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+#ifndef BABELTRACE_PLUGINS_COMMON_PARAM_VALIDATION_PARAM_VALIDATION_H
+#define BABELTRACE_PLUGINS_COMMON_PARAM_VALIDATION_PARAM_VALIDATION_H
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 EfficiOS Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <babeltrace2/babeltrace.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h> /* For __MINGW_PRINTF_FORMAT. */
+
+#ifdef __MINGW_PRINTF_FORMAT
+# define BT_PRINTF_FORMAT __MINGW_PRINTF_FORMAT
+#else
+# define BT_PRINTF_FORMAT printf
+#endif
+
+struct bt_param_validation_context;
+struct bt_param_validation_value_descr;
+
+#define BT_PARAM_VALIDATION_MAP_VALUE_ENTRY_END { NULL, 0, {} }
+
+struct bt_param_validation_map_value_descr {
+ const struct bt_param_validation_map_value_entry_descr *entries;
+};
+
+#define BT_PARAM_VALIDATION_INFINITE UINT64_MAX
+
+struct bt_param_validation_array_value_descr {
+ uint64_t min_length;
+ uint64_t max_length; /* Use BT_PARAM_VALIDATION_INFINITE if there's no max. */
+ const struct bt_param_validation_value_descr *element_type;
+};
+
+struct bt_param_validation_string_value_descr {
+ /* NULL-terminated array of choices. Unused if NULL. */
+ const char **choices;
+};
+
+enum bt_param_validation_status {
+ BT_PARAM_VALIDATION_STATUS_OK = 0,
+ BT_PARAM_VALIDATION_STATUS_MEMORY_ERROR = -1,
+ BT_PARAM_VALIDATION_STATUS_VALIDATION_ERROR = -2,
+};
+
+typedef enum bt_param_validation_status
+ (bt_param_validation_func)(const bt_value *value,
+ struct bt_param_validation_context *);
+
+struct bt_param_validation_value_descr {
+ bt_value_type type;
+
+ /* Additional checks dependent on the type. */
+ union {
+ struct bt_param_validation_array_value_descr array;
+ struct bt_param_validation_map_value_descr map;
+ struct bt_param_validation_string_value_descr string;
+ };
+
+ /*
+ * If set, call this function, which is responsible of validating the
+ * value. The other fields are ignored.
+ *
+ * If validation fails, this function must call
+ * `bt_param_validation_error` with the provided context
+ * to set the error string.
+ */
+ bt_param_validation_func *validation_func;
+};
+
+#define BT_PARAM_VALIDATION_MAP_VALUE_ENTRY_OPTIONAL true
+#define BT_PARAM_VALIDATION_MAP_VALUE_ENTRY_MANDATORY false
+
+struct bt_param_validation_map_value_entry_descr {
+ const char *key;
+ bool is_optional;
+
+ const struct bt_param_validation_value_descr value_descr;
+};
+
+enum bt_param_validation_status bt_param_validation_validate(
+ const bt_value *params,
+ const struct bt_param_validation_map_value_entry_descr *entries,
+ gchar **error);
+
+__attribute__((format(BT_PRINTF_FORMAT, 2, 3)))
+enum bt_param_validation_status bt_param_validation_error(
+ struct bt_param_validation_context *ctx,
+ const char *format, ...);
+
+#endif /* BABELTRACE_PLUGINS_COMMON_PARAM_VALIDATION_PARAM_VALIDATION_H */