buffer.h

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#ifndef FLATBUFFERS_BUFFER_H_
#define FLATBUFFERS_BUFFER_H_
 
#include <algorithm>
 
#include "flatbuffers/base.h"
 
namespace flatbuffers {
 
// Wrapper for uoffset_t to allow safe template specialization.
// Value is allowed to be 0 to indicate a null object (see e.g. AddOffset).
template<typename T = void> struct Offset {
  // The type of offset to use.
  typedef uoffset_t offset_type;
 
  offset_type o;
  Offset() : o(0) {}
  Offset(const offset_type _o) : o(_o) {}
  Offset<> Union() const { return o; }
  bool IsNull() const { return !o; }
};
 
// Wrapper for uoffset64_t Offsets.
template<typename T = void> struct Offset64 {
  // The type of offset to use.
  typedef uoffset64_t offset_type;
 
  offset_type o;
  Offset64() : o(0) {}
  Offset64(const offset_type offset) : o(offset) {}
  Offset64<> Union() const { return o; }
  bool IsNull() const { return !o; }
};
 
// Litmus check for ensuring the Offsets are the expected size.
static_assert(sizeof(Offset<>) == 4, "Offset has wrong size");
static_assert(sizeof(Offset64<>) == 8, "Offset64 has wrong size");
 
inline void EndianCheck() {
  int endiantest = 1;
  // If this fails, see FLATBUFFERS_LITTLEENDIAN above.
  FLATBUFFERS_ASSERT(*reinterpret_cast<char *>(&endiantest) ==
                     FLATBUFFERS_LITTLEENDIAN);
  (void)endiantest;
}
 
template<typename T> FLATBUFFERS_CONSTEXPR size_t AlignOf() {
  // clang-format off
  #ifdef _MSC_VER
    return __alignof(T);
  #else
    #ifndef alignof
      return __alignof__(T);
    #else
      return alignof(T);
    #endif
  #endif
  // clang-format on
}
 
// Lexicographically compare two strings (possibly containing nulls), and
// return true if the first is less than the second.
static inline bool StringLessThan(const char *a_data, uoffset_t a_size,
                                  const char *b_data, uoffset_t b_size) {
  const auto cmp = memcmp(a_data, b_data, (std::min)(a_size, b_size));
  return cmp == 0 ? a_size < b_size : cmp < 0;
}
 
// When we read serialized data from memory, in the case of most scalars,
// we want to just read T, but in the case of Offset, we want to actually
// perform the indirection and return a pointer.
// The template specialization below does just that.
// It is wrapped in a struct since function templates can't overload on the
// return type like this.
// The typedef is for the convenience of callers of this function
// (avoiding the need for a trailing return decltype)
template<typename T> struct IndirectHelper {
  typedef T return_type;
  typedef T mutable_return_type;
  static const size_t element_stride = sizeof(T);
 
  static return_type Read(const uint8_t *p, const size_t i) {
    return EndianScalar((reinterpret_cast<const T *>(p))[i]);
  }
  static mutable_return_type Read(uint8_t *p, const size_t i) {
    return reinterpret_cast<mutable_return_type>(
        Read(const_cast<const uint8_t *>(p), i));
  }
};
 
// For vector of Offsets.
template<typename T, template<typename> class OffsetT>
struct IndirectHelper<OffsetT<T>> {
  typedef const T *return_type;
  typedef T *mutable_return_type;
  typedef typename OffsetT<T>::offset_type offset_type;
  static const offset_type element_stride = sizeof(offset_type);
 
  static return_type Read(const uint8_t *const p, const offset_type i) {
    // Offsets are relative to themselves, so first update the pointer to
    // point to the offset location.
    const uint8_t *const offset_location = p + i * element_stride;
 
    // Then read the scalar value of the offset (which may be 32 or 64-bits) and
    // then determine the relative location from the offset location.
    return reinterpret_cast<return_type>(
        offset_location + ReadScalar<offset_type>(offset_location));
  }
  static mutable_return_type Read(uint8_t *const p, const offset_type i) {
    // Offsets are relative to themselves, so first update the pointer to
    // point to the offset location.
    uint8_t *const offset_location = p + i * element_stride;
 
    // Then read the scalar value of the offset (which may be 32 or 64-bits) and
    // then determine the relative location from the offset location.
    return reinterpret_cast<mutable_return_type>(
        offset_location + ReadScalar<offset_type>(offset_location));
  }
};
 
// For vector of structs.
template<typename T> struct IndirectHelper<const T *> {
  typedef const T *return_type;
  typedef T *mutable_return_type;
  static const size_t element_stride = sizeof(T);
 
  static return_type Read(const uint8_t *const p, const size_t i) {
    // Structs are stored inline, relative to the first struct pointer.
    return reinterpret_cast<return_type>(p + i * element_stride);
  }
  static mutable_return_type Read(uint8_t *const p, const size_t i) {
    // Structs are stored inline, relative to the first struct pointer.
    return reinterpret_cast<mutable_return_type>(p + i * element_stride);
  }
};
 
inline const char *GetBufferIdentifier(const void *buf,
                                       bool size_prefixed = false) {
  return reinterpret_cast<const char *>(buf) +
         ((size_prefixed) ? 2 * sizeof(uoffset_t) : sizeof(uoffset_t));
}
 
// Helper to see if the identifier in a buffer has the expected value.
inline bool BufferHasIdentifier(const void *buf, const char *identifier,
                                bool size_prefixed = false) {
  return strncmp(GetBufferIdentifier(buf, size_prefixed), identifier,
                 flatbuffers::kFileIdentifierLength) == 0;
}
 
// Helpers to get a typed pointer to the root object contained in the buffer.
template<typename T> T *GetMutableRoot(void *buf) {
  if (!buf) return nullptr;
  EndianCheck();
  return reinterpret_cast<T *>(
      reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(buf) +
      EndianScalar(*reinterpret_cast<uoffset_t *>(buf)));
}
 
template<typename T, typename SizeT = uoffset_t>
T *GetMutableSizePrefixedRoot(void *buf) {
  return GetMutableRoot<T>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(buf) + sizeof(SizeT));
}
 
template<typename T> const T *GetRoot(const void *buf) {
  return GetMutableRoot<T>(const_cast<void *>(buf));
}
 
template<typename T, typename SizeT = uoffset_t>
const T *GetSizePrefixedRoot(const void *buf) {
  return GetRoot<T>(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(buf) + sizeof(SizeT));
}
 
}  // namespace flatbuffers
 
#endif  // FLATBUFFERS_BUFFER_H_