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#ifndef __BLI_DYNSTR_H__
#define __BLI_DYNSTR_H__

/** \file BLI_dynstr.h
 *  \ingroup bli
 *  \brief A dynamically sized string ADT.
 *  \section aboutdynstr Dynamic String
 * This ADT is designed purely for dynamic string creation
 * through appending, not for general usage, the intent is
 * to build up dynamic strings using a DynStr object, then
 * convert it to a c-string and work with that.
 */

#include <stdarg.h>

struct DynStr;

/** The abstract DynStr type */
typedef struct DynStr DynStr;

/**
 * Create a new DynStr.
 *
 * \return Pointer to a new DynStr.
 */
DynStr *BLI_dynstr_new(void);

/**
 * Append a c-string to a DynStr.
 *
 * \param ds The DynStr to append to.
 * \param cstr The c-string to append.
 */
void    BLI_dynstr_append(DynStr *ds, const char *cstr);

/**
 * Append a length clamped c-string to a DynStr.
 *
 * \param ds The DynStr to append to.
 * \param cstr The c-string to append.
 * \param len The maximum length of the c-string to copy.
 */
void    BLI_dynstr_nappend(DynStr *ds, const char *cstr, int len);

/**
 * Append a c-string to a DynStr, but with formatting like printf.
 *
 * \param ds The DynStr to append to.
 * \param format The printf format string to use.
 */
void    BLI_dynstr_appendf(DynStr *ds, const char *format, ...)
#ifdef __GNUC__
__attribute__ ((format(printf, 2, 3)))
#endif
;
void    BLI_dynstr_vappendf(DynStr *ds, const char *format, va_list args)
#ifdef __GNUC__
__attribute__ ((format(printf, 2, 0)))
#endif
;

/**
 * Find the length of a DynStr.
 *
 * \param ds The DynStr of interest.
 * \return The length of \a ds.
 */
int     BLI_dynstr_get_len(DynStr *ds);

/**
 * Get a DynStr's contents as a c-string.
 * <i> The returned c-string should be freed
 * using MEM_freeN. </i>
 *
 * \param ds The DynStr of interest.
 * \return The contents of \a ds as a c-string.
 */
char *BLI_dynstr_get_cstring(DynStr *ds);

/**
 * Get a DynStr's contents as a c-string.
 * <i> The str argument must be allocated to be at
 * least the size of BLI_dynstr_get_len(ds) + 1. </i>
 *
 * \param ds The DynStr of interest.
 * \param str The string to fill.
 */
void    BLI_dynstr_get_cstring_ex(DynStr *ds, char *str);

/**
 * Free the DynStr
 *
 * \param ds The DynStr to free.
 */
void    BLI_dynstr_free(DynStr *ds);

#endif

