list.h

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/** \addtogroup lib
    @{ */
/**
 * \defgroup list Linked list library
 *
 * The linked list library provides a set of functions for
 * manipulating linked lists.
 *
 * A linked list is made up of elements where the first element \b
 * must be a pointer. This pointer is used by the linked list library
 * to form lists of the elements.
 *
 * Lists are declared with the LIST() macro. The declaration specifies
 * the name of the list that later is used with all list functions.
 *
 * Lists can be manipulated by inserting or removing elements from
 * either sides of the list (list_push(), list_add(), list_pop(),
 * list_chop()). A specified element can also be removed from inside a
 * list with list_remove(). The head and tail of a list can be
 * extracted using list_head() and list_tail(), respectively.
 *
 * @{
 */

/**
 * \file
 * Linked list manipulation routines.
 * \author Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
 *
 *
 */



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 *
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 * Author: Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
 *
 */
#ifndef LIST_H_
#define LIST_H_

#define LIST_CONCAT2(s1, s2) s1##s2
#define LIST_CONCAT(s1, s2) LIST_CONCAT2(s1, s2)

/**
 * Declare a linked list.
 *
 * This macro declares a linked list with the specified \c type. The
 * type \b must be a structure (\c struct) with its first element
 * being a pointer. This pointer is used by the linked list library to
 * form the linked lists.
 *
 * The list variable is declared as static to make it easy to use in a
 * single C module without unnecessarily exporting the name to other
 * modules. 
 *
 * \param name The name of the list.
 */
#define LIST(name) \
         static void *LIST_CONCAT(name,_list) = NULL; \
         static list_t name = (list_t)&LIST_CONCAT(name,_list)

/**
 * Declare a linked list inside a structure declaraction.
 *
 * This macro declares a linked list with the specified \c type. The
 * type \b must be a structure (\c struct) with its first element
 * being a pointer. This pointer is used by the linked list library to
 * form the linked lists.
 *
 * Internally, the list is defined as two items: the list itself and a
 * pointer to the list. The pointer has the name of the parameter to
 * the macro and the name of the list is a concatenation of the name
 * and the suffix "_list". The pointer must point to the list for the
 * list to work. Thus the list must be initialized before using.
 *
 * The list is initialized with the LIST_STRUCT_INIT() macro.
 *
 * \param name The name of the list.
 */
#define LIST_STRUCT(name) \
         void *LIST_CONCAT(name,_list); \
         list_t name

/**
 * Initialize a linked list that is part of a structure.
 *
 * This macro sets up the internal pointers in a list that has been
 * defined as part of a struct. This macro must be called before using
 * the list.
 *
 * \param struct_ptr A pointer to the struct
 * \param name The name of the list.
 */
#define LIST_STRUCT_INIT(struct_ptr, name)                              \
    do {                                                                \
       (struct_ptr)->name = &((struct_ptr)->LIST_CONCAT(name,_list));   \
       (struct_ptr)->LIST_CONCAT(name,_list) = NULL;                    \
       list_init((struct_ptr)->name);                                   \
    } while(0)

/**
 * The linked list type.
 *
 */
typedef void ** list_t;

void   list_init(list_t list);
void * list_head(list_t list);
void * list_tail(list_t list);
void * list_pop (list_t list);
void   list_push(list_t list, void *item);

void * list_chop(list_t list);

void   list_add(list_t list, void *item);
void   list_remove(list_t list, void *item);

int    list_length(list_t list);

void   list_copy(list_t dest, list_t src);

void   list_insert(list_t list, void *previtem, void *newitem);

void * list_item_next(void *item);

#endif /* LIST_H_ */

/** @} */
/** @} */