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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2016, Olivier MATZ <zer0@droids-corp.org>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Vectors of strings.
+ *
+ * The ec_strvec API provide helpers to manipulate string vectors.
+ * When duplicating vectors, the strings are not duplicated in memory,
+ * a reference counter is used.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ECOLI_STRVEC_
+#define ECOLI_STRVEC_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/**
+ * Allocate a new empty string vector.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * The new strvec object, or NULL on error (errno is set).
+ */
+struct ec_strvec *ec_strvec(void);
+
+#ifndef EC_COUNT_OF
+#define EC_COUNT_OF(x) ((sizeof(x)/sizeof(0[x])) / \
+ ((size_t)(!(sizeof(x) % sizeof(0[x])))))
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Allocate a new string vector
+ *
+ * The string vector is initialized with the list of const strings
+ * passed as arguments.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * The new strvec object, or NULL on error (errno is set).
+ */
+#define EC_STRVEC(args...) ({ \
+ const char *_arr[] = {args}; \
+ ec_strvec_from_array(_arr, EC_COUNT_OF(_arr)); \
+ })
+/**
+ * Allocate a new string vector
+ *
+ * The string vector is initialized with the array of const strings
+ * passed as arguments.
+ *
+ * @param strarr
+ * The array of const strings.
+ * @param n
+ * The number of strings in the array.
+ * @return
+ * The new strvec object, or NULL on error (errno is set).
+ */
+struct ec_strvec *ec_strvec_from_array(const char * const *strarr,
+ size_t n);
+
+/**
+ * Set a string in the vector at specified index.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ * @param idx
+ * The index of the string to set.
+ * @param s
+ * The string to be set.
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success or -1 on error (errno is set).
+ */
+int ec_strvec_set(struct ec_strvec *strvec, size_t idx, const char *s);
+
+/**
+ * Add a string in a vector.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ * @param s
+ * The string to be added at the end of the vector.
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success or -1 on error (errno is set).
+ */
+int ec_strvec_add(struct ec_strvec *strvec, const char *s);
+
+/**
+ * Delete the last entry in the string vector.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ * @param s
+ * The string to be added at the end of the vector.
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success or -1 on error (errno is set).
+ */
+int ec_strvec_del_last(struct ec_strvec *strvec);
+
+/**
+ * Duplicate a string vector.
+ *
+ * Attributes are duplicated if any.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ * @return
+ * The duplicated strvec object, or NULL on error (errno is set).
+ */
+struct ec_strvec *ec_strvec_dup(const struct ec_strvec *strvec);
+
+/**
+ * Duplicate a part of a string vector.
+ *
+ * Attributes are duplicated if any.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ * @param off
+ * The index of the first string to duplicate.
+ * @param
+ * The number of strings to duplicate.
+ * @return
+ * The duplicated strvec object, or NULL on error (errno is set).
+ */
+struct ec_strvec *ec_strvec_ndup(const struct ec_strvec *strvec,
+ size_t off, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Free a string vector.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ */
+void ec_strvec_free(struct ec_strvec *strvec);
+
+/**
+ * Get the length of a string vector.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ * @return
+ * The length of the vector.
+ */
+size_t ec_strvec_len(const struct ec_strvec *strvec);
+
+/**
+ * Get a string element from a vector.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ * @param idx
+ * The index of the string to get.
+ * @return
+ * The string stored at given index, or NULL on error (strvec is NULL
+ * or invalid index).
+ */
+const char *ec_strvec_val(const struct ec_strvec *strvec, size_t idx);
+
+/**
+ * Get the attributes of a vector element.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ * @param idx
+ * The index of the string to get.
+ * @return
+ * The read-only attributes (dictionnary) of the string at specified
+ * index, or NULL if there is no attribute.
+ */
+const struct ec_keyval *ec_strvec_get_attrs(const struct ec_strvec *strvec,
+ size_t idx);
+
+/**
+ * Set the attributes of a vector element.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ * @param idx
+ * The index of the string to get.
+ * @param attrs
+ * The attributes to be set.
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, -1 on error (errno is set). On error, attrs
+ * are freed and must not be used by the caller.
+ */
+int ec_strvec_set_attrs(struct ec_strvec *strvec, size_t idx,
+ struct ec_keyval *attrs);
+
+/**
+ * Compare two string vectors
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the first string vector.
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the second string vector.
+ * @return
+ * 0 if the string vectors are equal.
+ */
+int ec_strvec_cmp(const struct ec_strvec *strvec1,
+ const struct ec_strvec *strvec2);
+
+/**
+ * Sort the string vector.
+ *
+ * Attributes are not compared.
+ *
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the first string vector.
+ * @param str_cmp
+ * The sort function to use. If NULL, use strcmp.
+ */
+void ec_strvec_sort(struct ec_strvec *strvec,
+ int (*str_cmp)(const char *s1, const char *s2));
+
+/**
+ * Dump a string vector.
+ *
+ * @param out
+ * The stream where the dump is sent.
+ * @param strvec
+ * The pointer to the string vector.
+ */
+void ec_strvec_dump(FILE *out, const struct ec_strvec *strvec);
+
+#endif