yajl_buf.h

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#ifndef __YAJL_BUF_H__
#define __YAJL_BUF_H__

#include "api/yajl_common.h"
#include "yajl_alloc.h"

/*
 * Implementation/performance notes.  If this were moved to a header
 * only implementation using #define's where possible we might be 
 * able to sqeeze a little performance out of the guy by killing function
 * call overhead.  YMMV.
 */

/**
 * yajl_buf is a buffer with exponential growth.  the buffer ensures that
 * you are always null padded.
 */
typedef struct yajl_buf_t * yajl_buf;

/* allocate a new buffer */
yajl_buf yajl_buf_alloc(yajl_alloc_funcs * alloc);

/* free the buffer */
void yajl_buf_free(yajl_buf buf);

/* append a number of bytes to the buffer */
void yajl_buf_append(yajl_buf buf, const void * data, unsigned int len);

/* empty the buffer */
void yajl_buf_clear(yajl_buf buf);

/* get a pointer to the beginning of the buffer */
const unsigned char * yajl_buf_data(yajl_buf buf);

/* get the length of the buffer */
unsigned int yajl_buf_len(yajl_buf buf);

/* truncate the buffer */
void yajl_buf_truncate(yajl_buf buf, unsigned int len);

#endif