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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * @APPLE_APACHE_LICENSE_HEADER_START@
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * @APPLE_APACHE_LICENSE_HEADER_END@
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DISPATCH_DATA__
+#define __DISPATCH_DATA__
+
+#ifndef __DISPATCH_INDIRECT__
+#error "Please #include <dispatch/dispatch.h> instead of this file directly."
+#include <dispatch/base.h> // for HeaderDoc
+#endif
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/*! @header
+ * Dispatch data objects describe contiguous or sparse regions of memory that
+ * may be managed by the system or by the application.
+ * Dispatch data objects are immutable, any direct access to memory regions
+ * represented by dispatch objects must not modify that memory.
+ */
+
+/*!
+ * @typedef dispatch_data_t
+ * A dispatch object representing memory regions.
+ */
+DISPATCH_DECL(dispatch_data);
+
+/*!
+ * @var dispatch_data_empty
+ * @discussion The singleton dispatch data object representing a zero-length
+ * memory region.
+ */
+#define dispatch_data_empty (&_dispatch_data_empty)
+__OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7,__IPHONE_5_0)
+DISPATCH_EXPORT struct dispatch_data_s _dispatch_data_empty;
+
+#ifdef __BLOCKS__
+
+/*!
+ * @const DISPATCH_DATA_DESTRUCTOR_DEFAULT
+ * @discussion The default destructor for dispatch data objects.
+ * Used at data object creation to indicate that the supplied buffer should
+ * be copied into internal storage managed by the system.
+ */
+#define DISPATCH_DATA_DESTRUCTOR_DEFAULT NULL
+
+/*!
+ * @const DISPATCH_DATA_DESTRUCTOR_FREE
+ * @discussion The destructor for dispatch data objects created from a malloc'd
+ * buffer. Used at data object creation to indicate that the supplied buffer
+ * was allocated by the malloc() family and should be destroyed with free(3).
+ */
+#define DISPATCH_DATA_DESTRUCTOR_FREE (_dispatch_data_destructor_free)
+__OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7,__IPHONE_5_0)
+DISPATCH_EXPORT const dispatch_block_t _dispatch_data_destructor_free;
+
+/*!
+ * @function dispatch_data_create
+ * Creates a dispatch data object from the given contiguous buffer of memory. If
+ * a non-default destructor is provided, ownership of the buffer remains with
+ * the caller (i.e. the bytes will not be copied). The last release of the data
+ * object will result in the invocation of the specified destructor on the
+ * specified queue to free the buffer.
+ *
+ * If the DISPATCH_DATA_DESTRUCTOR_FREE destructor is provided the buffer will
+ * be freed via free(3) and the queue argument ignored.
+ *
+ * If the DISPATCH_DATA_DESTRUCTOR_DEFAULT destructor is provided, data object
+ * creation will copy the buffer into internal memory managed by the system.
+ *
+ * @param buffer A contiguous buffer of data.
+ * @param size The size of the contiguous buffer of data.
+ * @param queue The queue to which the destructor should be submitted.
+ * @param destructor The destructor responsible for freeing the data when it
+ * is no longer needed.
+ * @result A newly created dispatch data object.
+ */
+__OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7,__IPHONE_5_0)
+DISPATCH_EXPORT DISPATCH_MALLOC DISPATCH_WARN_RESULT DISPATCH_NOTHROW
+dispatch_data_t
+dispatch_data_create(const void *buffer,
+ size_t size,
+ dispatch_queue_t queue,
+ dispatch_block_t destructor);
+
+/*!
+ * @function dispatch_data_get_size
+ * Returns the logical size of the memory region(s) represented by the specified
+ * dispatch data object.
+ *
+ * @param data The dispatch data object to query.
+ * @result The number of bytes represented by the data object.
+ */
+__OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7,__IPHONE_5_0)
+DISPATCH_EXPORT DISPATCH_PURE DISPATCH_NONNULL1 DISPATCH_NOTHROW
+size_t
+dispatch_data_get_size(dispatch_data_t data);
+
+/*!
+ * @function dispatch_data_create_map
+ * Maps the memory represented by the specified dispatch data object as a single
+ * contiguous memory region and returns a new data object representing it.
+ * If non-NULL references to a pointer and a size variable are provided, they
+ * are filled with the location and extent of that region. These allow direct
+ * read access to the represented memory, but are only valid until the copy
+ * object is released.
+ *
+ * @param data The dispatch data object to map.
+ * @param buffer_ptr A pointer to a pointer variable to be filled with the
+ * location of the mapped contiguous memory region, or
+ * NULL.
+ * @param size_ptr A pointer to a size_t variable to be filled with the
+ * size of the mapped contiguous memory region, or NULL.
+ * @result A newly created dispatch data object.
+ */
+__OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7,__IPHONE_5_0)
+DISPATCH_EXPORT DISPATCH_NONNULL1 DISPATCH_WARN_RESULT DISPATCH_NOTHROW
+dispatch_data_t
+dispatch_data_create_map(dispatch_data_t data,
+ const void **buffer_ptr,
+ size_t *size_ptr);
+
+/*!
+ * @function dispatch_data_create_concat
+ * Returns a new dispatch data object representing the concatenation of the
+ * specified data objects. Those objects may be released by the application
+ * after the call returns (however, the system might not deallocate the memory
+ * region(s) described by them until the newly created object has also been
+ * released).
+ *
+ * @param data1 The data object representing the region(s) of memory to place
+ * at the beginning of the newly created object.
+ * @param data2 The data object representing the region(s) of memory to place
+ * at the end of the newly created object.
+ * @result A newly created object representing the concatenation of the
+ * data1 and data2 objects.
+ */
+__OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7,__IPHONE_5_0)
+DISPATCH_EXPORT DISPATCH_NONNULL_ALL DISPATCH_WARN_RESULT DISPATCH_NOTHROW
+dispatch_data_t
+dispatch_data_create_concat(dispatch_data_t data1, dispatch_data_t data2);
+
+/*!
+ * @function dispatch_data_create_subrange
+ * Returns a new dispatch data object representing a subrange of the specified
+ * data object, which may be released by the application after the call returns
+ * (however, the system might not deallocate the memory region(s) described by
+ * that object until the newly created object has also been released).
+ *
+ * @param data The data object representing the region(s) of memory to
+ * create a subrange of.
+ * @param offset The offset into the data object where the subrange
+ * starts.
+ * @param length The length of the range.
+ * @result A newly created object representing the specified
+ * subrange of the data object.
+ */
+__OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7,__IPHONE_5_0)
+DISPATCH_EXPORT DISPATCH_NONNULL1 DISPATCH_WARN_RESULT DISPATCH_NOTHROW
+dispatch_data_t
+dispatch_data_create_subrange(dispatch_data_t data,
+ size_t offset,
+ size_t length);
+
+/*!
+ * @typedef dispatch_data_applier_t
+ * A block to be invoked for every contiguous memory region in a data object.
+ *
+ * @param region A data object representing the current region.
+ * @param offset The logical offset of the current region to the start
+ * of the data object.
+ * @param buffer The location of the memory for the current region.
+ * @param size The size of the memory for the current region.
+ * @result A Boolean indicating whether traversal should continue.
+ */
+typedef bool (^dispatch_data_applier_t)(dispatch_data_t region,
+ size_t offset,
+ const void *buffer,
+ size_t size);
+
+/*!
+ * @function dispatch_data_apply
+ * Traverse the memory regions represented by the specified dispatch data object
+ * in logical order and invoke the specified block once for every contiguous
+ * memory region encountered.
+ *
+ * Each invocation of the block is passed a data object representing the current
+ * region and its logical offset, along with the memory location and extent of
+ * the region. These allow direct read access to the memory region, but are only
+ * valid until the passed-in region object is released. Note that the region
+ * object is released by the system when the block returns, it is the
+ * responsibility of the application to retain it if the region object or the
+ * associated memory location are needed after the block returns.
+ *
+ * @param data The data object to traverse.
+ * @param applier The block to be invoked for every contiguous memory
+ * region in the data object.
+ * @result A Boolean indicating whether traversal completed
+ * successfully.
+ */
+__OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7,__IPHONE_5_0)
+DISPATCH_EXPORT DISPATCH_NONNULL_ALL DISPATCH_NOTHROW
+bool
+dispatch_data_apply(dispatch_data_t data, dispatch_data_applier_t applier);
+
+/*!
+ * @function dispatch_data_copy_region
+ * Finds the contiguous memory region containing the specified location among
+ * the regions represented by the specified object and returns a copy of the
+ * internal dispatch data object representing that region along with its logical
+ * offset in the specified object.
+ *
+ * @param data The dispatch data object to query.
+ * @param location The logical position in the data object to query.
+ * @param offset_ptr A pointer to a size_t variable to be filled with the
+ * logical offset of the returned region object to the
+ * start of the queried data object.
+ * @result A newly created dispatch data object.
+ */
+__OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7,__IPHONE_5_0)
+DISPATCH_EXPORT DISPATCH_NONNULL1 DISPATCH_NONNULL3 DISPATCH_WARN_RESULT
+DISPATCH_NOTHROW
+dispatch_data_t
+dispatch_data_copy_region(dispatch_data_t data,
+ size_t location,
+ size_t *offset_ptr);
+
+#endif /* __BLOCKS__ */
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __DISPATCH_DATA__ */