slice_buffer.h

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#ifndef GRPC_SUPPORT_SLICE_BUFFER_H
#define GRPC_SUPPORT_SLICE_BUFFER_H

#include <grpc/support/slice.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

#define GRPC_SLICE_BUFFER_INLINE_ELEMENTS 8

/* Represents an expandable array of slices, to be interpreted as a single item
   TODO(ctiller): inline some small number of elements into the struct, to
                  avoid per-call allocations */
typedef struct {
  /* slices in the array */
  gpr_slice *slices;
  /* the number of slices in the array */
  size_t count;
  /* the number of slices allocated in the array */
  size_t capacity;
  /* the combined length of all slices in the array */
  size_t length;
  /* inlined elements to avoid allocations */
  gpr_slice inlined[GRPC_SLICE_BUFFER_INLINE_ELEMENTS];
} gpr_slice_buffer;

/* initialize a slice buffer */
void gpr_slice_buffer_init(gpr_slice_buffer *sb);
/* destroy a slice buffer - unrefs any held elements */
void gpr_slice_buffer_destroy(gpr_slice_buffer *sb);
/* Add an element to a slice buffer - takes ownership of the slice.
   This function is allowed to concatenate the passed in slice to the end of
   some other slice if desired by the slice buffer. */
void gpr_slice_buffer_add(gpr_slice_buffer *sb, gpr_slice slice);
/* add an element to a slice buffer - takes ownership of the slice and returns
   the index of the slice.
   Guarantees that the slice will not be concatenated at the end of another
   slice (i.e. the data for this slice will begin at the first byte of the
   slice at the returned index in sb->slices)
   The implementation MAY decide to concatenate data at the end of a small
   slice added in this fashion. */
size_t gpr_slice_buffer_add_indexed(gpr_slice_buffer *sb, gpr_slice slice);
void gpr_slice_buffer_addn(gpr_slice_buffer *sb, gpr_slice *slices, size_t n);
/* add a very small (less than 8 bytes) amount of data to the end of a slice
   buffer: returns a pointer into which to add the data */
gpr_uint8 *gpr_slice_buffer_tiny_add(gpr_slice_buffer *sb, unsigned len);
/* pop the last buffer, but don't unref it */
void gpr_slice_buffer_pop(gpr_slice_buffer *sb);
/* clear a slice buffer, unref all elements */
void gpr_slice_buffer_reset_and_unref(gpr_slice_buffer *sb);
/* swap the contents of two slice buffers */
void gpr_slice_buffer_swap(gpr_slice_buffer *a, gpr_slice_buffer *b);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* GRPC_SUPPORT_SLICE_BUFFER_H */