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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 04:20:26 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 04:20:26 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 2.1.30.upstream/2.1.30
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diff --git a/src/dict.h b/src/dict.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf897e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/dict.h @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +/** + * @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_ */ |