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1/* EINA - EFL data type library
2 * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Carsten Haitzler, Jorge Luis Zapata Muga, Cedric Bail
3 *
4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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21 * Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Wehrfritz
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49 */
50
51#ifndef EINA_STRINGSHARE_H_
52#define EINA_STRINGSHARE_H_
53
54#include <stdarg.h>
55
56#include "eina_types.h"
57
58/**
59 * @page eina_stringshare_example_01_page
60 * @dontinclude eina_stringshare_01.c
61 *
62 * Like all examples we start by including Eina:
63 * @skip #include
64 * @line #include
65 *
66 * Here we declare some variables and initialize eina:
67 * @until eina_init
68 *
69 * We start the substantive part of the example by showing how to make a part
70 * of a string shared and how to get the length of a shared string:
71 * @until stringshare_strlen
72 * As we add shared strings we also need to delete them when done using them:
73 * @line del
74 *
75 * There are many ways of creating shared strings including an equivalent to
76 * sprintf:
77 * @until del
78 *
79 * An equivalent to snprintf:
80 * @until printf
81 *
82 * But the simplest way of creating a shared string is through
83 * eina_stringshare_add():
84 * @until printf
85 *
86 * Sometimes you already have a pointer to a shared string and want to use it,
87 * so to make sure the provider of the pointer won't free it while you're using
88 * it you can increase the shared string's ref count:
89 * @until printf
90 *
91 * Whenever you have a pointer to a shared string and would like to change it's
92 * value you should use eina_stringshare_replace():
93 * @until printf
94 * @warning @b Don't use eina_stringshare_del() followed by
95 * eina_share_common_add(), under some circunstances you might end up deleting
96 * a shared string some other piece of code is using.
97 *
98 * We created str but haven't deleted it yet, and while we called
99 * eina_stringshare_del() on str2, we created it and then increased the ref
100 * count so it's still alive:
101 * @until str2
102 *
103 * You can see the full source code @ref eina_stringshare_example_01 "here".
104 */
105/**
106 * @page eina_stringshare_example_01
107 * @include eina_stringshare_01.c
108 * @example eina_stringshare_01.c
109 */
110/**
111 * @addtogroup Eina_Stringshare_Group Stringshare
112 *
113 * These functions allow you to store a single copy of a string, and use in
114 * multiple places throughout your program.
115 *
116 * This is a method to reduce the number of duplicated strings kept in
117 * memory. It's pretty common for the same strings to be dynamically
118 * allocated repeatedly between applications and libraries, especially in
119 * circumstances where you could have multiple copies of a structure that
120 * allocates the string. So rather than duplicating and freeing these
121 * strings, you request a read-only pointer to an existing string and
122 * only incur the overhead of a hash lookup.
123 *
124 * It sounds like micro-optimizing, but profiling has shown this can have
125 * a significant impact as you scale the number of copies up. It improves
126 * string creation/destruction speed, reduces memory use and decreases
127 * memory fragmentation, so a win all-around.
128 *
129 * The following diagram gives an idea of what happens as you create strings
130 * with eina_stringshare_add():
131 *
132 * @image html eina_stringshare.png
133 * @image latex eina_stringshare.eps height=\textheight
134 *
135 * For more information, see @ref eina_stringshare_example_01_page
136 * "this example".
137 */
138
139/**
140 * @addtogroup Eina_Data_Types_Group Data Types
141 *
142 * @{
143 */
144
145/**
146 * @defgroup Eina_Stringshare_Group Stringshare
147 *
148 * @{
149 */
150
151
152/**
153 * @brief Retrieve an instance of a string for use in a program.
154 *
155 * @param str The string to retrieve an instance of.
156 * @param slen The string size (<= strlen(str)).
157 * @return A pointer to an instance of the string on success.
158 * @c NULL on failure.
159 *
160 * This function retrieves an instance of @p str. If @p str is
161 * @c NULL, then @c NULL is returned. If @p str is already stored, it
162 * is just returned and its reference counter is increased. Otherwise
163 * a duplicated string of @p str is returned.
164 *
165 * This function does not check string size, but uses the
166 * exact given size. This can be used to share_common part of a larger
167 * buffer or substring.
168 *
169 * @see eina_share_common_add()
170 */
171EAPI const char *eina_stringshare_add_length(const char *str, unsigned int slen) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
172
173/**
174 * @brief Retrieve an instance of a string for use in a program.
175 *
176 * @param str The NULL terminated string to retrieve an instance of.
177 * @return A pointer to an instance of the string on success.
178 * @c NULL on failure.
179 *
180 * This function retrieves an instance of @p str. If @p str is
181 * @c NULL, then @c NULL is returned. If @p str is already stored, it
182 * is just returned and its reference counter is increased. Otherwise
183 * a duplicated string of @p str is returned.
184 *
185 * The string @p str must be NULL terminated ('@\0') and its full
186 * length will be used. To use part of the string or non-null
187 * terminated, use eina_stringshare_add_length() instead.
188 *
189 * @see eina_stringshare_add_length()
190 */
191EAPI const char *eina_stringshare_add(const char *str) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
192
193/**
194 * @brief Retrieve an instance of a string for use in a program
195 * from a format string.
196 *
197 * @param fmt The NULL terminated format string to retrieve an instance of.
198 * @return A pointer to an instance of the string on success.
199 * @c NULL on failure.
200 *
201 * This function retrieves an instance of @p fmt. If @p fmt is
202 * @c NULL, then @c NULL is returned. If @p fmt is already stored, it
203 * is just returned and its reference counter is increased. Otherwise
204 * a duplicated string is returned.
205 *
206 * The format string @p fmt must be NULL terminated ('@\0') and its full
207 * length will be used. To use part of the format string or non-null
208 * terminated, use eina_stringshare_nprintf() instead.
209 *
210 * @see eina_stringshare_nprintf()
211 */
212EAPI const char *eina_stringshare_printf(const char *fmt, ...) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT EINA_PRINTF(1, 2);
213
214/**
215 * @brief Retrieve an instance of a string for use in a program
216 * from a format string.
217 *
218 * @param fmt The NULL terminated format string to retrieve an instance of.
219 * @param args The va_args for @p fmt
220 * @return A pointer to an instance of the string on success.
221 * @c NULL on failure.
222 *
223 * This function retrieves an instance of @p fmt with @p args. If @p fmt is
224 * @c NULL, then @c NULL is returned. If @p fmt with @p args is already stored, it
225 * is just returned and its reference counter is increased. Otherwise
226 * a duplicated string is returned.
227 *
228 * The format string @p fmt must be NULL terminated ('@\0') and its full
229 * length will be used. To use part of the format string or non-null
230 * terminated, use eina_stringshare_nprintf() instead.
231 *
232 * @see eina_stringshare_nprintf()
233 */
234EAPI const char *eina_stringshare_vprintf(const char *fmt, va_list args) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
235
236/**
237 * @brief Retrieve an instance of a string for use in a program
238 * from a format string with size limitation.
239 * @param len The length of the format string to use
240 * @param fmt The format string to retrieve an instance of.
241 * @return A pointer to an instance of the string on success.
242 * @c NULL on failure.
243 *
244 * This function retrieves an instance of @p fmt limited by @p len. If @p fmt is
245 * @c NULL or @p len is < 1, then @c NULL is returned. If the resulting string
246 * is already stored, it is returned and its reference counter is increased.
247 * Otherwise a duplicated string is returned.
248 *
249 * @p len length of the format string will be used. To use the
250 * entire format string, use eina_stringshare_printf() instead.
251 *
252 * @see eina_stringshare_printf()
253 */
254EAPI const char *eina_stringshare_nprintf(unsigned int len, const char *fmt, ...) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT EINA_PRINTF(2, 3);
255
256/**
257 * Increment references of the given shared string.
258 *
259 * @param str The shared string.
260 * @return A pointer to an instance of the string on success.
261 * @c NULL on failure.
262 *
263 * This is similar to eina_share_common_add(), but it's faster since it will
264 * avoid lookups if possible, but on the down side it requires the parameter
265 * to be shared string. In other words, it must be the return of a previous
266 * call to one of the stringshare functions.
267 *
268 * There is no unref since this is the work of eina_share_common_del().
269 */
270EAPI const char *eina_stringshare_ref(const char *str);
271
272/**
273 * @brief Note that the given string has lost an instance.
274 *
275 * @param str string The given string.
276 *
277 * This function decreases the reference counter associated to @p str
278 * if it exists. If that counter reaches 0, the memory associated to
279 * @p str is freed. If @p str is NULL, the function returns
280 * immediately.
281 *
282 * Note that if the given pointer is not shared or NULL, bad things
283 * will happen, likely a segmentation fault.
284 */
285EAPI void eina_stringshare_del(const char *str);
286
287/**
288 * @brief Note that the given string @b must be shared.
289 *
290 * @param str the shared string to know the length. It is safe to
291 * give NULL, in that case -1 is returned.
292 *
293 * This function is a cheap way to known the length of a shared
294 * string. Note that if the given pointer is not shared, bad
295 * things will happen, likely a segmentation fault. If in doubt, try
296 * strlen().
297 */
298EAPI int eina_stringshare_strlen(const char *str) EINA_PURE EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
299
300/**
301 * @brief Dump the contents of the share_common.
302 *
303 * This function dumps all strings in the share_common to stdout with a
304 * DDD: prefix per line and a memory usage summary.
305 */
306EAPI void eina_stringshare_dump(void);
307
308static inline Eina_Bool eina_stringshare_replace(const char **p_str, const char *news) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1);
309static inline Eina_Bool eina_stringshare_replace_length(const char **p_str, const char *news, unsigned int slen) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1);
310
311#include "eina_inline_stringshare.x"
312
313/**
314 * @}
315 */
316
317/**
318 * @}
319 */
320
321#endif /* EINA_STRINGSHARE_H_ */