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+/*
+ * Secure eXtended Message Passing framework
+ * Secure eXtended Transport layer implementation: (libsxt)
+ * - very similar to SSH2/TLS
+ * - using already proven and tested crypto algos
+ * - better than TLS for message passing
+ *
+ * raw data buffer implementation used within library
+ *
+ * (c) Alexander Vdolainen 2016 <avdolainen@zoho.com>
+ *
+ * libsxmp is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * libsxmp 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.";
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __SXT_RDB_H__
+#define __SXT_RDB_H__
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#define SXTRDB_BURN  (1 << 1)
+
+typedef struct __sxtrawdatabuffer_type {
+  char *raw;
+  uint32_t rlength; /* raw buffer allocated length */
+  uint32_t ulength; /* length of used allocated space */
+  uint32_t curr; /* cursor for read/write operations */
+  int flags;
+} sxtrdb_t;
+
+/* allocation, freeing */
+/* allocate raw buffer with defaults preallocation */
+sxtrdb_t *sxtrdb_new(void);
+
+/* will do the same as sxtrdb_new but will allocate given length */
+sxtrdb_t *sxtrdb_new_palloc(uint32_t);
+
+/* free all allocated space and buffer itself */
+void sxtrdb_free(sxtrdb_t *);
+
+/* read/write */
+/* read different types, should return the size of the
+ * ridden data, otherwise error occurs */
+uint32_t sxtrdb_read_u8(sxtrdb_t *, uint8_t *);
+uint32_t sxtrdb_read_u16(sxtrdb_t *, uint16_t *);
+uint32_t sxtrdb_read_u32(sxtrdb_t *, uint32_t *);
+uint32_t sxtrdb_read_u64(sxtrdb_t *, uint64_t *);
+
+/* get raw data, pointer must be allocated with at least required length,
+ * will return size of ridden data
+ */
+uint32_t sxtrdb_read_raw(sxtrdb_t *, void *, uint32_t);
+
+/* write different types, should return the size of the
+ * written data, otherwise error occurs */
+uint32_t sxtrdb_write_u8(sxtrdb_t *, uint8_t);
+uint32_t sxtrdb_write_u16(sxtrdb_t *, uint16_t);
+uint32_t sxtrdb_write_u32(sxtrdb_t *, uint32_t);
+uint32_t sxtrdb_write_u64(sxtrdb_t *, uint64_t);
+
+/* write raw data with the given length */
+uint32_t sxtrdb_write_raw(sxtrdb_t *, void *, uint32_t);
+
+/* write raw data *before* existing data */
+uint32_t sxtrdb_write_raw_head(sxtrdb_t *, void *, uint32_t);
+
+/* parse */
+int sxtrdb_escan_va(sxtrdb_t *b, const char *fmt, int argc, va_list ap);
+
+/* print */
+uint32_t sxtrdb_print_va(sxtrdb_t *b, const char *fmt, int argc, va_list ap);
+
+/* misc */
+/* returns length of used space in the buffer */
+uint32_t sxtrdb_length(sxtrdb_t *);
+
+/* returns length of allocated space in the buffer */
+uint32_t sxtrdb_alength(sxtrdb_t *);
+
+/* returns length of the left data to read */
+uint32_t sxtrdb_leftlength(sxtrdb_t *);
+
+/* reaturn a pointer to the raw data */
+void *sxtrdb_rdata(sxtrdb_t *);
+
+/* return pointer to the data currently being read/write */
+void *sxtrdb_rdatacur(sxtrdb_t *);
+
+/* set flags to the raw buffer */
+void sxtrdb_setflags(sxtrdb_t *, int);
+
+/* exchange flags for raw buff */
+void sxtrdb_exflags(sxtrdb_t *, int);
+
+/* reset all the flags */
+#define sxtrdb_flagsreset(a) sxtrdb_exflags((a), 0)
+
+/* let the buffer to use actually used bytes, not all allocated space
+ * will return SXT_SUCCESS on success (or in case if it doesn't required),
+ * SXT_ENOMEM or other error if fails
+ */
+int sxtrdb_memopt(sxtbuf_t *);
+
+
+#endif /* __SXT_RDB_H__ */