/*  alist.h, Copyright (c) 2005 Michael C. Martin */

/*
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 */

#ifndef _ALIST_H_
#define _ALIST_H_

#include <stdio.h>

/* Associative List types. */

typedef struct _alist_entry {
	const char *key, *value;
	struct _alist_entry *next;
} alist_entry;

typedef struct _alist_map {
	alist_entry *first;
} alist;

/* ***** alist_entry operations ***** */

/* Constructor and destructor */
alist_entry *AlistEntry_New (const char *key, const char *value);
void AlistEntry_Free (alist_entry *e);

/* ***** alist operations ***** */

/* Standard constructor and destructor */
alist *Alist_New (void);
void Alist_Free (alist *m);

/* Specialized constructors: Parse an alist out of a stream, file, or
   string.  It expects a bunch of key=value statements, one per
   line. */
alist *Alist_New_FromFile (FILE *f);
alist *Alist_New_FromFilename (const char *fname);
alist *Alist_New_FromString (char *d);

/* Getting and Setting operations */
alist_entry *Alist_GetEntry (alist *m, const char *key);
const char *Alist_GetString (alist *m, const char *key);
void Alist_PutString (alist *m, const char *key, const char *value);
void Alist_PutAll (alist *dest, alist *src);

/* Dump the alist to the specified stream in a form that could be
   read later by the Alist_New_From* routines.  Dump only keys
   that begin with the prefix; NULL means all keys. */
void Alist_Dump (alist *m, FILE *s, const char *prefix);

#endif   /* _ALIST_H_ */
