glob.h

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#ifndef BU_GLOB_H
#define BU_GLOB_H
 
#include "common.h"
 
#include "bu/defines.h"
#include "bu/vls.h"
 
__BEGIN_DECLS
 
 
/** @addtogroup bu_experimental
 *
 * NOTE - the glob API below is a work in progress - until this notice is
 * removed it should not be considered functional, much less stable!
 *
 *  @brief Routines and structures for getting a list of entities that
 *  match a given pattern.
 *
 */
/** @{ */
/** @file bu/glob.h */
 
 
/**
 * representation of a path element, for use with bu_glob() callbacks.
 */
struct bu_dirent {
    struct bu_vls *name;
    void *data;
};
 
/**
 * information about a path element (file, directory, object, etc),
 * for use with bu_glob() callbacks.
 */
struct bu_stat {
    struct bu_vls name;
    b_off_t size;
    void *data;
};
 
 
/**
 * main structure used by bu_glob() to specify behavior, callbacks,
 * and return results.
 */
struct bu_glob_context {
 
#define BU_GLOB_APPEND     0x0001  /**< Append to output from previous call. */
#define BU_GLOB_NOSORT     0x0020  /**< Don't sort. */
#define BU_GLOB_NOESCAPE   0x2000  /**< Disable backslash escaping. */
#define BU_GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC 0x0040  /**< use alternate functions. */
    int gl_flags;                /**< flags customizing globbing behavior */
 
    /* Return values */
 
    int gl_pathc;                /**< count of total paths so far */
    int gl_matchc;               /**< count of paths matching pattern */
    struct bu_vls **gl_pathv;    /**< list of paths matching pattern */
 
    /* Callback functions */
 
    struct bu_glob_context *(*gl_opendir)(const char *);
    int (*gl_readdir)(struct bu_dirent *, struct bu_glob_context *);
    void (*gl_closedir)(struct bu_glob_context *);
 
    int (*gl_lstat)(const char *, struct bu_stat *, struct bu_glob_context *);
    int (*gl_stat)(const char *, struct bu_stat *, struct bu_glob_context *);
 
#define BU_GLOB_NOMATCH (-1)     /**< No match. */
#define BU_GLOB_ABORTED (-2)     /**< Unignored error. */
    int (*gl_errfunc)(const char *, int, struct bu_glob_context *);
 
    /* For caller use */
 
    void *data;                  /**< data passed to all callbacks */
 
    /* Private */
 
    void *priv;               /**< For internal use only */
};
typedef struct bu_glob_context bu_glob_t;
 
 
/**
 * declaration statement initialization of a bu_glob struct
 */
#define BU_GLOB_INIT_ZERO {0, 0, 0, NULL, (struct bu_glob_context *(*)(const char *))NULL, (int(*)(struct bu_dirent *, struct bu_glob_context *))NULL, (void(*)(struct bu_glob_context *))NULL, (int(*)(const char *, struct bu_stat *, struct bu_glob_context *))NULL, (int(*)(const char *, struct bu_stat *, struct bu_glob_context *))NULL, (int(*)(const char *, int, struct bu_glob_context *))NULL, NULL, NULL}
 
 
/**
 * initialize a globbing context for use prior to calling bu_glob()
 */
BU_EXPORT struct bu_glob_context *bu_glob_init(void);
 
 
/**
 * release any resources allocated during bu_glob(), including any
 * returned paths
 */
BU_EXPORT extern void bu_glob_free(struct bu_glob_context *);
 
 
/**
 * match a pattern against a set of elements.
 *
 * This interface is a somewhat simplified and abstracted version of
 * UNIX glob matching, based loosely on the interface specified in
 * POSIX.2.  It supports user specified callback functions allowing
 * callers to glob nearly any named storage structure.  By default,
 * globbing will map to the local filesystem.
 *
 * Function takes an input pattern, a set of flags, and a globbing
 * context from bu_glob_alloc().
 *
 * Returns zero on success, non-zero on failure.
 *
 * gl_pathc will contain the total number of paths matched.  This will
 * increment previous glob counts if GLOB_APPEND is specified.
 *
 * gl_matchc will contain the number of matched paths for this
 * invocation of bu_glob().
 *
 * gl_pathv contains a list of matched paths.
 */
BU_EXPORT extern int bu_glob(const char *pattern, int flags, struct bu_glob_context *context);
 
/** @} */
 
 
__END_DECLS
 
#endif  /* BU_GLOB_H */
 
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