2005-05-01 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
[binutils.git] / gas / hash.h
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1 /* hash.h -- header file for gas hash table routines
2 Copyright 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003
3 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.
7 GAS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
10 any later version.
12 GAS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with GAS; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
19 Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
20 02111-1307, USA. */
22 #ifndef HASH_H
23 #define HASH_H
25 struct hash_control;
27 /* Create a hash table. This return a control block. */
29 extern struct hash_control *hash_new (void);
31 /* Delete a hash table, freeing all allocated memory. */
33 extern void hash_die (struct hash_control *);
35 /* Insert an entry into a hash table. This returns NULL on success.
36 On error, it returns a printable string indicating the error. It
37 is considered to be an error if the entry already exists in the
38 hash table. */
40 extern const char *hash_insert (struct hash_control *,
41 const char *key, PTR value);
43 /* Insert or replace an entry in a hash table. This returns NULL on
44 success. On error, it returns a printable string indicating the
45 error. If an entry already exists, its value is replaced. */
47 extern const char *hash_jam (struct hash_control *,
48 const char *key, PTR value);
50 /* Replace an existing entry in a hash table. This returns the old
51 value stored for the entry. If the entry is not found in the hash
52 table, this does nothing and returns NULL. */
54 extern PTR hash_replace (struct hash_control *, const char *key,
55 PTR value);
57 /* Find an entry in a hash table, returning its value. Returns NULL
58 if the entry is not found. */
60 extern PTR hash_find (struct hash_control *, const char *key);
62 /* As hash_find, but KEY is of length LEN and is not guaranteed to be
63 NUL-terminated. */
65 extern PTR hash_find_n (struct hash_control *, const char *key, size_t len);
67 /* Delete an entry from a hash table. This returns the value stored
68 for that entry, or NULL if there is no such entry. */
70 extern PTR hash_delete (struct hash_control *, const char *key);
72 /* Traverse a hash table. Call the function on every entry in the
73 hash table. */
75 extern void hash_traverse (struct hash_control *,
76 void (*pfn) (const char *key, PTR value));
78 /* Print hash table statistics on the specified file. NAME is the
79 name of the hash table, used for printing a header. */
81 extern void hash_print_statistics (FILE *, const char *name,
82 struct hash_control *);
84 #endif /* HASH_H */