pidgin/pidgin

closing merged branch
use-after-free
2020-02-14, Gary Kramlich
ca45e74fb1ee
closing merged branch
/* TODO: Can we just replace this whole thing with a GCache */
/* purple
*
* Purple is the legal property of its developers, whose names are too numerous
* to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this
* source distribution.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111-1301 USA
*
*/
#ifndef PURPLE_STRINGREF_H
#define PURPLE_STRINGREF_H
/**
* SECTION:stringref
* @section_id: libpurple-stringref
* @short_description: <filename>stringref.h</filename>
* @title: Reference-counted Immutable Strings
*/
typedef struct _PurpleStringref PurpleStringref;
G_BEGIN_DECLS
/**
* purple_stringref_new:
* @value: This will be the value of the string; it will be
* duplicated.
*
* Creates an immutable reference-counted string object. The newly
* created object will have a reference count of 1.
*
* Returns: (transfer full): A newly allocated string reference object with a refcount
* of 1.
*/
PurpleStringref *purple_stringref_new(const char *value);
/**
* purple_stringref_new_noref:
* @value: This will be the value of the string; it will be
* duplicated.
*
* Creates an immutable reference-counted string object. The newly
* created object will have a reference count of zero, and if it is
* not referenced before the next iteration of the mainloop it will
* be freed at that time.
*
* Returns: (transfer full): A newly allocated string reference object with a refcount
* of zero.
*/
PurpleStringref *purple_stringref_new_noref(const char *value);
/**
* purple_stringref_printf:
* @format: A printf-style format specification.
* @...: The arguments for the format specification.
*
* Creates an immutable reference-counted string object from a printf
* format specification and arguments. The created object will have a
* reference count of 1.
*
* Returns: A newly allocated string reference object with a refcount
* of 1.
*/
PurpleStringref *purple_stringref_printf(const char *format, ...);
/**
* purple_stringref_ref:
* @stringref: String to be referenced.
*
* Increase the reference count of the given stringref.
*
* Returns: (transfer full): A pointer to the referenced string.
*/
PurpleStringref *purple_stringref_ref(PurpleStringref *stringref);
/**
* purple_stringref_unref:
* @stringref: String to be dereferenced.
*
* Decrease the reference count of the given stringref. If this
* reference count reaches zero, the stringref will be freed; thus
* you MUST NOT use this string after dereferencing it.
*/
void purple_stringref_unref(PurpleStringref *stringref);
/**
* purple_stringref_value:
* @stringref: String reference from which to retrieve the value.
*
* Retrieve the value of a stringref.
*
* Note: This value should not be cached or stored in a local variable.
* While there is nothing inherently incorrect about doing so, it
* is easy to forget that the cached value is in fact a
* reference-counted object and accidentally use it after
* dereferencing. This is more problematic for a reference-
* counted object than a heap-allocated object, as it may seem to
* be valid or invalid nondeterministically based on how many
* other references to it exist.
*
* Returns: The contents of the string reference.
*/
const char *purple_stringref_value(const PurpleStringref *stringref);
/**
* purple_stringref_cmp:
* @s1: The reference string.
* @s2: The string to compare against the reference.
*
* Compare two stringrefs for string equality. This returns the same
* value as strcmp would, where <0 indicates that s1 is "less than" s2
* in the ASCII lexicography, 0 indicates equality, etc.
*
* Returns: An ordering indication on s1 and s2.
*/
int purple_stringref_cmp(const PurpleStringref *s1, const PurpleStringref *s2);
/**
* purple_stringref_len:
* @stringref: The string in whose length we are interested.
*
* Find the length of the string inside a stringref.
*
* Returns: The length of the string in stringref
*/
size_t purple_stringref_len(const PurpleStringref *stringref);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /* PURPLE_STRINGREF_H */