include/grpc/byte_buffer.h

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#ifndef GRPC_BYTE_BUFFER_H
#define GRPC_BYTE_BUFFER_H

#include <grpc/compression.h>
#include <grpc/support/slice_buffer.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

typedef enum {
  GRPC_BB_RAW
  /* Future types may include GRPC_BB_PROTOBUF, etc. */
} grpc_byte_buffer_type;

struct grpc_byte_buffer {
  grpc_byte_buffer_type type;
  union {
    struct {
      grpc_compression_algorithm compression;
      gpr_slice_buffer slice_buffer;
    } raw;
  } data;
};
typedef struct grpc_byte_buffer grpc_byte_buffer;

/** Returns a RAW byte buffer instance over the given slices (up to \a nslices).
 *
 * Increases the reference count for all \a slices processed. The user is
 * responsible for invoking grpc_byte_buffer_destroy on the returned instance.*/
grpc_byte_buffer *grpc_raw_byte_buffer_create(gpr_slice *slices,
                                              size_t nslices);

/** Returns a *compressed* RAW byte buffer instance over the given slices (up to
 * \a nslices). The \a compression argument defines the compression algorithm
 * used to generate the data in \a slices.
 *
 * Increases the reference count for all \a slices processed. The user is
 * responsible for invoking grpc_byte_buffer_destroy on the returned instance.*/
grpc_byte_buffer *grpc_raw_compressed_byte_buffer_create(
    gpr_slice *slices, size_t nslices, grpc_compression_algorithm compression);

/** Copies input byte buffer \a bb.
 *
 * Increases the reference count of all the source slices. The user is
 * responsible for calling grpc_byte_buffer_destroy over the returned copy. */
grpc_byte_buffer *grpc_byte_buffer_copy(grpc_byte_buffer *bb);

/** Returns the size of the given byte buffer, in bytes. */
size_t grpc_byte_buffer_length(grpc_byte_buffer *bb);

/** Destroys \a byte_buffer deallocating all its memory. */
void grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(grpc_byte_buffer *byte_buffer);


/** Reader for byte buffers. Iterates over slices in the byte buffer */
struct grpc_byte_buffer_reader;
typedef struct grpc_byte_buffer_reader grpc_byte_buffer_reader;

/** Initialize \a reader to read over \a buffer */
void grpc_byte_buffer_reader_init(grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader,
                                  grpc_byte_buffer *buffer);

/** Cleanup and destroy \a reader */
void grpc_byte_buffer_reader_destroy(grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader);

/** Updates \a slice with the next piece of data from from \a reader and returns
 * 1. Returns 0 at the end of the stream. Caller is responsible for calling
 * gpr_slice_unref on the result. */
int grpc_byte_buffer_reader_next(grpc_byte_buffer_reader *reader,
                                 gpr_slice *slice);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif  /* GRPC_BYTE_BUFFER_H */