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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_SLICE_H
+#define GRPC_SLICE_H
+
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.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 grpc_slice grpc_slice_ref(grpc_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 grpc_slice_new(start,
+ len, dest) where dest!=NULL , then (*dest)(start) is called, else if s is
+ ultimately derived from a call to grpc_slice_new_with_len(start, len, dest)
+ where dest!=NULL , then (*dest)(start, len). Requires s initialized. */
+GPRAPI void grpc_slice_unref(grpc_slice s);
+
+/** Copy slice - create a new slice that contains the same data as s */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_copy(grpc_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 grpc_slice grpc_slice_new(void* p, size_t len, void (*destroy)(void*));
+
+/** Equivalent to grpc_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 grpc_slice grpc_slice_new_with_user_data(void* p, size_t len,
+ void (*destroy)(void*),
+ void* user_data);
+
+/** Equivalent to grpc_slice_new, but with a two argument destroy function that
+ also takes the slice length. */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_new_with_len(void* p, size_t len,
+ void (*destroy)(void*, size_t));
+
+/** Equivalent to grpc_slice_new(malloc(len), len, free), but saves one malloc()
+ call.
+ Aborts if malloc() fails. */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_malloc(size_t length);
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_malloc_large(size_t length);
+
+#define GRPC_SLICE_MALLOC(len) grpc_slice_malloc(len)
+
+/** Intern a slice:
+
+ The return value for two invocations of this function with the same sequence
+ of bytes is a slice which points to the same memory. */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_intern(grpc_slice slice);
+
+/** Create a slice by copying a string.
+ Does not preserve null terminators.
+ Equivalent to:
+ size_t len = strlen(source);
+ grpc_slice slice = grpc_slice_malloc(len);
+ memcpy(slice->data, source, len); */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_from_copied_string(const char* source);
+
+/** Create a slice by copying a buffer.
+ Equivalent to:
+ grpc_slice slice = grpc_slice_malloc(len);
+ memcpy(slice->data, source, len); */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_from_copied_buffer(const char* source, size_t len);
+
+/** Create a slice pointing to constant memory */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_from_static_string(const char* source);
+
+/** Create a slice pointing to constant memory */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_from_static_buffer(const void* source, size_t len);
+
+/** Return a result slice derived from s, which shares a ref count with \a s,
+ where result.data==s.data+begin, and result.length==end-begin. The ref count
+ of \a s is increased by one. Do not assign result back to \a s.
+ Requires s initialized, begin <= end, begin <= s.length, and
+ end <= source->length. */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_sub(grpc_slice s, size_t begin, size_t end);
+
+/** The same as grpc_slice_sub, but without altering the ref count */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_sub_no_ref(grpc_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 initialized, split <= s.length */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_split_tail(grpc_slice* s, size_t split);
+
+typedef enum {
+ GRPC_SLICE_REF_TAIL = 1,
+ GRPC_SLICE_REF_HEAD = 2,
+ GRPC_SLICE_REF_BOTH = 1 + 2
+} grpc_slice_ref_whom;
+
+/** The same as grpc_slice_split_tail, but with an option to skip altering
+ * refcounts (grpc_slice_split_tail_maybe_ref(..., true) is equivalent to
+ * grpc_slice_split_tail(...)) */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_split_tail_maybe_ref(grpc_slice* s, size_t split,
+ grpc_slice_ref_whom ref_whom);
+
+/** 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 initialized, split <= s.length */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_split_head(grpc_slice* s, size_t split);
+
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_empty_slice(void);
+
+GPRAPI uint32_t grpc_slice_default_hash_impl(grpc_slice s);
+GPRAPI int grpc_slice_default_eq_impl(grpc_slice a, grpc_slice b);
+
+GPRAPI int grpc_slice_eq(grpc_slice a, grpc_slice b);
+
+/** 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 grpc_slice_cmp(grpc_slice a, grpc_slice b);
+GPRAPI int grpc_slice_str_cmp(grpc_slice a, const char* b);
+
+/** return non-zero if the first blen bytes of a are equal to b */
+GPRAPI int grpc_slice_buf_start_eq(grpc_slice a, const void* b, size_t blen);
+
+/** return the index of the last instance of \a c in \a s, or -1 if not found */
+GPRAPI int grpc_slice_rchr(grpc_slice s, char c);
+GPRAPI int grpc_slice_chr(grpc_slice s, char c);
+
+/** return the index of the first occurrence of \a needle in \a haystack, or -1
+ if it's not found */
+GPRAPI int grpc_slice_slice(grpc_slice haystack, grpc_slice needle);
+
+GPRAPI uint32_t grpc_slice_hash(grpc_slice s);
+
+/** Do two slices point at the same memory, with the same length
+ If a or b is inlined, actually compares data */
+GPRAPI int grpc_slice_is_equivalent(grpc_slice a, grpc_slice b);
+
+/** Return a slice pointing to newly allocated memory that has the same contents
+ * as \a s */
+GPRAPI grpc_slice grpc_slice_dup(grpc_slice a);
+
+/** Return a copy of slice as a C string. Offers no protection against embedded
+ NULL's. Returned string must be freed with gpr_free. */
+GPRAPI char* grpc_slice_to_c_string(grpc_slice s);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* GRPC_SLICE_H */