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1 /*
2 Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
3 DATA BLOB
5 Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 2001
6 Copyright (C) Andrew Bartlett 2001
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
22 /* This is a public header file that is installed as part of Samba.
23 * If you remove any functions or change their signature, update
24 * the so version number. */
26 #ifndef _SAMBA_DATABLOB_H_
27 #define _SAMBA_DATABLOB_H_
29 #ifndef _PUBLIC_
30 #define _PUBLIC_
31 #endif
33 #include <talloc.h>
34 #include <stdint.h>
36 /* used to hold an arbitrary blob of data */
37 typedef struct datablob {
38 uint8_t *data;
39 size_t length;
40 } DATA_BLOB;
42 struct data_blob_list_item {
43 struct data_blob_list_item *prev,*next;
44 DATA_BLOB blob;
47 /* by making struct ldb_val and DATA_BLOB the same, we can simplify
48 a fair bit of code */
49 #define ldb_val datablob
51 #define data_blob(ptr, size) data_blob_named(ptr, size, "DATA_BLOB: "__location__)
52 #define data_blob_talloc(ctx, ptr, size) data_blob_talloc_named(ctx, ptr, size, "DATA_BLOB: "__location__)
53 #define data_blob_dup_talloc(ctx, blob) data_blob_talloc_named(ctx, (blob)->data, (blob)->length, "DATA_BLOB: "__location__)
55 /**
56 construct a data blob, must be freed with data_blob_free()
57 you can pass NULL for p and get a blank data blob
58 **/
59 _PUBLIC_ DATA_BLOB data_blob_named(const void *p, size_t length, const char *name);
61 /**
62 construct a data blob, using supplied TALLOC_CTX
63 **/
64 _PUBLIC_ DATA_BLOB data_blob_talloc_named(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const void *p, size_t length, const char *name);
66 /**
67 construct a zero data blob, using supplied TALLOC_CTX.
68 use this sparingly as it initialises data - better to initialise
69 yourself if you want specific data in the blob
70 **/
71 _PUBLIC_ DATA_BLOB data_blob_talloc_zero(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, size_t length);
73 /**
74 free a data blob
75 **/
76 _PUBLIC_ void data_blob_free(DATA_BLOB *d);
78 /**
79 clear a DATA_BLOB's contents
80 **/
81 _PUBLIC_ void data_blob_clear(DATA_BLOB *d);
83 /**
84 free a data blob and clear its contents
85 **/
86 _PUBLIC_ void data_blob_clear_free(DATA_BLOB *d);
88 /**
89 check if two data blobs are equal
90 **/
91 _PUBLIC_ int data_blob_cmp(const DATA_BLOB *d1, const DATA_BLOB *d2);
93 /**
94 print the data_blob as hex string
95 **/
96 _PUBLIC_ char *data_blob_hex_string_upper(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const DATA_BLOB *blob);
98 /**
99 print the data_blob as hex string
101 _PUBLIC_ char *data_blob_hex_string_lower(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const DATA_BLOB *blob);
104 useful for constructing data blobs in test suites, while
105 avoiding const warnings
107 _PUBLIC_ DATA_BLOB data_blob_string_const(const char *str);
110 useful for constructing data blobs in test suites, while
111 avoiding const warnings
113 includes the terminating null character (as opposed to data_blo_string_const)
115 _PUBLIC_ DATA_BLOB data_blob_string_const_null(const char *str);
118 * Create a new data blob from const data
120 _PUBLIC_ DATA_BLOB data_blob_const(const void *p, size_t length);
123 realloc a data_blob
125 _PUBLIC_ bool data_blob_realloc(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, DATA_BLOB *blob, size_t length);
128 append some data to a data blob
130 _PUBLIC_ bool data_blob_append(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, DATA_BLOB *blob,
131 const void *p, size_t length);
133 extern const DATA_BLOB data_blob_null;
135 #endif /* _SAMBA_DATABLOB_H_ */