/*
* Copyright (c) 2008 - 2009
* Jonathan Schleifer <js@webkeks.org>
*
* All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of libobjfw. It may be distributed under the terms of the
* Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE included in
* the packaging of this file.
*/
#import "OFObject.h"
/**
* The OFDataArray class provides a class for storing arbitrary data in an
* array.
*
* If you plan to store large hunks of data, you should consider using
* OFBigDataArray, which allocates the memory in pages rather than in bytes.
*/
@interface OFDataArray: OFObject <OFCopying>
{
char *data;
size_t itemsize;
size_t count;
}
/**
* Creates a new OFDataArray whose items all have the same size.
*
* \param is The size of each element in the OFDataArray
* \return A new autoreleased OFDataArray
*/
+ dataArrayWithItemSize: (size_t)is;
/**
* Initializes an already allocated OFDataArray whose items all have the same
* size.
*
* \param is The size of each element in the OFDataArray
* \return An initialized OFDataArray
*/
- initWithItemSize: (size_t)is;
/**
* \return The number of items in the OFDataArray
*/
- (size_t)count;
/**
* \return The size of each item in the OFDataArray in bytes
*/
- (size_t)itemsize;
/**
* \return All elements of the OFDataArray
*/
- (void*)data;
/**
* Compares the OFDataArray to another object.
*
* \param obj An object to compare with
* \return An integer which is the result of the comparison, see for example
* strcmp
*/
- (int)compare: (id)obj;
/**
* Returns a specific item of the OFDataArray.
*
* \param index The number of the item to return
* \return The specified item of the OFDataArray
*/
- (void*)item: (size_t)index;
/**
* \return The last item of the OFDataArray
*/
- (void*)last;
/**
* Adds an item to the OFDataArray.
*
* \param item A pointer to an arbitrary item
*/
- add: (void*)item;
/**
* Adds items from a C array to the OFDataArray.
*
* \param nitems The number of items to add
* \param carray A C array containing the items to add
*/
- addNItems: (size_t)nitems
fromCArray: (void*)carray;
/**
* Removes the specified amount of items from the end of the OFDataArray.
*
* \param nitems The number of items to remove
*/
- removeNItems: (size_t)nitems;
@end
@interface OFBigDataArray: OFDataArray <OFCopying>
{
size_t size;
}
@end