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/**
* @file utf8.h
* @brief simple library for working with UTF-8 encoded strings
*
* @code
* #include "utf8.h"
* #include <stdio.h>
*
* int main() {
* const char* str = "Hello, こんにちは, Здравствуйте";
* utf8_string ustr = make_utf8_string(str);
* utf8_string_slice slice = make_utf8_string_slice(ustr, 2, 11);
* utf8_char_iter iter = make_utf8_char_iter(ustr);
*
* printf("string: %s\n", ustr.str);
* printf("slice: %.*s\n", (int)slice.byte_len, slice.str);
*
* utf8_char ch;
* while ((ch = next_utf8_char(&iter)).byte_len > 0) {
* printf("character: %.*s\t", (int)ch.byte_len, ch.str);
* printf("unicode code point: U+%04X\n", unicode_code_point(ch));
* }
*
* return 0;
* }
* @endcode
*/
#ifndef ZAHASH_UTF8_H
#define ZAHASH_UTF8_H
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
/**
* @brief Represents the validity of a UTF-8 encoded string.
*
* @details The `utf8_validity` struct indicates whether a given UTF-8 encoded string is valid or not,
* along with the position up to which it is valid.
*
* - Invalid case: "hello\xC0\xC0" => { .valid = false, .valid_upto = 5 }
* - Valid case: "hello world" => { .valid = true, .valid_upto = 11 }
*/
typedef struct {
bool valid; ///< Flag indicating the validity of the UTF-8 string.
size_t valid_upto; ///< The position up to which the string is valid.
} utf8_validity;
/**
* @brief Represents a non-owning UTF-8 encoded string. (just a wrapper type).
*
* @details The `utf8_string` struct holds a pointer to a UTF-8 encoded string along with its byte length,
*/
typedef struct {
const char* str; ///< Pointer to the UTF-8 encoded string.
size_t byte_len; ///< Byte length of the UTF-8 string ('\0' not counted).
} utf8_string;
/**
* @brief Represents a UTF-8 encoded string that fully owns its data.
*
* @details The `owned_utf8_string` struct holds a pointer to a UTF-8 encoded string that is dynamically allocated
* and therefore is owned by the struct, which means the caller is responsible for freeing the memory when
* it is no longer needed using the `free_owned_utf8_string` function.
*/
typedef struct {
char* str; ///< Pointer to the UTF-8 encoded string (owned). This memory is dynamically allocated.
size_t byte_len; ///< Byte length of the UTF-8 string ('\0' not counted).
} owned_utf8_string;
/**
* @brief Represents an iterator for traversing UTF-8 characters in a string.
*
* @details The `utf8_char_iter` struct serves as an iterator for traversing UTF-8 characters
* within a UTF-8 encoded string.
*/
typedef struct {
const char* str; ///< Pointer to the current position of the iterator.
} utf8_char_iter;
/**
* @brief Represents a UTF-8 character.
*
* @details The `utf8_char` struct encapsulates a UTF-8 character, including its pointer and byte length.
* The byte length represents the number of bytes occupied by the UTF-8 character.
*/
typedef struct {
const char* str; ///< Pointer to the UTF-8 character.
uint8_t byte_len; ///< Byte length of the UTF-8 character.
} utf8_char;
/**
* @brief Validates whether a given string is UTF-8 compliant in O(n) time.
*
* @param str The input string to validate.
* @return The validity of the UTF-8 string along with the position up to which it is valid.
*/
utf8_validity validate_utf8(const char* str);
/**
* @brief Wraps a C-style string in a UTF-8 string structure after verifying its UTF-8 compliance.
*
* @param str The input C-style string to wrap.
* @return A UTF-8 string structure containing the wrapped string if valid; otherwise, a structure with NULL string pointer.
*
* @code
* // Example usage:
* const char *str = "definitely utf8 string こんにちは नमस्ते Здравствуйте";
* utf8_string ustr = make_utf8_string(str);
* assert( ustr.str != NULL );
*
* const char *s = "non-utf8 sequence \xC0\xC0";
* utf8_string ustr = make_utf8_string(str);
* assert( ustr.str == NULL );
* @endcode
*/
utf8_string make_utf8_string(const char* str);
/**
* @brief Converts a C-style string to a UTF-8 string, replacing invalid sequences with U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER (<28>).
*
* @details It takes a C-style string as input and converts it to a UTF-8 encoded string.
* Any invalid UTF-8 sequences in the input string are replaced with the U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER (<28>) to ensure
* that the resulting string is valid UTF-8. The resulting string is dynamically allocated and the caller
* is responsible for freeing the memory when no longer needed using `free_owned_utf8_string`.
*
* @param str The input C-style string to convert. The string can contain invalid UTF-8 sequences.
* @return An `owned_utf8_string` structure containing the resulting UTF-8 string. If memory allocation fails, the structure
* will contain a `NULL` pointer and a `byte_len` of 0.
*
* @code
* // Example usage:
* const char* str = "hello\xC0\xC0 world!";
* owned_utf8_string owned_ustr = make_utf8_string_lossy(str);
* @endcode
*/
owned_utf8_string make_utf8_string_lossy(const char* str);
/**
* @brief Creates the non-owning UTF-8 encoded string `utf8_string` from an `owned_utf8_string`.
*
* @details The resulting `utf8_string` will point to the same underlying string without taking ownership.
* The caller must ensure the original `owned_utf8_string` remains valid as long as the reference is used.
*
* @param owned_str The owned UTF-8 string from which to create a non-owning reference.
* @return utf8_string A non-owning UTF-8 string reference (`utf8_string`) pointing to the same data.
*
* @note This function does not free or transfer ownership of the `owned_utf8_string`.
* The caller is responsible for managing the lifetime of the owned string.
*/
utf8_string as_utf8_string(const owned_utf8_string* owned_str);
/**
* @brief Frees the memory allocated for an `owned_utf8_string`.
*
* @details The `free_owned_utf8_string` function deallocates the memory used by an `owned_utf8_string`
* and sets the `str` pointer to `NULL` and `byte_len` to 0.
*
* @param owned_str A pointer to the `owned_utf8_string` structure to be freed.
*
* @code
* // Example usage:
* owned_utf8_string owned_ustr = make_utf8_string_lossy("hello\xC0\xC0 world!");
* free_owned_utf8_string(&owned_ustr);
* @endcode
*/
void free_owned_utf8_string(owned_utf8_string* owned_str);
/**
* @brief Creates a UTF-8 string slice from a specified range of bytes in the original string.
*
* @param ustr The original UTF-8 string.
* @param byte_index The starting byte index of the slice.
* @param byte_len The byte length of the slice.
* @return A UTF-8 string representing the specified byte range [offset, offset + byte_len) if valid (range between UTF-8 char boundaries);
* otherwise { .str = NULL, .byte_len = 0 }
*
* @note if `byte_index` >= strlen(ustr.str) then returns terminating '\0' of ustr.str { .str = '\0', .byte_len = 0 }
* @note if `byte_index` + `byte_len` >= strlen(ustr.str) then only chars till terminating '\0' are considered.
*/
utf8_string slice_utf8_string(utf8_string ustr, size_t byte_index, size_t byte_len);
/**
* @brief Creates an iterator for traversing UTF-8 characters within a string. (see next_utf8_char( .. ) for traversal)
*
* @param ustr The UTF-8 string to iterate over.
* @return An iterator structure initialized to the start of the string.
*/
utf8_char_iter make_utf8_char_iter(utf8_string ustr);
/**
* @brief Retrieves the next UTF-8 character from the iterator.
*
* @param iter Pointer to the UTF-8 character iterator.
* @return The next UTF-8 character from the iterator.
* @note If the iterator reaches the end, it keeps returning terminating '\0' of iter.str { .str = '\0', .byte_len = 0 }
*/
utf8_char next_utf8_char(utf8_char_iter* iter);
/**
* @brief Retrieves the UTF-8 character at the specified character index within a UTF-8 string in O(n) time.
*
* @details The `nth_utf8_char` function returns the UTF-8 character located at the specified character index
* within the given UTF-8 string. The character index is zero-based, indicating the position of
* the character in the string. If the index is out of bounds or invalid, the function returns
* { .str = NULL, .byte_len = 0 }
*
* @param ustr The UTF-8 string from which to retrieve the character.
* @param char_index The zero-based index of the character to retrieve.
* @return The UTF-8 character at the specified index within the string.
*
* @code
* // Example usage:
* utf8_string str = make_utf8_string("Hello Здравствуйте こんにちは");
* utf8_char char_at_index = nth_utf8_char(str, 7); // д
* @endcode
*/
utf8_char nth_utf8_char(utf8_string ustr, size_t char_index);
/**
* @brief Counts the number of UTF-8 characters in the given utf8_string.
*
* @param ustr The UTF-8 string whose characters are to be counted.
* @return The total number of characters in the UTF-8 string.
*/
size_t utf8_char_count(utf8_string ustr);
/**
* @brief Checks if a given byte is the start of a UTF-8 character. ('\0' is also a valid character boundary)
*
* @param str Pointer to the byte to check.
* @return `true` if the byte is the start of a UTF-8 character; otherwise, `false`.
*/
bool is_utf8_char_boundary(const char* str);
/**
* @brief Converts a UTF-8 character to its corresponding Unicode code point (which is the same as a UTF-32 value).
*
* @param uchar The UTF-8 character to convert.
* @return The Unicode code point.
*/
uint32_t unicode_code_point(utf8_char uchar);
#endif