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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_SUPPORT_STRING_UTIL_H
+#define GRPC_SUPPORT_STRING_UTIL_H
+
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
+
+#include <grpc/impl/codegen/gpr_types.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** String utility functions */
+
+/** Returns a copy of src that can be passed to gpr_free().
+ If allocation fails or if src is NULL, returns NULL. */
+GPRAPI char* gpr_strdup(const char* src);
+
+/** printf to a newly-allocated string. The set of supported formats may vary
+ between platforms.
+
+ On success, returns the number of bytes printed (excluding the final '\0'),
+ and *strp points to a string which must later be destroyed with gpr_free().
+
+ On error, returns -1 and sets *strp to NULL. If the format string is bad,
+ the result is undefined. */
+GPRAPI int gpr_asprintf(char** strp, const char* format, ...)
+ GPR_PRINT_FORMAT_CHECK(2, 3);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* GRPC_SUPPORT_STRING_UTIL_H */