ncsa-mosaic/libwww2/HTChunk.h

/*                  /Net/dxcern/userd/timbl/hypertext/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTChunk.html
                                     CHUNK HANDLING:
                                     FLEXIBLE ARRAYS

   This module implements a flexible array. It is a general utility module. A chunk is a
   structure which may be extended.  These routines create and append data to chunks,
   automatically reallocating them as necessary.

 */
typedef struct {
        int     size;           /* In bytes                     */
        int     growby;         /* Allocation unit in bytes     */
        int     allocated;      /* Current size of *data        */
        char *  data;           /* Pointer to malloced area or 0 */
} HTChunk;


#ifdef SHORT_NAMES
#define HTChunkClear            HTChClea
#define HTChunkPutc             HTChPutc
#define HTChunkPuts             HTChPuts
#define HTChunkCreate           HTChCrea
#define HTChunkTerminate        HTChTerm
#define HTChunkEnsure           HtChEnsu
#endif


/*

Create new chunk

  ON ENTRY,

  growby                  The number of bytes to allocate at a time when the chunk is
                         later extended. Arbitrary but normally a trade-off time vs.
                         memory

  ON EXIT,

  returns                 A chunk pointer to the new chunk,

 */

extern HTChunk * HTChunkCreate PARAMS((int growby));


/*

Free a chunk

  ON ENTRY,

  ch                      A valid chunk pointer made by HTChunkCreate()

  ON EXIT,

  ch                      is invalid and may not be used.

 */

extern void HTChunkFree PARAMS((HTChunk * ch));


/*

Clear a chunk

  ON ENTRY,

  ch                      A valid chunk pointer made by HTChunkCreate()

  ON EXIT,

  *ch                     The size of the chunk is zero.

 */

extern void HTChunkClear PARAMS((HTChunk * ch));


/*

Ensure a chunk has a certain space in

  ON ENTRY,

  ch                      A valid chunk pointer made by HTChunkCreate()

  s                       The size required

  ON EXIT,

  *ch                     Has size at least s

 */

extern void HTChunkEnsure PARAMS((HTChunk * ch, int s));


/*

Append a character to a  chunk

  ON ENTRY,

  ch                      A valid chunk pointer made by HTChunkCreate()

  c                      The character to be appended

  ON EXIT,

  *ch                    Is one character bigger

 */
extern void HTChunkPutc PARAMS((HTChunk * ch, char c));

/*

Append a string to a  chunk

  ON ENTRY,

  ch                      A valid chunk pointer made by HTChunkCreate()

  str                     Tpoints to a zero-terminated string to be appended

  ON EXIT,

  *ch                     Is bigger by strlen(str)

 */


extern void HTChunkPuts PARAMS((HTChunk * ch, char *str));


/*

Append a zero character to a  chunk

 */

/*

  ON ENTRY,

  ch                      A valid chunk pointer made by HTChunkCreate()

  ON EXIT,

  *ch                     Is one character bigger

 */


extern void HTChunkTerminate PARAMS((HTChunk * ch));

/*

   end  */