Character string indexer API

src/char_str_indexer.c

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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Character string indexing functions                                      *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * @file char_str_indexer.c
+ * @author Celine Mercier
+ * @date April 12th 2016
+ * @brief Functions handling the indexing and retrieval of character strings.
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+#include "obiblob.h"
+#include "obiblob_indexer.h"
+#include "obidebug.h"
+#include "obitypes.h"
+
+
+#define DEBUG_LEVEL 0	// TODO has to be defined somewhere else (cython compil flag?)
+
+
+Obi_blob_p obi_str_to_blob(const char* value)
+{
+	Obi_blob_p 		 value_b;
+	int32_t 		 length;
+
+	// Compute the number of bytes on which the value will be encoded
+	length = strlen(value) + 1;		// +1 to store \0 at the end (makes retrieving faster)
+
+	value_b = obi_blob((byte_t*)value, ELEMENT_SIZE_STR, length, length);
+	if (value_b == NULL)
+	{
+		obidebug(1, "\nError encoding a character string in a blob");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return value_b;
+}
+
+
+char* obi_blob_to_str(Obi_blob_p value_b)
+{
+	return value_b->value;
+}
+
+
+index_t obi_index_char_str(Obi_indexer_p indexer, const char* value)
+{
+	Obi_blob_p  value_b;
+	index_t 	idx;
+
+	// Encode value
+	value_b = obi_str_to_blob(value);
+	if (value_b == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	// Add in the indexer
+	idx = obi_indexer_add(indexer, value_b);
+
+	free(value_b);
+
+	return idx;
+}
+
+
+char* obi_retrieve_char_str(Obi_indexer_p indexer, index_t idx)
+{
+	Obi_blob_p  value_b;
+
+	// Get encoded value
+	value_b = obi_indexer_get(indexer, idx);
+
+	// Return decoded character string
+	return obi_blob_to_str(value_b);
+}
+