include/grpc/support/slice.h

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#ifndef GRPC_SUPPORT_SLICE_H
#define GRPC_SUPPORT_SLICE_H

#include <grpc/impl/codegen/slice.h>
#include <grpc/support/sync.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* Increment the refcount of s. Requires slice is initialized.
   Returns s. */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_ref(gpr_slice s);

/* Decrement the ref count of s.  If the ref count of s reaches zero, all
   slices sharing the ref count are destroyed, and considered no longer
   initialized.  If s is ultimately derived from a call to gpr_slice_new(start,
   len, dest) where dest!=NULL , then (*dest)(start) is called, else if s is
   ultimately derived from a call to gpr_slice_new_with_len(start, len, dest)
   where dest!=NULL , then (*dest)(start, len).  Requires s initialized.  */
GPRAPI void gpr_slice_unref(gpr_slice s);

/* Create a slice pointing at some data. Calls malloc to allocate a refcount
   for the object, and arranges that destroy will be called with the pointer
   passed in at destruction. */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_new(void *p, size_t len, void (*destroy)(void *));

/* Equivalent to gpr_slice_new, but with a separate pointer that is
   passed to the destroy function.  This function can be useful when
   the data is part of a larger structure that must be destroyed when
   the data is no longer needed. */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_new_with_user_data(void *p, size_t len,
                                              void (*destroy)(void *),
                                              void *user_data);

/* Equivalent to gpr_slice_new, but with a two argument destroy function that
   also takes the slice length. */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_new_with_len(void *p, size_t len,
                                        void (*destroy)(void *, size_t));

/* Equivalent to gpr_slice_new(malloc(len), len, free), but saves one malloc()
   call.
   Aborts if malloc() fails. */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_malloc(size_t length);

/* Create a slice by copying a string.
   Does not preserve null terminators.
   Equivalent to:
     size_t len = strlen(source);
     gpr_slice slice = gpr_slice_malloc(len);
     memcpy(slice->data, source, len); */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_from_copied_string(const char *source);

/* Create a slice by copying a buffer.
   Equivalent to:
     gpr_slice slice = gpr_slice_malloc(len);
     memcpy(slice->data, source, len); */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_from_copied_buffer(const char *source, size_t len);

/* Create a slice pointing to constant memory */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_from_static_string(const char *source);

/* Return a result slice derived from s, which shares a ref count with s, where
   result.data==s.data+begin, and result.length==end-begin.
   The ref count of s is increased by one.
   Requires s initialized, begin <= end, begin <= s.length, and
   end <= source->length. */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_sub(gpr_slice s, size_t begin, size_t end);

/* The same as gpr_slice_sub, but without altering the ref count */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_sub_no_ref(gpr_slice s, size_t begin, size_t end);

/* Splits s into two: modifies s to be s[0:split], and returns a new slice,
   sharing a refcount with s, that contains s[split:s.length].
   Requires s intialized, split <= s.length */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_split_tail(gpr_slice *s, size_t split);

/* Splits s into two: modifies s to be s[split:s.length], and returns a new
   slice, sharing a refcount with s, that contains s[0:split].
   Requires s intialized, split <= s.length */
GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_slice_split_head(gpr_slice *s, size_t split);

GPRAPI gpr_slice gpr_empty_slice(void);

/* Returns <0 if a < b, ==0 if a == b, >0 if a > b
   The order is arbitrary, and is not guaranteed to be stable across different
   versions of the API. */
GPRAPI int gpr_slice_cmp(gpr_slice a, gpr_slice b);
GPRAPI int gpr_slice_str_cmp(gpr_slice a, const char *b);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* GRPC_SUPPORT_SLICE_H */