stringinfo.h

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * stringinfo.h
 *    Declarations/definitions for "StringInfo" functions.
 *
 * StringInfo provides an indefinitely-extensible string data type.
 * It can be used to buffer either ordinary C strings (null-terminated text)
 * or arbitrary binary data.  All storage is allocated with palloc().
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2013, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * src/include/lib/stringinfo.h
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#ifndef STRINGINFO_H
#define STRINGINFO_H

/*-------------------------
 * StringInfoData holds information about an extensible string.
 *      data    is the current buffer for the string (allocated with palloc).
 *      len     is the current string length.  There is guaranteed to be
 *              a terminating '\0' at data[len], although this is not very
 *              useful when the string holds binary data rather than text.
 *      maxlen  is the allocated size in bytes of 'data', i.e. the maximum
 *              string size (including the terminating '\0' char) that we can
 *              currently store in 'data' without having to reallocate
 *              more space.  We must always have maxlen > len.
 *      cursor  is initialized to zero by makeStringInfo or initStringInfo,
 *              but is not otherwise touched by the stringinfo.c routines.
 *              Some routines use it to scan through a StringInfo.
 *-------------------------
 */
typedef struct StringInfoData
{
    char       *data;
    int         len;
    int         maxlen;
    int         cursor;
} StringInfoData;

typedef StringInfoData *StringInfo;


/*------------------------
 * There are two ways to create a StringInfo object initially:
 *
 * StringInfo stringptr = makeStringInfo();
 *      Both the StringInfoData and the data buffer are palloc'd.
 *
 * StringInfoData string;
 * initStringInfo(&string);
 *      The data buffer is palloc'd but the StringInfoData is just local.
 *      This is the easiest approach for a StringInfo object that will
 *      only live as long as the current routine.
 *
 * To destroy a StringInfo, pfree() the data buffer, and then pfree() the
 * StringInfoData if it was palloc'd.  There's no special support for this.
 *
 * NOTE: some routines build up a string using StringInfo, and then
 * release the StringInfoData but return the data string itself to their
 * caller.  At that point the data string looks like a plain palloc'd
 * string.
 *-------------------------
 */

/*------------------------
 * makeStringInfo
 * Create an empty 'StringInfoData' & return a pointer to it.
 */
extern StringInfo makeStringInfo(void);

/*------------------------
 * initStringInfo
 * Initialize a StringInfoData struct (with previously undefined contents)
 * to describe an empty string.
 */
extern void initStringInfo(StringInfo str);

/*------------------------
 * resetStringInfo
 * Clears the current content of the StringInfo, if any. The
 * StringInfo remains valid.
 */
extern void resetStringInfo(StringInfo str);

/*------------------------
 * appendStringInfo
 * Format text data under the control of fmt (an sprintf-style format string)
 * and append it to whatever is already in str.  More space is allocated
 * to str if necessary.  This is sort of like a combination of sprintf and
 * strcat.
 */
extern void
appendStringInfo(StringInfo str, const char *fmt,...)
/* This extension allows gcc to check the format string */
__attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 2, 3)));

/*------------------------
 * appendStringInfoVA
 * Attempt to format text data under the control of fmt (an sprintf-style
 * format string) and append it to whatever is already in str.  If successful
 * return true; if not (because there's not enough space), return false
 * without modifying str.  Typically the caller would enlarge str and retry
 * on false return --- see appendStringInfo for standard usage pattern.
 */
extern bool
appendStringInfoVA(StringInfo str, const char *fmt, va_list args)
__attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 2, 0)));

/*------------------------
 * appendStringInfoString
 * Append a null-terminated string to str.
 * Like appendStringInfo(str, "%s", s) but faster.
 */
extern void appendStringInfoString(StringInfo str, const char *s);

/*------------------------
 * appendStringInfoChar
 * Append a single byte to str.
 * Like appendStringInfo(str, "%c", ch) but much faster.
 */
extern void appendStringInfoChar(StringInfo str, char ch);

/*------------------------
 * appendStringInfoCharMacro
 * As above, but a macro for even more speed where it matters.
 * Caution: str argument will be evaluated multiple times.
 */
#define appendStringInfoCharMacro(str,ch) \
    (((str)->len + 1 >= (str)->maxlen) ? \
     appendStringInfoChar(str, ch) : \
     (void)((str)->data[(str)->len] = (ch), (str)->data[++(str)->len] = '\0'))

/*------------------------
 * appendStringInfoSpaces
 * Append a given number of spaces to str.
 */
extern void appendStringInfoSpaces(StringInfo str, int count);

/*------------------------
 * appendBinaryStringInfo
 * Append arbitrary binary data to a StringInfo, allocating more space
 * if necessary.
 */
extern void appendBinaryStringInfo(StringInfo str,
                       const char *data, int datalen);

/*------------------------
 * enlargeStringInfo
 * Make sure a StringInfo's buffer can hold at least 'needed' more bytes.
 */
extern void enlargeStringInfo(StringInfo str, int needed);

#endif   /* STRINGINFO_H */