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-rw-r--r--Makefile7
-rw-r--r--mk/build.mk21
-rw-r--r--src/libmdsclient/proto-util.c565
-rw-r--r--src/libmdsclient/proto-util.h319
4 files changed, 907 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 571d7b3..219a2e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ include mk/config.mk
# Splits of the info manual.
INFOPARTS = 1 2 3
-# Object files for the libary.
-LIBOBJ = linked-list client-list hash-table fd-table mds-message util
+# Object files for the server libary.
+SERVEROBJ = linked-list client-list hash-table fd-table mds-message util
+
+# Object files for the client libary.
+CLIENTOBJ = proto-util
# Servers and utilities.
SERVERS = mds mds-respawn mds-server mds-echo mds-registry mds-clipboard \
diff --git a/mk/build.mk b/mk/build.mk
index 57ee222..e1e61b1 100644
--- a/mk/build.mk
+++ b/mk/build.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
.PHONY: libraries
-libraries: bin/libmdsserver.so
+libraries: libmdsserver libmdsclient
+
+.PHONY: libmdsserver
+libmdsserver: bin/libmdsserver.so
+
+.PHONY: libmdsclient
+libmdsclient: bin/libmdsclient.so
.PHONY: servers
servers: $(foreach S,$(SERVERS),bin/$(S))
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ endif
# Build libmdsserver.
-bin/libmdsserver.so: $(foreach O,$(LIBOBJ),obj/libmdsserver/$(O).o)
+bin/libmdsserver.so: $(foreach O,$(SERVEROBJ),obj/libmdsserver/$(O).o)
mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
$(CC) $(C_FLAGS) -shared -o $@ $^
@@ -118,7 +124,6 @@ obj/libmdsserver/%.o: src/libmdsserver/%.c src/libmdsserver/*.h $(SEDED)
mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
$(CC) $(C_FLAGS) -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
-
# sed header files.
ifneq ($(LIBMDSSERVER_IS_INSTALLED),y)
src/libmdsserver/config.h: src/libmdsserver/config.h.in
@@ -149,3 +154,13 @@ src/libmdsserver/config.h: src/libmdsserver/config.h.in
sed -i 's:@MDS_STORAGE_ROOT_DIRECTORY@:$(MDS_STORAGE_ROOT_DIRECTORY):g' $@
endif
+
+# Build libmdsclient.
+
+bin/libmdsclient.so: $(foreach O,$(CLIENTOBJ),obj/libmdsclient/$(O).o)
+ mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
+ $(CC) $(C_FLAGS) -shared -o $@ $^
+
+obj/libmdsclient/%.o: src/libmdsclient/%.c src/libmdsclient/*.h $(SEDED)
+ mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
+ $(CC) $(C_FLAGS) -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
diff --git a/src/libmdsclient/proto-util.c b/src/libmdsclient/proto-util.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b5e7be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libmdsclient/proto-util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,565 @@
+/**
+ * mds — A micro-display server
+ * Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include "proto-util.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+
+
+/**
+ * The number of headers there must be before
+ * it is beneficial to sort them.
+ */
+#ifndef LIBMDS_HEADERS_SORT_THRESHOLD
+# define LIBMDS_HEADERS_SORT_THRESHOLD 100 /* XXX: Value is chosen at random */
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * The number of headers there must be before
+ * it is beneficial to copy them, if that
+ * it required to sort them. Note that this
+ * value plus that of `LIBMDS_HEADERS_SORT_THRESHOLD`
+ * is the threshold for copying and sorting
+ * a header array.
+ */
+#ifndef LIBMDS_HEADERS_COPY_THRESHOLD
+# define LIBMDS_HEADERS_COPY_THRESHOLD 10 /* XXX: Value is chosen at random */
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * The number of headers there must be before
+ * it is beneficial to search them using binary
+ * search rather than linear search.
+ *
+ * Note that hybrid search is not implemented,
+ * is is either full binary or full linear.
+ */
+#ifndef LIBMDS_HEADERS_BINSEARCH_THRESHOLD
+# define LIBMDS_HEADERS_BINSEARCH_THRESHOLD 1000 /* XXX: Value is chosen at semirandom */
+#endif
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Variant of `strcmp` that regards the first string as
+ * ending at the first occurrence of the substring ": "
+ *
+ * @param header_a The header that may include a value
+ * @param header_b The header that may not include a value
+ * @return Same syntax as strcmp(3)
+ */
+static int headercmp(const char* header_a, const char* header_b)
+{
+ int a, b;
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ a = (int)*header_a++;
+ b = (int)*header_b++;
+
+ if ((a == ':') && (*header_a == ' '))
+ return 0 - b;
+ if ((a == 0) || (b == 0))
+ return a - b;
+ if (a - b)
+ return a - b;
+ }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Variant for `headercmp` where the arguments are pointers to the
+ * values that should be compared, and the second parameter is
+ * treated the same way as the first parameter
+ *
+ * @param strp_a Pointer to the first string
+ * @param strp_b Pointer to the second string
+ * @return Will return `strcmp(*strp_a, *strp_b)`, see strcmp(3)
+ */
+static int headerpcmp(const void* headerp_a, const void* headerp_b)
+{
+ const char* header_a = *(char* const*)headerp_a;
+ const char* header_b = *(char* const*)headerp_b;
+ int a, b, az, bz;
+
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ a = (int)*header_a++;
+ b = (int)*header_b++;
+ az = (a == ':') && (*header_a == ' ');
+ bz = (b == ':') && (*header_b == ' ');
+
+ if (az)
+ return 0 - !(bz || (b == 0));
+ if (bz)
+ return a - 0;
+ if ((a == 0) || (b == 0))
+ return a - b;
+ if (a - b)
+ return a - b;
+ }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param found Output parameter for the number of found headers of those that
+ * where requested. `NULL` is permitted.
+ * @param optimisation Optimisations the function may use, only one value please
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return Zero on success, -1 on error, `errno` will have been set
+ * accordingly on error.
+ *
+ * @throws ENOMEM Out of memory, Possibly, the process hit the RLIMIT_AS or
+ * RLIMIT_DATA limit described in getrlimit(2).
+ */
+int libmds_headers_cherrypick(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, size_t* restrict found,
+ libmds_cherrypick_optimisation_t optimisation, ...)
+{
+ va_list args;
+ int r, saved_errno;
+ va_start(args, optimisation);
+ r = libmds_headers_cherrypick_v(headers, header_count, found, optimisation, args);
+ saved_errno = errno;
+ va_end(args);
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ return r;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * linear search will be used without optimisation
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_unsorted(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, ...)
+{
+ va_list args;
+ size_t r;
+ int saved_errno;
+ va_start(args, header_count);
+ r = libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_unsorted_v(headers, header_count, args);
+ saved_errno = errno;
+ va_end(args);
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ return r;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * linear search will be used with optimisation based on that the array is sorted
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_sorted(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, ...)
+{
+ va_list args;
+ size_t r;
+ int saved_errno;
+ va_start(args, header_count);
+ r = libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_sorted_v(headers, header_count, args);
+ saved_errno = errno;
+ va_end(args);
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ return r;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * binary search will be used
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_unsorted(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, ...)
+{
+ va_list args;
+ size_t r;
+ int saved_errno;
+ va_start(args, header_count);
+ r = libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_unsorted_v(headers, header_count, args);
+ saved_errno = errno;
+ va_end(args);
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ return r;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * binary search will be used with optimisation based on
+ * that list of requested headers (`...`) is sorted
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_sorted(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, ...)
+{
+ va_list args;
+ size_t r;
+ int saved_errno;
+ va_start(args, header_count);
+ r = libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_sorted_v(headers, header_count, args);
+ saved_errno = errno;
+ va_end(args);
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ return r;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param found Output parameter for the number of found headers of those that
+ * were requested. `NULL` is permitted.
+ * @param optimisation Optimisations the function may use, only one value please
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return Zero on success, -1 on error, `errno` will have been set
+ * accordingly on error.
+ *
+ * @throws ENOMEM Out of memory, Possibly, the process hit the RLIMIT_AS or
+ * RLIMIT_DATA limit described in getrlimit(2).
+ */
+int libmds_headers_cherrypick_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, size_t* restrict found,
+ libmds_cherrypick_optimisation_t optimisation, va_list args)
+{
+ char** headers_ = headers;
+ size_t found_;
+ libmds_cherrypick_optimisation_t sorted;
+
+ if (found != NULL)
+ *found = 0;
+
+ optimisation ^= sorted = optimisation & ARGS_SORTED;
+
+ if (optimisation == DO_NOT_SORT)
+ {
+ if (header_count >= LIBMDS_HEADERS_SORT_THRESHOLD + LIBMDS_HEADERS_COPY_THRESHOLD)
+ {
+ headers_ = malloc(header_count * sizeof(char*));
+ if (headers_ == NULL)
+ return -1;
+ memcpy(headers_, headers, header_count * sizeof(char*));
+ libmds_headers_sort(headers_, header_count);
+ optimisation = SORTED;
+ }
+ }
+ else if (optimisation == SORT)
+ if (header_count >= LIBMDS_HEADERS_SORT_THRESHOLD)
+ {
+ libmds_headers_sort(headers_, header_count);
+ optimisation = SORTED;
+ }
+
+ if (optimisation != SORTED)
+ found_ = libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_unsorted_v(headers_, header_count, args);
+ else if (header_count < LIBMDS_HEADERS_BINSEARCH_THRESHOLD)
+ {
+ if (sorted)
+ found_ = libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_sorted_v(headers_, header_count, args);
+ else
+ found_ = libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_unsorted_v(headers_, header_count, args);
+ }
+ else if (sorted)
+ found_ = libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_sorted_v(headers_, header_count, args);
+ else
+ found_ = libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_unsorted_v(headers_, header_count, args);
+
+ if (found != NULL)
+ *found = found_;
+
+ if (headers_ != headers)
+ free(headers_);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * linear search will be used without optimisation
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_unsorted_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, va_list args)
+{
+ const char* header;
+ char** value_out;
+ size_t found = 0, i;
+
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ header = va_arg(args, const char*);
+ if (header == NULL)
+ return found;
+
+ value_out = va_arg(args, char**);
+ *value_out = NULL;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < header_count; i++)
+ if (!headercmp(headers[i], header))
+ {
+ *value_out = strstr(headers[i], ": ") + 2;
+ found++;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * linear search will be used with optimisation based
+ * on that the array is sorted as well as the list of
+ * requested headers (`args`)
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_sorted_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, va_list args)
+{
+ const char* header;
+ char** value_out;
+ size_t found = 0, i = 0;
+ int r;
+
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ header = va_arg(args, const char*);
+ if (header == NULL)
+ return found;
+
+ value_out = va_arg(args, char**);
+ *value_out = NULL;
+
+ for (; i < header_count; i++)
+ {
+ r = headercmp(headers[i], header);
+ if (r == 0)
+ {
+ *value_out = strstr(headers[i], ": ") + 2;
+ found++, i++;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (r > 0)
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * binary search will be used
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_unsorted_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, va_list args)
+{
+ const char* header;
+ char** value_out;
+ void* found_element;
+ size_t found = 0;
+
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ header = va_arg(args, const char*);
+ if (header == NULL)
+ return found;
+
+ value_out = va_arg(args, char**);
+ *value_out = NULL;
+
+ found_element = bsearch(&header, headers, header_count, sizeof(char*), headerpcmp);
+ if (found_element != NULL)
+ *value_out = strstr(*(char**)found_element, ": ") + 2, found++;
+ }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * binary search will be used with optimisation based on
+ * that list of requested headers (`args`) is sorted
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_sorted_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, va_list args)
+{
+ const char* header;
+ char** value_out;
+ void* found_element;
+ size_t found = 0;
+ size_t offset = 0;
+
+ /* I sincerely doubt even this amount of optimisation is needed,
+ * so there is no need for even faster algorithms, keep in mind
+ * that the overhead increases with faster algorithms. */
+
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ header = va_arg(args, const char*);
+ if (header == NULL)
+ return found;
+
+ value_out = va_arg(args, char**);
+ *value_out = NULL;
+
+ found_element = bsearch(&header, headers + offset, header_count - offset, sizeof(char*), headerpcmp);
+ if (found_element != NULL)
+ {
+ offset = (size_t)((char**)found_element - headers);
+ *value_out = strstr(*(char**)found_element, ": ") + 2;
+ found++;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Sort the a header array, this is what `libmds_headers_cherrypick`
+ * uses to optimise its procedure.
+ *
+ * @param headers The array of headers
+ * @param headr_count The number of elements in `headers`
+ */
+void libmds_headers_sort(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count)
+{
+ qsort(headers, header_count, sizeof(char*), headerpcmp);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/libmdsclient/proto-util.h b/src/libmdsclient/proto-util.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b10e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libmdsclient/proto-util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+/**
+ * mds — A micro-display server
+ * Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#ifndef MDS_LIBMDSCLIENT_PROTO_UTIL_H
+#define MDS_LIBMDSCLIENT_PROTO_UTIL_H
+
+
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Optimisations `libmds_headers_cherrypick` MAY use
+ */
+typedef enum libmds_cherrypick_optimisation
+{
+ /**
+ * No optimisation is allowed, in particular this
+ * means that the array of headers may not be reordered.
+ * The function may still create a copy of the header
+ * array and sort the copy.
+ *
+ * Cannot be combined with `SORT` or `SORTED`
+ *
+ * This option is guaranteed to always have the value 0
+ */
+ DO_NOT_SORT = 0,
+
+ /**
+ * `libmds_headers_cherrypick` is allowed to
+ * sort the header array. There is no guarantee
+ * that the header array will be sorted.
+ *
+ * Cannot be combined with `DO_NOT_SORT` or `SORTED`
+ */
+ SORT = 1,
+
+ /**
+ * Informs `libmds_headers_cherrypick` that the header
+ * array already is sorted. `libmds_headers_cherrypick`
+ * can use this information to optimise its procedure.
+ * But this also means that the header array will not
+ * be reordered.
+ *
+ * Cannot be combined with `DO_NOT_SORT` or `SORT`
+ */
+ SORTED = 2,
+
+
+ /**
+ * The list of requested headers is not sorted
+ * in ascending order
+ *
+ * Cannot be combined with `ARGS_SORTED`
+ *
+ * This option is guaranteed to always have the value 0
+ */
+ ARGS_UNSORTED = 0,
+
+ /**
+ * The list of requested headers is sorted in
+ * ascending order
+ *
+ * Cannot be combined with `ARGS_UNSORTED`
+ */
+ ARGS_SORTED = 4,
+
+
+} libmds_cherrypick_optimisation_t;
+
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param found Output parameter for the number of found headers of those that
+ * were requested.
+ * @param optimisation Optimisations the function may use, only one value please
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return Zero on success, -1 on error, `errno` will have been set
+ * accordingly on error.
+ *
+ * @throws ENOMEM Out of memory, Possibly, the process hit the RLIMIT_AS or
+ * RLIMIT_DATA limit described in getrlimit(2).
+ */
+int libmds_headers_cherrypick(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, size_t* restrict found,
+ libmds_cherrypick_optimisation_t optimisation, ...);
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * linear search will be used without optimisations
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_unsorted(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, ...);
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * linear search will be used with optimisation based
+ * on that the array is sorted as well as the list of
+ * requested headers (`...`)
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_sorted(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, ...);
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * binary search will be used
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_unsorted(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, ...);
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * binary search will be used with optimisation based on
+ * that list of requested headers (`...`) is sorted
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param ... The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_sorted(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, ...);
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param found Output parameter for the number of found headers of those that
+ * were requested. `NULL` is permitted.
+ * @param optimisation Optimisations the function may use
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return Zero on success, -1 on error, `errno` will have been set
+ * accordingly on error.
+ *
+ * @throws ENOMEM Out of memory, Possibly, the process hit the RLIMIT_AS or
+ * RLIMIT_DATA limit described in getrlimit(2).
+ */
+int libmds_headers_cherrypick_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, size_t* restrict found,
+ libmds_cherrypick_optimisation_t optimisation, va_list args);
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * linear search will be used without optimisation
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_unsorted_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, va_list args);
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * linear search will be used with optimisation based
+ * on that the array is sorted as well as the list of
+ * requested headers (`args`)
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_linear_sorted_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, va_list args);
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * binary search will be used
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_unsorted_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, va_list args);
+
+/**
+ * Cherrypick headers from a message,
+ * binary search will be used with optimisation based on
+ * that list of requested headers (`args`) is sorted
+ *
+ * @param headers The headers in the message
+ * @param header_count The number of headers
+ * @param args The first argument should be the name of a header, it should
+ * have the type `const char*`. The second argument should be
+ * a pointer to the location where the header named by the first
+ * argument in the argument list names. It should have the type
+ * `char**`. If the header is found, its value will be stored,
+ * and it will be a NUL-terminated string. If the header is not
+ * found, `NULL` will be stored. The next two arguments is
+ * interpreted analogously to the first two arguments, and the
+ * following two in the same way, and so on. When there are no
+ * more headers in the list, it should be terminated with a `NULL`.
+ * @return The number of found headers of those that were requested
+ */
+size_t libmds_headers_cherrypick_binary_sorted_v(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count, va_list args);
+
+/**
+ * Sort the a header array, this is what `libmds_headers_cherrypick`
+ * uses to optimise its procedure.
+ *
+ * @param headers The array of headers
+ * @param headr_count The number of elements in `headers`
+ */
+void libmds_headers_sort(char** restrict headers, size_t header_count);
+
+
+#endif
+