dict.h (9374B)
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It does not scale and is 25 * extremely slow with large dictionaries. 26 * It is recommended that new code uses our tree container from tree.c/h 27 * where applicable, which uses AVL trees to achieve O(log n) performance. 28 */ 29 30 #ifndef AVUTIL_DICT_H 31 #define AVUTIL_DICT_H 32 33 #include <stdint.h> 34 35 /** 36 * @addtogroup lavu_dict AVDictionary 37 * @ingroup lavu_data 38 * 39 * @brief Simple key:value store 40 * 41 * @{ 42 * Dictionaries are used for storing key-value pairs. 43 * 44 * - To **create an AVDictionary**, simply pass an address of a NULL 45 * pointer to av_dict_set(). NULL can be used as an empty dictionary 46 * wherever a pointer to an AVDictionary is required. 47 * - To **insert an entry**, use av_dict_set(). 48 * - Use av_dict_get() to **retrieve an entry**. 49 * - To **iterate over all entries**, use av_dict_iterate(). 50 * - In order to **free the dictionary and all its contents**, use av_dict_free(). 51 * 52 @code 53 AVDictionary *d = NULL; // "create" an empty dictionary 54 AVDictionaryEntry *t = NULL; 55 56 av_dict_set(&d, "foo", "bar", 0); // add an entry 57 58 char *k = av_strdup("key"); // if your strings are already allocated, 59 char *v = av_strdup("value"); // you can avoid copying them like this 60 av_dict_set(&d, k, v, AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY | AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL); 61 62 while ((t = av_dict_iterate(d, t))) { 63 <....> // iterate over all entries in d 64 } 65 av_dict_free(&d); 66 @endcode 67 */ 68 69 /** 70 * @name AVDictionary Flags 71 * Flags that influence behavior of the matching of keys or insertion to the dictionary. 72 * @{ 73 */ 74 #define AV_DICT_MATCH_CASE 1 /**< Only get an entry with exact-case key match. Only relevant in av_dict_get(). */ 75 #define AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX 2 /**< Return first entry in a dictionary whose first part corresponds to the search key, 76 ignoring the suffix of the found key string. Only relevant in av_dict_get(). */ 77 #define AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY 4 /**< Take ownership of a key that's been 78 allocated with av_malloc() or another memory allocation function. */ 79 #define AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL 8 /**< Take ownership of a value that's been 80 allocated with av_malloc() or another memory allocation function. */ 81 #define AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE 16 /**< Don't overwrite existing entries. */ 82 #define AV_DICT_APPEND 32 /**< If the entry already exists, append to it. Note that no 83 delimiter is added, the strings are simply concatenated. */ 84 #define AV_DICT_MULTIKEY 64 /**< Allow to store several equal keys in the dictionary */ 85 /** 86 * @} 87 */ 88 89 typedef struct AVDictionaryEntry { 90 char *key; 91 char *value; 92 } AVDictionaryEntry; 93 94 typedef struct AVDictionary AVDictionary; 95 96 /** 97 * Get a dictionary entry with matching key. 98 * 99 * The returned entry key or value must not be changed, or it will 100 * cause undefined behavior. 101 * 102 * @param prev Set to the previous matching element to find the next. 103 * If set to NULL the first matching element is returned. 104 * @param key Matching key 105 * @param flags A collection of AV_DICT_* flags controlling how the 106 * entry is retrieved 107 * 108 * @return Found entry or NULL in case no matching entry was found in the dictionary 109 */ 110 AVDictionaryEntry *av_dict_get(const AVDictionary *m, const char *key, 111 const AVDictionaryEntry *prev, int flags); 112 113 /** 114 * Iterate over a dictionary 115 * 116 * Iterates through all entries in the dictionary. 117 * 118 * @warning The returned AVDictionaryEntry key/value must not be changed. 119 * 120 * @warning As av_dict_set() invalidates all previous entries returned 121 * by this function, it must not be called while iterating over the dict. 122 * 123 * Typical usage: 124 * @code 125 * const AVDictionaryEntry *e = NULL; 126 * while ((e = av_dict_iterate(m, e))) { 127 * // ... 128 * } 129 * @endcode 130 * 131 * @param m The dictionary to iterate over 132 * @param prev Pointer to the previous AVDictionaryEntry, NULL initially 133 * 134 * @retval AVDictionaryEntry* The next element in the dictionary 135 * @retval NULL No more elements in the dictionary 136 */ 137 const AVDictionaryEntry *av_dict_iterate(const AVDictionary *m, 138 const AVDictionaryEntry *prev); 139 140 /** 141 * Get number of entries in dictionary. 142 * 143 * @param m dictionary 144 * @return number of entries in dictionary 145 */ 146 int av_dict_count(const AVDictionary *m); 147 148 /** 149 * Set the given entry in *pm, overwriting an existing entry. 150 * 151 * Note: If AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY or AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL is set, 152 * these arguments will be freed on error. 153 * 154 * @warning Adding a new entry to a dictionary invalidates all existing entries 155 * previously returned with av_dict_get() or av_dict_iterate(). 156 * 157 * @param pm Pointer to a pointer to a dictionary struct. If *pm is NULL 158 * a dictionary struct is allocated and put in *pm. 159 * @param key Entry key to add to *pm (will either be av_strduped or added as a new key depending on flags) 160 * @param value Entry value to add to *pm (will be av_strduped or added as a new key depending on flags). 161 * Passing a NULL value will cause an existing entry to be deleted. 162 * 163 * @return >= 0 on success otherwise an error code <0 164 */ 165 int av_dict_set(AVDictionary **pm, const char *key, const char *value, int flags); 166 167 /** 168 * Convenience wrapper for av_dict_set() that converts the value to a string 169 * and stores it. 170 * 171 * Note: If ::AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY is set, key will be freed on error. 172 */ 173 int av_dict_set_int(AVDictionary **pm, const char *key, int64_t value, int flags); 174 175 /** 176 * Parse the key/value pairs list and add the parsed entries to a dictionary. 177 * 178 * In case of failure, all the successfully set entries are stored in 179 * *pm. You may need to manually free the created dictionary. 180 * 181 * @param key_val_sep A 0-terminated list of characters used to separate 182 * key from value 183 * @param pairs_sep A 0-terminated list of characters used to separate 184 * two pairs from each other 185 * @param flags Flags to use when adding to the dictionary. 186 * ::AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY and ::AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL 187 * are ignored since the key/value tokens will always 188 * be duplicated. 189 * 190 * @return 0 on success, negative AVERROR code on failure 191 */ 192 int av_dict_parse_string(AVDictionary **pm, const char *str, 193 const char *key_val_sep, const char *pairs_sep, 194 int flags); 195 196 /** 197 * Copy entries from one AVDictionary struct into another. 198 * 199 * @note Metadata is read using the ::AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX flag 200 * 201 * @param dst Pointer to a pointer to a AVDictionary struct to copy into. If *dst is NULL, 202 * this function will allocate a struct for you and put it in *dst 203 * @param src Pointer to the source AVDictionary struct to copy items from. 204 * @param flags Flags to use when setting entries in *dst 205 * 206 * @return 0 on success, negative AVERROR code on failure. If dst was allocated 207 * by this function, callers should free the associated memory. 208 */ 209 int av_dict_copy(AVDictionary **dst, const AVDictionary *src, int flags); 210 211 /** 212 * Free all the memory allocated for an AVDictionary struct 213 * and all keys and values. 214 */ 215 void av_dict_free(AVDictionary **m); 216 217 /** 218 * Get dictionary entries as a string. 219 * 220 * Create a string containing dictionary's entries. 221 * Such string may be passed back to av_dict_parse_string(). 222 * @note String is escaped with backslashes ('\'). 223 * 224 * @warning Separators cannot be neither '\\' nor '\0'. They also cannot be the same. 225 * 226 * @param[in] m The dictionary 227 * @param[out] buffer Pointer to buffer that will be allocated with string containg entries. 228 * Buffer must be freed by the caller when is no longer needed. 229 * @param[in] key_val_sep Character used to separate key from value 230 * @param[in] pairs_sep Character used to separate two pairs from each other 231 * 232 * @return >= 0 on success, negative on error 233 */ 234 int av_dict_get_string(const AVDictionary *m, char **buffer, 235 const char key_val_sep, const char pairs_sep); 236 237 /** 238 * @} 239 */ 240 241 #endif /* AVUTIL_DICT_H */