Mon, 29 Aug 2022 20:54:42 +0200
first proposal for the string header
/* * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. * * Copyright 2021 Mike Becker, Olaf Wintermann All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ /** * \file hash_key.h * \brief Interface for map implementations. * \author Mike Becker * \author Olaf Wintermann * \version 3.0 * \copyright 2-Clause BSD License */ #ifndef UCX_HASH_KEY_H #define UCX_HASH_KEY_H #include "stddef.h" #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /** Internal structure for a key within a hash map. */ struct cx_hash_key_s { /** The key data. */ union { unsigned char *bytes; unsigned char const *cbytes; char const *cstr; char *str; void *obj; } data; /** * The key data length. */ size_t len; /** The hash value of the key data. */ unsigned hash; }; /** * Type for a hash key. */ typedef struct cx_hash_key_s CxHashKey; /** * Computes a murmur hash-2. * * You need to initialize data and len in the key struct. * The hash is then directly written to that struct. * * @param key the key, the hash shall be computed for */ void cx_hash_murmur(CxHashKey *key); /** * Computes a hash key from a string. * * The string needs to be zero-terminated. * * @param str the string * @return the hash key */ __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__)) CxHashKey cx_hash_key_str(char const *str); /** * Computes a hash key from a byte array. * * @param bytes the array * @param len the length * @return the hash key */ __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__)) CxHashKey cx_hash_key_bytes( unsigned char const *bytes, size_t len ); /** * Computes a hash key for an arbitrary object. * * The computation uses the in-memory representation that might not be * the same on different platforms. Therefore, this hash should not be * used for data exchange with different machines. * * @param obj a pointer to an arbitrary object * @param len the length of object in memory * @return the hash key */ __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__)) CxHashKey cx_hash_key( void *obj, size_t len ); #ifdef __cplusplus } // extern "C" #endif #endif /* UCX_HASH_KEY_H */