Type 3 – UTF-8 strings¶
CBOR strings have the same structure as Type 2 – Byte strings.
Corresponding |
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Number of allocations (definite) |
One plus any manipulations with the data |
Number of allocations (indefinite) |
One plus logarithmically many reallocations relative to chunk count |
Storage requirements (definite) |
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Storage requirements (indefinite) |
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UTF-8 encoding validation¶
libcbor considers UTF-8 encoding validity to be a part of the well-formedness notion of CBOR and therefore invalid UTF-8 strings will be rejected by the parser. Strings created by the user are not checked.
Getting metadata¶
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size_t cbor_string_length(const cbor_item_t *item)¶
Returns the length of the underlying string.
For definite strings only
- param item[borrow]
a definite string
- return
length of the string. Zero if no chunk has been attached yet
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bool cbor_string_is_definite(const cbor_item_t *item)¶
Is the string definite?
- param item[borrow]
a string
- return
Is the string definite?
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bool cbor_string_is_indefinite(const cbor_item_t *item)¶
Is the string indefinite?
- param item[borrow]
a string
- return
Is the string indefinite?
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size_t cbor_string_chunk_count(const cbor_item_t *item)¶
Get the number of chunks this string consist of.
- param item[borrow]
A indefinite string
- return
The chunk count. 0 for freshly created items.
Reading data¶
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cbor_mutable_data cbor_string_handle(const cbor_item_t *item)¶
Get the handle to the underlying string.
Definite items only. Modifying the data is allowed. In that case, the caller takes responsibility for the effect on items this item might be a part of
- param item[borrow]
A definite string
- return
The address of the underlying string.
NULL
if no data have been assigned yet.
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cbor_item_t **cbor_string_chunks_handle(const cbor_item_t *item)¶
Get the handle to the array of chunks.
Manipulations with the memory block (e.g. sorting it) are allowed, but the validity and the number of chunks must be retained.
- param item[borrow]
A indefinite string
- return
array of cbor_string_chunk_count definite strings
Creating new items¶
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cbor_item_t *cbor_new_definite_string()¶
Creates a new definite string.
The handle is initialized to
NULL
and length to 0- return
new definite string.
NULL
on malloc failure.
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cbor_item_t *cbor_new_indefinite_string()¶
Creates a new indefinite string.
The chunks array is initialized to
NULL
and chunkcount to 0- return
new indefinite string.
NULL
on malloc failure.
Building items¶
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cbor_item_t *cbor_build_string(const char *val)¶
Creates a new string and initializes it.
The
val
will be copied to a newly allocated block- param val
A null-terminated UTF-8 string
- return
A new string with content
handle
.NULL
on malloc failure.
Manipulating existing items¶
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void cbor_string_set_handle(cbor_item_t *item, cbor_mutable_data data, size_t length)¶
Set the handle to the underlying string.
Warning
Using a pointer to a stack allocated constant is a common mistake. Lifetime of the string will expire when it goes out of scope and the CBOR item will be left inconsistent.
- param item[borrow]
A definite string
- param data
The memory block. The caller gives up the ownership of the block. libcbor will deallocate it when appropriate using its free function
- param length
Length of the data block
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bool cbor_string_add_chunk(cbor_item_t *item, cbor_item_t *chunk)¶
Appends a chunk to the string.
Indefinite strings only.
May realloc the chunk storage.
- param item[borrow]
An indefinite string
- param item[incref]
A definite string
- return
true on success. false on realloc failure. In that case, the refcount of
chunk
is not increased and theitem
is left intact.