codec, baseconv: Cleanup of the various binary encoding functions.
[mLib] / codec / hex.h
1 /* -*-c-*-
2 *
3 * Hexadecimal encoding and decoding
4 *
5 * (c) 2001 Straylight/Edgeware
6 */
7
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26 */
27
28 #ifndef MLIB_HEX_H
29 #define MLIB_HEX_H
30
31 #ifdef __cplusplus
32 extern "C" {
33 #endif
34
35 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
36
37 #ifndef MLIB_DSTR_H
38 # include "dstr.h"
39 #endif
40
41 /*----- Data structures ---------------------------------------------------*/
42
43 typedef struct hex_ctx {
44 unsigned long acc; /* Accumulator for output data */
45 unsigned qsz; /* Length of data queued */
46 unsigned lnlen; /* Length of the current line */
47 const char *indent; /* Newline-and-indent string */
48 unsigned maxline; /* Maximum permitted line length */
49 } hex_ctx;
50
51 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
52
53 /* --- @hex_encode@ --- *
54 *
55 * Arguments: @hex_ctx *ctx@ = pointer to a context block
56 * @const void *p@ = pointer to a source buffer
57 * @size_t sz@ = size of the source buffer
58 * @dstr *d@ = pointer to destination string
59 *
60 * Returns: ---
61 *
62 * Use: Encodes a binary string in hex.
63 */
64
65 extern void hex_encode(hex_ctx */*ctx*/, const void */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/,
66 dstr */*d*/);
67
68 /* --- @hex_decode@ --- *
69 *
70 * Arguments: @hex_ctx *ctx@ = pointer to a context block
71 * @const void *p@ = pointer to a source buffer
72 * @size_t sz@ = size of the source buffer
73 * @dstr *d@ = pointer to destination string
74 *
75 * Returns: ---
76 *
77 * Use: Decodes a binary string in hex. Pass in a null source
78 * pointer when you thing you've finished.
79 */
80
81 extern void hex_decode(hex_ctx */*ctx*/, const void */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/,
82 dstr */*d*/);
83
84 /* --- @hex_init@ --- *
85 *
86 * Arguments: @hex_ctx *ctx@ = pointer to context block to initialize
87 *
88 * Returns: ---
89 *
90 * Use: Initializes a hex context properly.
91 */
92
93 extern void hex_init(hex_ctx */*ctx*/);
94
95 /*----- Codec object interface --------------------------------------------*/
96
97 extern const codec_class hex_class;
98
99 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/
100
101 #ifdef __cplusplus
102 }
103 #endif
104
105 #endif