Add a type to map names to short identifiers

We'll be using this for four kinds of identifier in dispatch.c

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/container/namemap.h b/src/lib/container/namemap.h
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+/* Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Roger Dingledine
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2018, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+#ifndef TOR_NAMEMAP_H
+#define TOR_NAMEMAP_H
+
+/**
+ * \file namemap.h
+ *
+ * \brief Header for namemap.c
+ **/
+
+#include "lib/cc/compat_compiler.h"
+#include "ext/ht.h"
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+typedef struct namemap_t namemap_t;
+
+/** Returned in place of an identifier when an error occurs. */
+#define NAMEMAP_ERR UINT_MAX
+
+void namemap_init(namemap_t *map);
+const char *namemap_get_name(const namemap_t *map, unsigned id);
+const char *namemap_fmt_name(const namemap_t *map, unsigned id);
+unsigned namemap_get_id(const namemap_t *map,
+                        const char *name);
+unsigned namemap_get_or_create_id(namemap_t *map,
+                                  const char *name);
+size_t namemap_get_size(const namemap_t *map);
+void namemap_clear(namemap_t *map);
+
+#endif