qof-string-cache.h

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#ifndef QOF_STRING_UTIL_H
#define QOF_STRING_UTIL_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif

#define QOF_MOD_UTIL "qof.utilities"

void qof_string_cache_init(void);

void qof_string_cache_destroy(void);

void qof_string_cache_remove(gconstpointer key);

gpointer qof_string_cache_insert(gconstpointer key);

#define CACHE_INSERT(str) qof_string_cache_insert((gconstpointer)(str))
#define CACHE_REMOVE(str) qof_string_cache_remove((str))

/* Replace cached string currently in 'dst' with string in 'src'.
 * Typical usage:
 *     void foo_set_name(Foo *f, const char *str) {
 *        CACHE_REPLACE(f->name, str);
 *     }
 * It avoids unnecessary ejection by doing INSERT before REMOVE.
*/
#define CACHE_REPLACE(dst, src) do {          \
        gpointer tmp = CACHE_INSERT((src));   \
        CACHE_REMOVE((dst));                  \
        (dst) = tmp;                          \
    } while (0)

#define QOF_CACHE_NEW(void) qof_string_cache_insert("")

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* QOF_STRING_CACHE_H */