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+/*
+ * A general structure for extracting hierarchical data from the devices;
+ * typically key-value pairs, but allows for more rich data as well.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 by Erkki Seppälä <flux@modeemi.fi>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDE_DATA_H_
+#define INCLUDE_DATA_H_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+typedef enum {
+ DATA_DATA, /* pointer to data is stored */
+ DATA_INT, /* pointer to integer is stored */
+ DATA_DOUBLE, /* pointer to a double is stored */
+ DATA_STRING, /* pointer to a string is stored */
+ DATA_ARRAY, /* pointer to an array of values is stored */
+ DATA_COUNT, /* invalid */
+ DATA_FORMAT /* indicates the following value is formatted */
+} data_type_t;
+
+typedef struct data_array {
+ int num_values;
+ data_type_t type;
+ void *values;
+} data_array_t;
+
+typedef struct data {
+ char *key;
+ char *pretty_key; /* the name used for displaying data to user in with a nicer name */
+ data_type_t type;
+ char *format; /* if not null, contains special formatting string */
+ void *value;
+ struct data* next; /* chaining to the next element in the linked list; NULL indicates end-of-list */
+} data_t;
+
+struct data_printer;
+extern struct data_printer data_json_printer;
+extern struct data_printer data_kv_printer;
+extern struct data_printer data_csv_printer;
+
+/** Constructs a structured data object.
+
+ Example:
+ data_make("key", "Pretty key", DATA_INT, 42,
+ "others", "More data", DATA_DATA, data_make("foo", DATA_DOUBLE, 42.0, NULL),
+ "zoom", NULL, data_array(2, DATA_STRING, (char*[]){"hello", "World"}),
+ "double", "Double", DATA_DOUBLE, 10.0/3,
+ NULL);
+
+ Most of the time the function copies perhaps what you expect it to. Things
+ it copies:
+ - string contents for keys and values
+ - numerical arrays
+ - string arrays (copied deeply)
+
+ Things it moves:
+ - recursive data_t* and data_array_t* values
+
+ The rule is: if an object is boxed (look at the dmt structure in the data.c)
+ and it has a array_elementwise_import in the same structure, then it is
+ copied deeply. Otherwise, it is copied shallowly.
+
+ @param key Name of the first value to put in.
+ @param pretty_key Pretty name for the key. Use "" if to omit pretty label for this field completely,
+ or NULL if to use key name for it.
+ @param type Type of the first value to put in.
+ @param ... The value of the first value to put in, follwed by the rest of the
+ key-type-values. The list is terminated with a NULL.
+
+ @return A constructed data_t* object or NULL if there was a memory allocation error.
+*/
+data_t *data_make(const char *key, const char *pretty_key, ...);
+
+/** Constructs an array from given data of the given uniform type.
+
+ @param ptr The contents pointed by the argument are copied in.
+
+ @return The constructed data array object, typically placed inside a data_t or NULL
+ if there was a memory allocation error.
+*/
+data_array_t *data_array(int num_values, data_type_t type, void *ptr);
+
+/** Releases a data array */
+void data_array_free(data_array_t *array);
+
+/** Prints a structured data object as JSON to the given stream */
+void data_print(data_t *data, FILE* file, struct data_printer *printer, void *aux);
+
+/** Releases a structure object */
+void data_free(data_t *data);
+
+/** Construct auxiliary data for CSV construction
+
+ @param fields the list of fields to accept and expect. Array is copied, but the actual
+ strings not. The list may contain duplicates and they are eliminated.
+ @param num_fields number of fields
+
+ @return The auxiliary data to pass along with data_csv_printer to data_print.
+ You must release this object with data_csv_free once you're done with it.
+*/
+void *data_csv_init(const char **fields, int num_fields);
+
+/** Destructs auxiliary CSV data. */
+void data_csv_free(void *csv);
+
+#endif // INCLUDE_DATA_H_