppendSymbol and msRemoveSymbol are part of the work to resolve
 * MapServer bug 579.