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/**
* @file dict.h
* @author Radek Krejci <rkrejci@cesnet.cz>
* @brief libyang dictionary
*
* Copyright (c) 2015-2018 CESNET, z.s.p.o.
*
* This source code is licensed under BSD 3-Clause License (the "License").
* You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
*/
#ifndef LY_DICT_H_
#define LY_DICT_H_
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "log.h"
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/* dummy context structure */
struct ly_ctx;
/**
* @page howtoContextDict Context Dictionary
*
* Context includes dictionary to store strings more effectively. The most of strings repeats quite often in schema
* as well as data trees. Therefore, instead of allocating those strings each time they appear, libyang stores them
* as records in the dictionary. The basic API to the context dictionary is public, so even a caller application can
* use the dictionary.
*
* To insert a string into the dictionary, caller can use ::lydict_insert() (adding a constant string) or
* ::lydict_insert_zc() (for dynamically allocated strings that won't be used by the caller after its insertion into
* the dictionary). Both functions provide the pointer to the inserted string in the dictionary record.
*
* To remove (reference of the) string from the context dictionary, ::lydict_remove() is supposed to be used.
*
* \note Incorrect usage of the dictionary can break libyang functionality.
*
* \note API for this group of functions is described in the [Dictionary module](@ref dict).
*
* Functions List
* --------------
* - ::lydict_insert()
* - ::lydict_insert_zc()
* - ::lydict_remove()
*/
/**
* @defgroup dict Dictionary
* @{
*
* Publicly visible functions and values of the libyang dictionary. They provide
* access to the strings stored in the libyang context. More detailed information can be found at
* @ref howtoContextDict page.
*/
/**
* @brief Insert string into dictionary. If the string is already present,
* only a reference counter is incremented and no memory allocation is
* performed.
*
* @param[in] ctx libyang context handler
* @param[in] value String to be stored in the dictionary. If NULL, function does nothing.
* @param[in] len Number of bytes to store. The value is not required to be
* NULL terminated string, the len parameter says number of bytes stored in
* dictionary. The specified number of bytes is duplicated and terminating NULL
* byte is added automatically. If \p len is 0, it is count automatically using strlen().
* @param[out] str_p Optional parameter to get pointer to the string corresponding to the @p value and stored in dictionary.
* @return LY_SUCCESS in case of successful insertion into dictionary, note that the function does not return LY_EEXIST.
* @return LY_EINVAL in case of invalid input parameters.
* @return LY_EMEM in case of memory allocation failure.
*/
LIBYANG_API_DECL LY_ERR lydict_insert(const struct ly_ctx *ctx, const char *value, size_t len, const char **str_p);
/**
* @brief Insert string into dictionary - zerocopy version. If the string is
* already present, only a reference counter is incremented and no memory
* allocation is performed. This insert function variant avoids duplication of
* specified value - it is inserted into the dictionary directly.
*
* @param[in] ctx libyang context handler
* @param[in] value NULL-terminated string to be stored in the dictionary. If
* the string is not present in dictionary, the pointer is directly used by the
* dictionary. Otherwise, the reference counter is incremented and the value is
* freed. So, after calling the function, caller is supposed to not use the
* value address anymore. If NULL, function does nothing.
* @param[out] str_p Optional parameter to get pointer to the string corresponding to the @p value and stored in dictionary.
* @return LY_SUCCESS in case of successful insertion into dictionary, note that the function does not return LY_EEXIST.
* @return LY_EINVAL in case of invalid input parameters.
* @return LY_EMEM in case of memory allocation failure.
*/
LIBYANG_API_DECL LY_ERR lydict_insert_zc(const struct ly_ctx *ctx, char *value, const char **str_p);
/**
* @brief Remove specified string from the dictionary. It decrement reference
* counter for the string and if it is zero, the string itself is freed.
*
* @param[in] ctx libyang context handler
* @param[in] value String to be freed. Note, that not only the string itself
* must match the stored value, but also the address is being compared and the
* counter is decremented only if it matches. If NULL, function does nothing.
* @return LY_SUCCESS if the value was found and removed (or refcount decreased).
* @return LY_ENOTFOUND if the value was not found.
* @return LY_ERR on other errors.
*/
LIBYANG_API_DECL LY_ERR lydict_remove(const struct ly_ctx *ctx, const char *value);
/** @} dict */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* LY_DICT_H_ */