buffer.h

   1 #ifndef BUFFER_H
   2 #define BUFFER_H
   3
   4 #include <stddef.h>
   5 #include <stdbool.h>
   6 #include "text.h"
   7
   8 /* a dynamically growing buffer storing arbitrary data, used for registers/macros */
   9 typedef struct {
  10         char *data;    /* NULL if empty */
  11         size_t len;    /* current length of data */
  12         size_t size;   /* maximal capacity of the buffer */
  13 } Buffer;
  14
  15 /* initalize a (stack allocated) Buffer instance */
  16 void buffer_init(Buffer*);
  17 /* release/free all data stored in this buffer, reset size to zero */
  18 void buffer_release(Buffer*);
  19 /* set buffer size to zero, keep allocated memory */
  20 void buffer_clear(Buffer*);
  21 /* reserve space to store at least size bytes in this buffer.*/
  22 bool buffer_grow(Buffer*, size_t size);
  23 /* truncate buffer, but keep associated memory region for further data */
  24 void buffer_truncate(Buffer*);
  25 /* replace buffer content with given data, growing the buffer if needed */
  26 bool buffer_put(Buffer*, const void *data, size_t len);
  27 /* same but with NUL-terminated data */
  28 bool buffer_put0(Buffer*, const char *data);
  29 /* insert arbitrary data of length len at pos (in [0, buf->len]) */
  30 bool buffer_insert(Buffer*, size_t pos, const void *data, size_t len);
  31 /* insert NUL-terminate data at pos (in [0, buf->len]) */
  32 bool buffer_insert0(Buffer*, size_t pos, const char *data);
  33 /* append futher content to the end of the buffer data */
  34 bool buffer_append(Buffer*, const void *data, size_t len);
  35 /* append NUl-terminated data */
  36 bool buffer_append0(Buffer*, const char *data);
  37 /* insert new data at the start of the buffer */
  38 bool buffer_prepend(Buffer*, const void *data, size_t len);
  39 /* prepend NUL-terminated data */
  40 bool buffer_prepend0(Buffer*, const char *data);
  41
  42 #endif