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/**
 * \file strutil.h
 * A collection of string utilities.
 */

#ifndef STRUTIL_H
#define STRUTIL_H

#include "dynstr.h"

#include <string.h>

/**
 * Allocate a string initialized with the len first bytes of src.
 * Similar to strndup but it doesn't check for '\0' in src.
 * Returns NULL in case of allocation errors.
 * @param src string to copy len bytes from, may not be NULL
 * @param len bytes to copy from src
 * @return newly allocate null-terminated string
 */
MALLOC NONULL char* strdup_len(const char* src, size_t len);

/**
 * Unescape (remove backslashes from) a null-terminated string inline.
 * Does not have any special handling for sequences like \\n, \\t or \\0.
 * @param str null-terminated string to remove backslashes from, may not be NULL
 */
NONULL void unescape(char* str);

/**
 * Escape all listed characters if they appear in string with backslash.
 * Also escapes backslash.
 * Returns NULL in case of allocation errors.
 * @param str null-terminated string to escape characters in if needed,
 *            may not be NULL
 * @param chars null-terminated string containing all characters that need to
 *              be escaped, may not be NULL
 * @return newly allocated null-terminated copy of string with
 *         characters escaped
 */
MALLOC NONULL char* escape(const char* str, const char* chars);

/**
 * Escape all listed characters if they appear in the dynamic string with
 * backslash inline. Also escapes backslash.
 * @param str dynamic string to escape characters in if needed,
 *            may not be NULL
 * @param chars null-terminated string containing all characters that need to
 *              be escaped, may not be NULL
 * @return false in case of allocation errors
 */
NONULL bool dynstr_escape(dynstr_t* str, const char* chars);

/**
 * Split string by delimiter.
 * Returned list will always contain at least one item and will be
 * null-terminated.
 * Returns NULL in case of allocation errors.
 * @param start start of string to split by delimiter
 * @param end end of string to split by delimiter
 * @param delim delimiter to use
 * @return null-terminated list of strings or NULL
 */
NONULL char** split_len(const char* start, const char* end, char delim);

/**
 * Split string by delimiter.
 * Returned list will always contain at least one item and will be
 * null-terminated.
 * Returns NULL in case of allocation errors.
 * @param str string to split by delimiter
 * @param delim delimiter to use
 * @return null-terminated list of strings or NULL
 */
NONULL static inline char** split(const char* str, char delim)
{
    assert(str);
    return split_len(str, str + strlen(str), delim);
}

#endif /* STRUTIL_H */