git/hashmap.h

#ifndef HASHMAP_H
#define HASHMAP_H

/*
 * Generic implementation of hash-based key-value mappings.
 *
 * An example that maps long to a string:
 * For the sake of the example this allows to lookup exact values, too
 * (i.e. it is operated as a set, the value is part of the key)
 * -------------------------------------
 *
 * struct hashmap map;
 * struct long2string {
 *     struct hashmap_entry ent;
 *     long key;
 *     char value[FLEX_ARRAY];   // be careful with allocating on stack!
 * };
 *
 * #define COMPARE_VALUE 1
 *
 * static int long2string_cmp(const void *hashmap_cmp_fn_data,
 *                            const struct hashmap_entry *eptr,
 *                            const struct hashmap_entry *entry_or_key,
 *                            const void *keydata)
 * {
 *     const char *string = keydata;
 *     unsigned flags = *(unsigned *)hashmap_cmp_fn_data;
 *     const struct long2string *e1, *e2;
 *
 *     e1 = container_of(eptr, const struct long2string, ent);
 *     e2 = container_of(entry_or_key, const struct long2string, ent);
 *
 *     if (flags & COMPARE_VALUE)
 *         return e1->key != e2->key ||
 *                  strcmp(e1->value, string ? string : e2->value);
 *     else
 *         return e1->key != e2->key;
 * }
 *
 * int main(int argc, char **argv)
 * {
 *     long key;
 *     char value[255], action[32];
 *     unsigned flags = 0;
 *
 *     hashmap_init(&map, long2string_cmp, &flags, 0);
 *
 *     while (scanf("%s %ld %s", action, &key, value)) {
 *
 *         if (!strcmp("add", action)) {
 *             struct long2string *e;
 *             FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e, value, value);
 *             hashmap_entry_init(&e->ent, memhash(&key, sizeof(long)));
 *             e->key = key;
 *             hashmap_add(&map, &e->ent);
 *         }
 *
 *         if (!strcmp("print_all_by_key", action)) {
 *             struct long2string k, *e;
 *             hashmap_entry_init(&k.ent, memhash(&key, sizeof(long)));
 *             k.key = key;
 *
 *             flags &= ~COMPARE_VALUE;
 *             e = hashmap_get_entry(&map, &k, ent, NULL);
 *             if (e) {
 *                 printf("first: %ld %s\n", e->key, e->value);
 *                 while ((e = hashmap_get_next_entry(&map, e,
 *                                              struct long2string, ent))) {
 *                     printf("found more: %ld %s\n", e->key, e->value);
 *                 }
 *             }
 *         }
 *
 *         if (!strcmp("has_exact_match", action)) {
 *             struct long2string *e;
 *             FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e, value, value);
 *             hashmap_entry_init(&e->ent, memhash(&key, sizeof(long)));
 *             e->key = key;
 *
 *             flags |= COMPARE_VALUE;
 *             printf("%sfound\n",
 *                    hashmap_get(&map, &e->ent, NULL) ? "" : "not ");
 *             free(e);
 *         }
 *
 *         if (!strcmp("has_exact_match_no_heap_alloc", action)) {
 *             struct long2string k;
 *             hashmap_entry_init(&k.ent, memhash(&key, sizeof(long)));
 *             k.key = key;
 *
 *             flags |= COMPARE_VALUE;
 *             printf("%sfound\n",
 *                    hashmap_get(&map, &k.ent, value) ? "" : "not ");
 *         }
 *
 *         if (!strcmp("end", action)) {
 *             hashmap_clear_and_free(&map, struct long2string, ent);
 *             break;
 *         }
 *     }
 *
 *     return 0;
 * }
 */

/*
 * Ready-to-use hash functions for strings, using the FNV-1 algorithm (see
 * http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/fnv).
 * `strhash` and `strihash` take 0-terminated strings, while `memhash` and
 * `memihash` operate on arbitrary-length memory.
 * `strihash` and `memihash` are case insensitive versions.
 * `memihash_cont` is a variant of `memihash` that allows a computation to be
 * continued with another chunk of data.
 */
unsigned int strhash(const char *buf);
unsigned int strihash(const char *buf);
unsigned int memhash(const void *buf, size_t len);
unsigned int memihash(const void *buf, size_t len);
unsigned int memihash_cont(unsigned int hash_seed, const void *buf, size_t len);

/*
 * struct hashmap_entry is an opaque structure representing an entry in the
 * hash table.
 * Ideally it should be followed by an int-sized member to prevent unused
 * memory on 64-bit systems due to alignment.
 */
struct hashmap_entry { … };

/*
 * User-supplied function to test two hashmap entries for equality. Shall
 * return 0 if the entries are equal.
 *
 * This function is always called with non-NULL `entry` and `entry_or_key`
 * parameters that have the same hash code.
 *
 * When looking up an entry, the `key` and `keydata` parameters to hashmap_get
 * and hashmap_remove are always passed as second `entry_or_key` and third
 * argument `keydata`, respectively. Otherwise, `keydata` is NULL.
 *
 * When it is too expensive to allocate a user entry (either because it is
 * large or variable sized, such that it is not on the stack), then the
 * relevant data to check for equality should be passed via `keydata`.
 * In this case `key` can be a stripped down version of the user key data
 * or even just a hashmap_entry having the correct hash.
 *
 * The `hashmap_cmp_fn_data` entry is the pointer given in the init function.
 */
hashmap_cmp_fn;

/*
 * struct hashmap is the hash table structure. Members can be used as follows,
 * but should not be modified directly.
 */
struct hashmap { … };

/* hashmap functions */

#define HASHMAP_INIT(fn, data) …

/*
 * Initializes a hashmap structure.
 *
 * `map` is the hashmap to initialize.
 *
 * The `equals_function` can be specified to compare two entries for equality.
 * If NULL, entries are considered equal if their hash codes are equal.
 *
 * The `equals_function_data` parameter can be used to provide additional data
 * (a callback cookie) that will be passed to `equals_function` each time it
 * is called. This allows a single `equals_function` to implement multiple
 * comparison functions.
 *
 * If the total number of entries is known in advance, the `initial_size`
 * parameter may be used to preallocate a sufficiently large table and thus
 * prevent expensive resizing. If 0, the table is dynamically resized.
 */
void hashmap_init(struct hashmap *map,
		  hashmap_cmp_fn equals_function,
		  const void *equals_function_data,
		  size_t initial_size);

/* internal functions for clearing or freeing hashmap */
void hashmap_partial_clear_(struct hashmap *map, ssize_t offset);
void hashmap_clear_(struct hashmap *map, ssize_t offset);

/*
 * Frees a hashmap structure and allocated memory for the table, but does not
 * free the entries nor anything they point to.
 *
 * Usage note:
 *
 * Many callers will need to iterate over all entries and free the data each
 * entry points to; in such a case, they can free the entry itself while at it.
 * Thus, you might see:
 *
 *    hashmap_for_each_entry(map, hashmap_iter, e, hashmap_entry_name) {
 *      free(e->somefield);
 *      free(e);
 *    }
 *    hashmap_clear(map);
 *
 * instead of
 *
 *    hashmap_for_each_entry(map, hashmap_iter, e, hashmap_entry_name) {
 *      free(e->somefield);
 *    }
 *    hashmap_clear_and_free(map, struct my_entry_struct, hashmap_entry_name);
 *
 * to avoid the implicit extra loop over the entries.  However, if there are
 * no special fields in your entry that need to be freed beyond the entry
 * itself, it is probably simpler to avoid the explicit loop and just call
 * hashmap_clear_and_free().
 */
#define hashmap_clear(map) …

/*
 * Similar to hashmap_clear(), except that the table is not deallocated; it
 * is merely zeroed out but left the same size as before.  If the hashmap
 * will be reused, this avoids the overhead of deallocating and
 * reallocating map->table.  As with hashmap_clear(), you may need to free
 * the entries yourself before calling this function.
 */
#define hashmap_partial_clear(map) …

/*
 * Similar to hashmap_clear() but also frees all entries.  @type is the
 * struct type of the entry where @member is the hashmap_entry struct used
 * to associate with @map.
 *
 * See usage note above hashmap_clear().
 */
#define hashmap_clear_and_free(map, type, member) …

/*
 * Similar to hashmap_partial_clear() but also frees all entries.  @type is
 * the struct type of the entry where @member is the hashmap_entry struct
 * used to associate with @map.
 *
 * See usage note above hashmap_clear().
 */
#define hashmap_partial_clear_and_free(map, type, member) …

/* hashmap_entry functions */

/*
 * Initializes a hashmap_entry structure.
 *
 * `entry` points to the entry to initialize.
 * `hash` is the hash code of the entry.
 *
 * The hashmap_entry structure does not hold references to external resources,
 * and it is safe to just discard it once you are done with it (i.e. if
 * your structure was allocated with xmalloc(), you can just free(3) it,
 * and if it is on stack, you can just let it go out of scope).
 */
static inline void hashmap_entry_init(struct hashmap_entry *e,
				      unsigned int hash)
{ … }

/*
 * Return the number of items in the map.
 */
static inline unsigned int hashmap_get_size(struct hashmap *map)
{ … }

/*
 * Returns the hashmap entry for the specified key, or NULL if not found.
 *
 * `map` is the hashmap structure.
 *
 * `key` is a user data structure that starts with hashmap_entry that has at
 * least been initialized with the proper hash code (via `hashmap_entry_init`).
 *
 * `keydata` is a data structure that holds just enough information to check
 * for equality to a given entry.
 *
 * If the key data is variable-sized (e.g. a FLEX_ARRAY string) or quite large,
 * it is undesirable to create a full-fledged entry structure on the heap and
 * copy all the key data into the structure.
 *
 * In this case, the `keydata` parameter can be used to pass
 * variable-sized key data directly to the comparison function, and the `key`
 * parameter can be a stripped-down, fixed size entry structure allocated on the
 * stack.
 *
 * If an entry with matching hash code is found, `key` and `keydata` are passed
 * to `hashmap_cmp_fn` to decide whether the entry matches the key.
 */
struct hashmap_entry *hashmap_get(const struct hashmap *map,
				  const struct hashmap_entry *key,
				  const void *keydata);

/*
 * Returns the hashmap entry for the specified hash code and key data,
 * or NULL if not found.
 *
 * `map` is the hashmap structure.
 * `hash` is the hash code of the entry to look up.
 *
 * If an entry with matching hash code is found, `keydata` is passed to
 * `hashmap_cmp_fn` to decide whether the entry matches the key. The
 * `entry_or_key` parameter of `hashmap_cmp_fn` points to a hashmap_entry
 * structure that should not be used in the comparison.
 */
static inline struct hashmap_entry *hashmap_get_from_hash(
					const struct hashmap *map,
					unsigned int hash,
					const void *keydata)
{ … }

/*
 * Returns the next equal hashmap entry, or NULL if not found. This can be
 * used to iterate over duplicate entries (see `hashmap_add`).
 *
 * `map` is the hashmap structure.
 * `entry` is the hashmap_entry to start the search from, obtained via a previous
 * call to `hashmap_get` or `hashmap_get_next`.
 */
struct hashmap_entry *hashmap_get_next(const struct hashmap *map,
				       const struct hashmap_entry *entry);

/*
 * Adds a hashmap entry. This allows to add duplicate entries (i.e.
 * separate values with the same key according to hashmap_cmp_fn).
 *
 * `map` is the hashmap structure.
 * `entry` is the entry to add.
 */
void hashmap_add(struct hashmap *map, struct hashmap_entry *entry);

/*
 * Adds or replaces a hashmap entry. If the hashmap contains duplicate
 * entries equal to the specified entry, only one of them will be replaced.
 *
 * `map` is the hashmap structure.
 * `entry` is the entry to add or replace.
 * Returns the replaced entry, or NULL if not found (i.e. the entry was added).
 */
struct hashmap_entry *hashmap_put(struct hashmap *map,
				  struct hashmap_entry *entry);

/*
 * Adds or replaces a hashmap entry contained within @keyvar,
 * where @keyvar is a pointer to a struct containing a
 * "struct hashmap_entry" @member.
 *
 * Returns the replaced pointer which is of the same type as @keyvar,
 * or NULL if not found.
 */
#define hashmap_put_entry(map, keyvar, member) …

/*
 * Removes a hashmap entry matching the specified key. If the hashmap contains
 * duplicate entries equal to the specified key, only one of them will be
 * removed. Returns the removed entry, or NULL if not found.
 *
 * Argument explanation is the same as in `hashmap_get`.
 */
struct hashmap_entry *hashmap_remove(struct hashmap *map,
				     const struct hashmap_entry *key,
				     const void *keydata);

/*
 * Removes a hashmap entry contained within @keyvar,
 * where @keyvar is a pointer to a struct containing a
 * "struct hashmap_entry" @member.
 *
 * See `hashmap_get` for an explanation of @keydata
 *
 * Returns the replaced pointer which is of the same type as @keyvar,
 * or NULL if not found.
 */
#define hashmap_remove_entry(map, keyvar, member, keydata) …

/*
 * Returns the `bucket` an entry is stored in.
 * Useful for multithreaded read access.
 */
int hashmap_bucket(const struct hashmap *map, unsigned int hash);

/*
 * Used to iterate over all entries of a hashmap. Note that it is
 * not safe to add or remove entries to the hashmap while
 * iterating.
 */
struct hashmap_iter { … };

/* Initializes a `hashmap_iter` structure. */
void hashmap_iter_init(struct hashmap *map, struct hashmap_iter *iter);

/* Returns the next hashmap_entry, or NULL if there are no more entries. */
struct hashmap_entry *hashmap_iter_next(struct hashmap_iter *iter);

/* Initializes the iterator and returns the first entry, if any. */
static inline struct hashmap_entry *hashmap_iter_first(struct hashmap *map,
						       struct hashmap_iter *iter)
{ … }

/*
 * returns the first entry in @map using @iter, where the entry is of
 * @type (e.g. "struct foo") and @member is the name of the
 * "struct hashmap_entry" in @type
 */
#define hashmap_iter_first_entry(map, iter, type, member) …

/* internal macro for hashmap_for_each_entry */
#define hashmap_iter_next_entry_offset(iter, offset) …

/* internal macro for hashmap_for_each_entry */
#define hashmap_iter_first_entry_offset(map, iter, offset) …

/*
 * iterate through @map using @iter, @var is a pointer to a type
 * containing a @member which is a "struct hashmap_entry"
 */
#define hashmap_for_each_entry(map, iter, var, member) …

/*
 * returns a pointer of type matching @keyvar, or NULL if nothing found.
 * @keyvar is a pointer to a struct containing a
 * "struct hashmap_entry" @member.
 */
#define hashmap_get_entry(map, keyvar, member, keydata) …

#define hashmap_get_entry_from_hash(map, hash, keydata, type, member) …
/*
 * returns the next equal pointer to @var, or NULL if not found.
 * @var is a pointer of any type containing "struct hashmap_entry"
 * @member is the name of the "struct hashmap_entry" field
 */
#define hashmap_get_next_entry(map, var, member) …

/*
 * iterate @map starting from @var, where @var is a pointer of @type
 * and @member is the name of the "struct hashmap_entry" field in @type
 */
#define hashmap_for_each_entry_from(map, var, member) …

/*
 * Disable item counting and automatic rehashing when adding/removing items.
 *
 * Normally, the hashmap keeps track of the number of items in the map
 * and uses it to dynamically resize it.  This (both the counting and
 * the resizing) can cause problems when the map is being used by
 * threaded callers (because the hashmap code does not know about the
 * locking strategy used by the threaded callers and therefore, does
 * not know how to protect the "private_size" counter).
 */
static inline void hashmap_disable_item_counting(struct hashmap *map)
{ … }

/*
 * Re-enable item counting when adding/removing items.
 * If counting is currently disabled, it will force count them.
 * It WILL NOT automatically rehash them.
 */
static inline void hashmap_enable_item_counting(struct hashmap *map)
{ … }

/* String interning */

/*
 * Returns the unique, interned version of the specified string or data,
 * similar to the `String.intern` API in Java and .NET, respectively.
 * Interned strings remain valid for the entire lifetime of the process.
 *
 * Can be used as `[x]strdup()` or `xmemdupz` replacement, except that interned
 * strings / data must not be modified or freed.
 *
 * Interned strings are best used for short strings with high probability of
 * duplicates.
 *
 * Uses a hashmap to store the pool of interned strings.
 */
const void *memintern(const void *data, size_t len);
static inline const char *strintern(const char *string)
{ … }

#endif