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/* $Id$ */

#ifndef ISC_SYMTAB_H
#define ISC_SYMTAB_H 1

/*****
 ***** Module Info
 *****/

/*! \file isc/symtab.h
 * \brief Provides a simple memory-based symbol table.
 *
 * Keys are C strings, and key comparisons are case-insensitive.  A type may
 * be specified when looking up, defining, or undefining.  A type value of
 * 0 means "match any type"; any other value will only match the given
 * type.
 *
 * It's possible that a client will attempt to define a <key, type, value>
 * tuple when a tuple with the given key and type already exists in the table.
 * What to do in this case is specified by the client.  Possible policies are:
 *
 *\li   #isc_symexists_reject   Disallow the define, returning #ISC_R_EXISTS
 *\li   #isc_symexists_replace  Replace the old value with the new.  The
 *                              undefine action (if provided) will be called
 *                              with the old <key, type, value> tuple.
 *\li   #isc_symexists_add      Add the new tuple, leaving the old tuple in
 *                              the table.  Subsequent lookups will retrieve
 *                              the most-recently-defined tuple.
 *
 * A lookup of a key using type 0 will return the most-recently defined
 * symbol with that key.  An undefine of a key using type 0 will undefine the
 * most-recently defined symbol with that key.  Trying to define a key with
 * type 0 is illegal.
 *
 * The symbol table library does not make a copy the key field, so the
 * caller must ensure that any key it passes to isc_symtab_define() will not
 * change until it calls isc_symtab_undefine() or isc_symtab_destroy().
 *
 * A user-specified action will be called (if provided) when a symbol is
 * undefined.  It can be used to free memory associated with keys and/or
 * values.
 *
 * A symbol table is implemented as a hash table of lists; the size of the
 * hash table is set by the 'size' parameter to isc_symtbl_create().  When
 * the number of entries in the symbol table reaches three quarters of this
 * value, the hash table is reallocated with size doubled, in order to
 * optimize lookup performance.  This has a negative effect on insertion
 * performance, which can be mitigated by sizing the table appropriately
 * when creating it.
 *
 * \li MP:
 *      The callers of this module must ensure any required synchronization.
 *
 * \li Reliability:
 *      No anticipated impact.
 *
 * \li Resources:
 *      TBS
 *
 * \li Security:
 *      No anticipated impact.
 *
 * \li Standards:
 *      None.
 */

/***
 *** Imports.
 ***/

#include <isc/lang.h>
#include <isc/types.h>

/*
 *** Symbol Tables.
 ***/
/*% Symbol table value. */
typedef union isc_symvalue {
        void *                          as_pointer;
        const void *                    as_cpointer;
        int                             as_integer;
        unsigned int                    as_uinteger;
} isc_symvalue_t;

typedef void (*isc_symtabaction_t)(char *key, unsigned int type,
                                   isc_symvalue_t value, void *userarg);
/*% Symbol table exists. */
typedef enum {
        isc_symexists_reject = 0,       /*%< Disallow the define */
        isc_symexists_replace = 1,      /*%< Replace the old value with the new */
        isc_symexists_add = 2           /*%< Add the new tuple */
} isc_symexists_t;

ISC_LANG_BEGINDECLS

/*% Create a symbol table. */
isc_result_t
isc_symtab_create(isc_mem_t *mctx, unsigned int size,
                  isc_symtabaction_t undefine_action, void *undefine_arg,
                  isc_boolean_t case_sensitive, isc_symtab_t **symtabp);

/*% Destroy a symbol table. */
void
isc_symtab_destroy(isc_symtab_t **symtabp);

/*% Lookup a symbol table. */
isc_result_t
isc_symtab_lookup(isc_symtab_t *symtab, const char *key, unsigned int type,
                  isc_symvalue_t *value);

/*% Define a symbol table. */
isc_result_t
isc_symtab_define(isc_symtab_t *symtab, const char *key, unsigned int type,
                  isc_symvalue_t value, isc_symexists_t exists_policy);

/*% Undefine a symbol table. */
isc_result_t
isc_symtab_undefine(isc_symtab_t *symtab, const char *key, unsigned int type);

/*% Return the number of items in a symbol table. */
unsigned int
isc_symtab_count(isc_symtab_t *symtab);
ISC_LANG_ENDDECLS

#endif /* ISC_SYMTAB_H */

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