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1 /*
2 * Buffering to output and input.
3 * Copyright (C) 1998 Kunihiro Ishiguro
4 *
5 * This file is part of GNU Zebra.
6 *
7 * GNU Zebra is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
9 * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
10 * option) any later version.
11 *
12 * GNU Zebra is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
13 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15 * General Public License for more details.
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 * along with GNU Zebra; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
19 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
20 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
21 */
22
23 #ifndef _ZEBRA_BUFFER_H
24 #define _ZEBRA_BUFFER_H
25
26
27 /* Create a new buffer. Memory will be allocated in chunks of the given
28 size. If the argument is 0, the library will supply a reasonable
29 default size suitable for buffering socket I/O. */
30 extern struct buffer *buffer_new (size_t);
31
32 /* Free all data in the buffer. */
33 extern void buffer_reset (struct buffer *);
34
35 /* This function first calls buffer_reset to release all buffered data.
36 Then it frees the struct buffer itself. */
37 extern void buffer_free (struct buffer *);
38
39 /* Add the given data to the end of the buffer. */
40 extern void buffer_put (struct buffer *, const void *, size_t);
41 /* Add a single character to the end of the buffer. */
42 extern void buffer_putc (struct buffer *, u_char);
43 /* Add a NUL-terminated string to the end of the buffer. */
44 extern void buffer_putstr (struct buffer *, const char *);
45
46 /* Combine all accumulated (and unflushed) data inside the buffer into a
47 single NUL-terminated string allocated using XMALLOC(MTYPE_TMP). Note
48 that this function does not alter the state of the buffer, so the data
49 is still inside waiting to be flushed. */
50 char *buffer_getstr (struct buffer *);
51
52 /* Returns 1 if there is no pending data in the buffer. Otherwise returns 0. */
53 int buffer_empty (struct buffer *);
54
55 typedef enum
56 {
57 /* An I/O error occurred. The buffer should be destroyed and the
58 file descriptor should be closed. */
59 BUFFER_ERROR = -1,
60
61 /* The data was written successfully, and the buffer is now empty
62 (there is no pending data waiting to be flushed). */
63 BUFFER_EMPTY = 0,
64
65 /* There is pending data in the buffer waiting to be flushed. Please
66 try flushing the buffer when select indicates that the file descriptor
67 is writeable. */
68 BUFFER_PENDING = 1
69 } buffer_status_t;
70
71 /* Try to write this data to the file descriptor. Any data that cannot
72 be written immediately is added to the buffer queue. */
73 extern buffer_status_t buffer_write(struct buffer *, int fd,
74 const void *, size_t);
75
76 /* This function attempts to flush some (but perhaps not all) of
77 the queued data to the given file descriptor. */
78 extern buffer_status_t buffer_flush_available(struct buffer *, int fd);
79
80 /* The following 2 functions (buffer_flush_all and buffer_flush_window)
81 are for use in lib/vty.c only. They should not be used elsewhere. */
82
83 /* Call buffer_flush_available repeatedly until either all data has been
84 flushed, or an I/O error has been encountered, or the operation would
85 block. */
86 extern buffer_status_t buffer_flush_all (struct buffer *, int fd);
87
88 /* Attempt to write enough data to the given fd to fill a window of the
89 given width and height (and remove the data written from the buffer).
90
91 If !no_more, then a message saying " --More-- " is appended.
92 If erase is true, then first overwrite the previous " --More-- " message
93 with spaces.
94
95 Any write error (including EAGAIN or EINTR) will cause this function
96 to return -1 (because the logic for handling the erase and more features
97 is too complicated to retry the write later).
98 */
99 extern buffer_status_t buffer_flush_window (struct buffer *, int fd, int width,
100 int height, int erase, int no_more);
101
102 #endif /* _ZEBRA_BUFFER_H */