libpurple/circularbuffer.h

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#if !defined(PURPLE_GLOBAL_HEADER_INSIDE) && !defined(PURPLE_COMPILATION)
# error "only <purple.h> may be included directly"
#endif

#ifndef PURPLE_CIRCULAR_BUFFER_H
#define PURPLE_CIRCULAR_BUFFER_H
/**
 * SECTION:circularbuffer
 * @section_id: libpurple-circularbuffer
 * @short_description: <filename>circularbuffer.h</filename>
 * @title: Buffer Utility Functions
 */

#include <glib.h>
#include <glib-object.h>

G_BEGIN_DECLS

/**
 * PURPLE_TYPE_CIRCULAR_BUFFER:
 *
 * The standard _get_type macro for #PurpleCircularBuffer.
 */
#define PURPLE_TYPE_CIRCULAR_BUFFER (purple_circular_buffer_get_type())

G_DECLARE_DERIVABLE_TYPE(PurpleCircularBuffer, purple_circular_buffer, PURPLE,
                         CIRCULAR_BUFFER, GObject)

struct _PurpleCircularBufferClass {
	/*< private >*/
	GObjectClass parent;

	void (*grow)(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer, gsize len);
	void (*append)(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer, gconstpointer src, gsize len);
	gsize (*max_read_size)(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer);
	gboolean (*mark_read)(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer, gsize len);

	void (*purple_reserved1)(void);
	void (*purple_reserved2)(void);
	void (*purple_reserved3)(void);
	void (*purple_reserved4)(void);
};

/**
 * purple_circular_buffer_new:
 * @growsize: The amount that the buffer should grow the first time data
 *                 is appended and every time more space is needed.  Pass in
 *                 "0" to use the default of 256 bytes.
 *
 * Creates a new circular buffer.  This will not allocate any memory for the
 * actual buffer until data is appended to it.
 *
 * Returns: The new PurpleCircularBuffer.
 */
PurpleCircularBuffer *purple_circular_buffer_new(gsize growsize);

/**
 * purple_circular_buffer_append:
 * @buffer: The PurpleCircularBuffer to which to append the data
 * @src: pointer to the data to copy into the buffer
 * @len: number of bytes to copy into the buffer
 *
 * Append data to the PurpleCircularBuffer.  This will grow the internal
 * buffer to fit the added data, if needed.
 */
void purple_circular_buffer_append(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer, gconstpointer src, gsize len);

/**
 * purple_circular_buffer_get_max_read:
 * @buffer: the PurpleCircularBuffer for which to determine the maximum
 *            contiguous bytes that can be read.
 *
 * Determine the maximum number of contiguous bytes that can be read from the
 * PurpleCircularBuffer.
 * Note: This may not be the total number of bytes that are buffered - a
 * subsequent call after calling purple_circular_buffer_mark_read() may indicate
 * more data is available to read.
 *
 * Returns: the number of bytes that can be read from the PurpleCircularBuffer
 */
gsize purple_circular_buffer_get_max_read(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer);

/**
 * purple_circular_buffer_mark_read:
 * @buffer: The PurpleCircularBuffer to mark bytes read from
 * @len: The number of bytes to mark as read
 *
 * Mark the number of bytes that have been read from the buffer.
 *
 * Returns: TRUE if we successfully marked the bytes as having been read, FALSE
 *         otherwise.
 */
gboolean purple_circular_buffer_mark_read(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer, gsize len);

/**
 * purple_circular_buffer_grow:
 * @buffer: The PurpleCircularBuffer to grow.
 * @len:    The number of bytes the buffer should be able to hold.
 *
 * Increases the buffer size by a multiple of grow size, so that it can hold at
 * least 'len' bytes.
 */
void purple_circular_buffer_grow(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer, gsize len);

/**
 * purple_circular_buffer_get_grow_size:
 * @buffer: The PurpleCircularBuffer from which to get grow size.
 *
 * Returns the number of bytes by which the buffer grows when more space is
 * needed.
 *
 * Returns: The grow size of the buffer.
 */
gsize purple_circular_buffer_get_grow_size(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer);

/**
 * purple_circular_buffer_get_used:
 * @buffer: The PurpleCircularBuffer from which to get used count.
 *
 * Returns the number of bytes of this buffer that contain unread data.
 *
 * Returns: The number of bytes that contain unread data.
 */
gsize purple_circular_buffer_get_used(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer);

/**
 * purple_circular_buffer_get_output:
 * @buffer: The PurpleCircularBuffer from which to get the output pointer.
 *
 * Returns the output pointer of the buffer, where unread data is available.
 * Use purple_circular_buffer_get_max_read() to determine the number of
 * contiguous bytes that can be read from this output. After reading the data,
 * call purple_circular_buffer_mark_read() to mark the retrieved data as read.
 *
 * Returns: The output pointer for the buffer.
 */
const gchar *purple_circular_buffer_get_output(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer);

/**
 * purple_circular_buffer_reset:
 * @buffer: The PurpleCircularBuffer to reset.
 *
 * Resets the buffer input and output pointers to the start of the buffer.
 */
void purple_circular_buffer_reset(PurpleCircularBuffer *buffer);

G_END_DECLS

#endif /* PURPLE_CIRCULAR_BUFFER_H */