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+/* Copyright (c) 2013, Vsevolod Stakhov
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ''AS IS'' AND ANY
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+ * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+ * (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef UCL_H_
+#define UCL_H_
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/**
+ * @mainpage
+ * This is a reference manual for UCL API. You may find the description of UCL format by following this
+ * [github repository](https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl).
+ *
+ * This manual has several main sections:
+ * - @ref structures
+ * - @ref utils
+ * - @ref parser
+ * - @ref emitter
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file ucl.h
+ * @brief UCL parsing and emitting functions
+ *
+ * UCL is universal configuration language, which is a form of
+ * JSON with less strict rules that make it more comfortable for
+ * using as a configuration language
+ */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+/*
+ * Memory allocation utilities
+ * UCL_ALLOC(size) - allocate memory for UCL
+ * UCL_FREE(size, ptr) - free memory of specified size at ptr
+ * Default: malloc and free
+ */
+#ifndef UCL_ALLOC
+#define UCL_ALLOC(size) malloc(size)
+#endif
+#ifndef UCL_FREE
+#define UCL_FREE(size, ptr) free(ptr)
+#endif
+
+#if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4)
+#define UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT \
+ __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
+#else
+#define UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup structures Structures and types
+ * UCL defines several enumeration types used for error reporting or specifying flags and attributes.
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The common error codes returned by ucl parser
+ */
+typedef enum ucl_error {
+ UCL_EOK = 0, /**< No error */
+ UCL_ESYNTAX, /**< Syntax error occurred during parsing */
+ UCL_EIO, /**< IO error occurred during parsing */
+ UCL_ESTATE, /**< Invalid state machine state */
+ UCL_ENESTED, /**< Input has too many recursion levels */
+ UCL_EMACRO, /**< Error processing a macro */
+ UCL_EINTERNAL, /**< Internal unclassified error */
+ UCL_ESSL /**< SSL error */
+} ucl_error_t;
+
+/**
+ * #ucl_object_t may have one of specified types, some types are compatible with each other and some are not.
+ * For example, you can always convert #UCL_TIME to #UCL_FLOAT. Also you can convert #UCL_FLOAT to #UCL_INTEGER
+ * by loosing floating point. Every object may be converted to a string by #ucl_object_tostring_forced() function.
+ *
+ */
+typedef enum ucl_type {
+ UCL_OBJECT = 0, /**< UCL object - key/value pairs */
+ UCL_ARRAY, /**< UCL array */
+ UCL_INT, /**< Integer number */
+ UCL_FLOAT, /**< Floating point number */
+ UCL_STRING, /**< Null terminated string */
+ UCL_BOOLEAN, /**< Boolean value */
+ UCL_TIME, /**< Time value (floating point number of seconds) */
+ UCL_USERDATA, /**< Opaque userdata pointer (may be used in macros) */
+ UCL_NULL /**< Null value */
+} ucl_type_t;
+
+/**
+ * You can use one of these types to serialise #ucl_object_t by using ucl_object_emit().
+ */
+typedef enum ucl_emitter {
+ UCL_EMIT_JSON = 0, /**< Emit fine formatted JSON */
+ UCL_EMIT_JSON_COMPACT, /**< Emit compacted JSON */
+ UCL_EMIT_CONFIG, /**< Emit human readable config format */
+ UCL_EMIT_YAML /**< Emit embedded YAML format */
+} ucl_emitter_t;
+
+/**
+ * These flags defines parser behaviour. If you specify #UCL_PARSER_ZEROCOPY you must ensure
+ * that the input memory is not freed if an object is in use. Moreover, if you want to use
+ * zero-terminated keys and string values then you should not use zero-copy mode, as in this case
+ * UCL still has to perform copying implicitly.
+ */
+typedef enum ucl_parser_flags {
+ UCL_PARSER_KEY_LOWERCASE = 0x1, /**< Convert all keys to lower case */
+ UCL_PARSER_ZEROCOPY = 0x2 /**< Parse input in zero-copy mode if possible */
+} ucl_parser_flags_t;
+
+/**
+ * String conversion flags, that are used in #ucl_object_fromstring_common function.
+ */
+typedef enum ucl_string_flags {
+ UCL_STRING_ESCAPE = 0x1, /**< Perform JSON escape */
+ UCL_STRING_TRIM = 0x2, /**< Trim leading and trailing whitespaces */
+ UCL_STRING_PARSE_BOOLEAN = 0x4, /**< Parse passed string and detect boolean */
+ UCL_STRING_PARSE_INT = 0x8, /**< Parse passed string and detect integer number */
+ UCL_STRING_PARSE_DOUBLE = 0x10, /**< Parse passed string and detect integer or float number */
+ UCL_STRING_PARSE_NUMBER = UCL_STRING_PARSE_INT|UCL_STRING_PARSE_DOUBLE , /**<
+ Parse passed string and detect number */
+ UCL_STRING_PARSE = UCL_STRING_PARSE_BOOLEAN|UCL_STRING_PARSE_NUMBER, /**<
+ Parse passed string (and detect booleans and numbers) */
+ UCL_STRING_PARSE_BYTES = 0x20 /**< Treat numbers as bytes */
+} ucl_string_flags_t;
+
+/**
+ * Basic flags for an object
+ */
+typedef enum ucl_object_flags {
+ UCL_OBJECT_ALLOCATED_KEY = 1, /**< An object has key allocated internally */
+ UCL_OBJECT_ALLOCATED_VALUE = 2, /**< An object has a string value allocated internally */
+ UCL_OBJECT_NEED_KEY_ESCAPE = 4 /**< The key of an object need to be escaped on output */
+} ucl_object_flags_t;
+
+/**
+ * UCL object structure. Please mention that the most of fields should not be touched by
+ * UCL users. In future, this structure may be converted to private one.
+ */
+typedef struct ucl_object_s {
+ /**
+ * Variant value type
+ */
+ union {
+ int64_t iv; /**< Int value of an object */
+ const char *sv; /**< String value of an object */
+ double dv; /**< Double value of an object */
+ struct ucl_object_s *av; /**< Array */
+ void *ov; /**< Object */
+ void* ud; /**< Opaque user data */
+ } value;
+ const char *key; /**< Key of an object */
+ struct ucl_object_s *next; /**< Array handle */
+ struct ucl_object_s *prev; /**< Array handle */
+ unsigned char* trash_stack[2]; /**< Pointer to allocated chunks */
+ unsigned keylen; /**< Lenght of a key */
+ unsigned len; /**< Size of an object */
+ enum ucl_type type; /**< Real type */
+ uint16_t ref; /**< Reference count */
+ uint16_t flags; /**< Object flags */
+} ucl_object_t;
+
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup utils Utility functions
+ * A number of utility functions simplify handling of UCL objects
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+/**
+ * Copy and return a key of an object, returned key is zero-terminated
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @return zero terminated key
+ */
+char* ucl_copy_key_trash (ucl_object_t *obj);
+
+/**
+ * Copy and return a string value of an object, returned key is zero-terminated
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @return zero terminated string representation of object value
+ */
+char* ucl_copy_value_trash (ucl_object_t *obj);
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new object
+ * @return new object
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t* ucl_object_new (void) UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_object_new (void)
+{
+ ucl_object_t *new;
+ new = malloc (sizeof (ucl_object_t));
+ if (new != NULL) {
+ memset (new, 0, sizeof (ucl_object_t));
+ new->ref = 1;
+ new->type = UCL_NULL;
+ }
+ return new;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create new object with type specified
+ * @param type type of a new object
+ * @return new object
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t* ucl_object_typed_new (unsigned int type) UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_object_typed_new (unsigned int type)
+{
+ ucl_object_t *new;
+ new = malloc (sizeof (ucl_object_t));
+ if (new != NULL) {
+ memset (new, 0, sizeof (ucl_object_t));
+ new->ref = 1;
+ new->type = (type <= UCL_NULL ? type : UCL_NULL);
+ }
+ return new;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert any string to an ucl object making the specified transformations
+ * @param str fixed size or NULL terminated string
+ * @param len length (if len is zero, than str is treated as NULL terminated)
+ * @param flags conversion flags
+ * @return new object
+ */
+ucl_object_t * ucl_object_fromstring_common (const char *str, size_t len,
+ enum ucl_string_flags flags) UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
+/**
+ * Create a UCL object from the specified string
+ * @param str NULL terminated string, will be json escaped
+ * @return new object
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_object_fromstring (const char *str)
+{
+ return ucl_object_fromstring_common (str, 0, UCL_STRING_ESCAPE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a UCL object from the specified string
+ * @param str fixed size string, will be json escaped
+ * @param len length of a string
+ * @return new object
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_object_fromlstring (const char *str, size_t len)
+{
+ return ucl_object_fromstring_common (str, len, UCL_STRING_ESCAPE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create an object from an integer number
+ * @param iv number
+ * @return new object
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_object_fromint (int64_t iv)
+{
+ ucl_object_t *obj;
+
+ obj = ucl_object_new ();
+ if (obj != NULL) {
+ obj->type = UCL_INT;
+ obj->value.iv = iv;
+ }
+
+ return obj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create an object from a float number
+ * @param dv number
+ * @return new object
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_object_fromdouble (double dv)
+{
+ ucl_object_t *obj;
+
+ obj = ucl_object_new ();
+ if (obj != NULL) {
+ obj->type = UCL_FLOAT;
+ obj->value.dv = dv;
+ }
+
+ return obj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create an object from a boolean
+ * @param bv bool value
+ * @return new object
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_object_frombool (bool bv)
+{
+ ucl_object_t *obj;
+
+ obj = ucl_object_new ();
+ if (obj != NULL) {
+ obj->type = UCL_BOOLEAN;
+ obj->value.iv = bv;
+ }
+
+ return obj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Insert a object 'elt' to the hash 'top' and associate it with key 'key'
+ * @param top destination object (will be created automatically if top is NULL)
+ * @param elt element to insert (must NOT be NULL)
+ * @param key key to associate with this object (either const or preallocated)
+ * @param keylen length of the key (or 0 for NULL terminated keys)
+ * @param copy_key make an internal copy of key
+ * @return new value of top object
+ */
+ucl_object_t* ucl_object_insert_key (ucl_object_t *top, ucl_object_t *elt,
+ const char *key, size_t keylen, bool copy_key) UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
+/**
+ * Replace a object 'elt' to the hash 'top' and associate it with key 'key', old object will be unrefed,
+ * if no object has been found this function works like ucl_object_insert_key()
+ * @param top destination object (will be created automatically if top is NULL)
+ * @param elt element to insert (must NOT be NULL)
+ * @param key key to associate with this object (either const or preallocated)
+ * @param keylen length of the key (or 0 for NULL terminated keys)
+ * @param copy_key make an internal copy of key
+ * @return new value of top object
+ */
+ucl_object_t* ucl_object_replace_key (ucl_object_t *top, ucl_object_t *elt,
+ const char *key, size_t keylen, bool copy_key) UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
+/**
+ * Insert a object 'elt' to the hash 'top' and associate it with key 'key', if the specified key exist,
+ * try to merge its content
+ * @param top destination object (will be created automatically if top is NULL)
+ * @param elt element to insert (must NOT be NULL)
+ * @param key key to associate with this object (either const or preallocated)
+ * @param keylen length of the key (or 0 for NULL terminated keys)
+ * @param copy_key make an internal copy of key
+ * @return new value of top object
+ */
+ucl_object_t* ucl_object_insert_key_merged (ucl_object_t *top, ucl_object_t *elt,
+ const char *key, size_t keylen, bool copy_key) UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
+/**
+ * Append an element to the front of array object
+ * @param top destination object (will be created automatically if top is NULL)
+ * @param elt element to append (must NOT be NULL)
+ * @return new value of top object
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t * ucl_array_append (ucl_object_t *top,
+ ucl_object_t *elt) UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_array_append (ucl_object_t *top, ucl_object_t *elt)
+{
+ ucl_object_t *head;
+
+ if (elt == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (top == NULL) {
+ top = ucl_object_typed_new (UCL_ARRAY);
+ top->value.av = elt;
+ elt->next = NULL;
+ elt->prev = elt;
+ top->len = 1;
+ }
+ else {
+ head = top->value.av;
+ if (head == NULL) {
+ top->value.av = elt;
+ elt->prev = elt;
+ }
+ else {
+ elt->prev = head->prev;
+ head->prev->next = elt;
+ head->prev = elt;
+ }
+ elt->next = NULL;
+ top->len ++;
+ }
+
+ return top;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Append an element to the start of array object
+ * @param top destination object (will be created automatically if top is NULL)
+ * @param elt element to append (must NOT be NULL)
+ * @return new value of top object
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t * ucl_array_prepend (ucl_object_t *top,
+ ucl_object_t *elt) UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_array_prepend (ucl_object_t *top, ucl_object_t *elt)
+{
+ ucl_object_t *head;
+
+ if (elt == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (top == NULL) {
+ top = ucl_object_typed_new (UCL_ARRAY);
+ top->value.av = elt;
+ elt->next = NULL;
+ elt->prev = elt;
+ top->len = 1;
+ }
+ else {
+ head = top->value.av;
+ if (head == NULL) {
+ top->value.av = elt;
+ elt->prev = elt;
+ }
+ else {
+ elt->prev = head->prev;
+ head->prev = elt;
+ }
+ elt->next = head;
+ top->value.av = elt;
+ top->len ++;
+ }
+
+ return top;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Removes an element `elt` from the array `top`. Caller must unref the returned object when it is not
+ * needed.
+ * @param top array ucl object
+ * @param elt element to remove
+ * @return removed element or NULL if `top` is NULL or not an array
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_array_delete (ucl_object_t *top, ucl_object_t *elt)
+{
+ ucl_object_t *head;
+
+ if (top == NULL || top->type != UCL_ARRAY || top->value.av == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ head = top->value.av;
+
+ if (elt->prev == elt) {
+ top->value.av = NULL;
+ }
+ else if (elt == head) {
+ elt->next->prev = elt->prev;
+ top->value.av = elt->next;
+ }
+ else {
+ elt->prev->next = elt->next;
+ if (elt->next) {
+ elt->next->prev = elt->prev;
+ }
+ else {
+ head->prev = elt->prev;
+ }
+ }
+ elt->next = NULL;
+ elt->prev = elt;
+ top->len --;
+
+ return elt;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the first element of the array `top`
+ * @param top array ucl object
+ * @return element or NULL if `top` is NULL or not an array
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_array_head (ucl_object_t *top)
+{
+ if (top == NULL || top->type != UCL_ARRAY || top->value.av == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return top->value.av;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the last element of the array `top`
+ * @param top array ucl object
+ * @return element or NULL if `top` is NULL or not an array
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_array_tail (ucl_object_t *top)
+{
+ if (top == NULL || top->type != UCL_ARRAY || top->value.av == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return top->value.av->prev;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Removes the last element from the array `top`. Caller must unref the returned object when it is not
+ * needed.
+ * @param top array ucl object
+ * @return removed element or NULL if `top` is NULL or not an array
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_array_pop_last (ucl_object_t *top)
+{
+ return ucl_array_delete (top, ucl_array_tail (top));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Removes the first element from the array `top`. Caller must unref the returned object when it is not
+ * needed.
+ * @param top array ucl object
+ * @return removed element or NULL if `top` is NULL or not an array
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_array_pop_first (ucl_object_t *top)
+{
+ return ucl_array_delete (top, ucl_array_head (top));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Append a element to another element forming an implicit array
+ * @param head head to append (may be NULL)
+ * @param elt new element
+ * @return new head if applicable
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t * ucl_elt_append (ucl_object_t *head,
+ ucl_object_t *elt) UCL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_elt_append (ucl_object_t *head, ucl_object_t *elt)
+{
+
+ if (head == NULL) {
+ elt->next = NULL;
+ elt->prev = elt;
+ head = elt;
+ }
+ else {
+ elt->prev = head->prev;
+ head->prev->next = elt;
+ head->prev = elt;
+ elt->next = NULL;
+ }
+
+ return head;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts an object to double value
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @param target target double variable
+ * @return true if conversion was successful
+ */
+static inline bool
+ucl_object_todouble_safe (ucl_object_t *obj, double *target)
+{
+ if (obj == NULL) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ switch (obj->type) {
+ case UCL_INT:
+ *target = obj->value.iv; /* Probaly could cause overflow */
+ break;
+ case UCL_FLOAT:
+ case UCL_TIME:
+ *target = obj->value.dv;
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unsafe version of \ref ucl_obj_todouble_safe
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @return double value
+ */
+static inline double
+ucl_object_todouble (ucl_object_t *obj)
+{
+ double result = 0.;
+
+ ucl_object_todouble_safe (obj, &result);
+ return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts an object to integer value
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @param target target integer variable
+ * @return true if conversion was successful
+ */
+static inline bool
+ucl_object_toint_safe (ucl_object_t *obj, int64_t *target)
+{
+ if (obj == NULL) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ switch (obj->type) {
+ case UCL_INT:
+ *target = obj->value.iv;
+ break;
+ case UCL_FLOAT:
+ case UCL_TIME:
+ *target = obj->value.dv; /* Loosing of decimal points */
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unsafe version of \ref ucl_obj_toint_safe
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @return int value
+ */
+static inline int64_t
+ucl_object_toint (ucl_object_t *obj)
+{
+ int64_t result = 0;
+
+ ucl_object_toint_safe (obj, &result);
+ return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts an object to boolean value
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @param target target boolean variable
+ * @return true if conversion was successful
+ */
+static inline bool
+ucl_object_toboolean_safe (ucl_object_t *obj, bool *target)
+{
+ if (obj == NULL) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ switch (obj->type) {
+ case UCL_BOOLEAN:
+ *target = (obj->value.iv == true);
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unsafe version of \ref ucl_obj_toboolean_safe
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @return boolean value
+ */
+static inline bool
+ucl_object_toboolean (ucl_object_t *obj)
+{
+ bool result = false;
+
+ ucl_object_toboolean_safe (obj, &result);
+ return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts an object to string value
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @param target target string variable, no need to free value
+ * @return true if conversion was successful
+ */
+static inline bool
+ucl_object_tostring_safe (ucl_object_t *obj, const char **target)
+{
+ if (obj == NULL) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ switch (obj->type) {
+ case UCL_STRING:
+ *target = ucl_copy_value_trash (obj);
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unsafe version of \ref ucl_obj_tostring_safe
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @return string value
+ */
+static inline const char *
+ucl_object_tostring (ucl_object_t *obj)
+{
+ const char *result = NULL;
+
+ ucl_object_tostring_safe (obj, &result);
+ return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert any object to a string in JSON notation if needed
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @return string value
+ */
+static inline const char *
+ucl_object_tostring_forced (ucl_object_t *obj)
+{
+ return ucl_copy_value_trash (obj);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return string as char * and len, string may be not zero terminated, more efficient that \ref ucl_obj_tostring as it
+ * allows zero-copy (if #UCL_PARSER_ZEROCOPY has been used during parsing)
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @param target target string variable, no need to free value
+ * @param tlen target length
+ * @return true if conversion was successful
+ */
+static inline bool
+ucl_object_tolstring_safe (ucl_object_t *obj, const char **target, size_t *tlen)
+{
+ if (obj == NULL) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ switch (obj->type) {
+ case UCL_STRING:
+ *target = obj->value.sv;
+ *tlen = obj->len;
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unsafe version of \ref ucl_obj_tolstring_safe
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @return string value
+ */
+static inline const char *
+ucl_object_tolstring (ucl_object_t *obj, size_t *tlen)
+{
+ const char *result = NULL;
+
+ ucl_object_tolstring_safe (obj, &result, tlen);
+ return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return object identified by a key in the specified object
+ * @param obj object to get a key from (must be of type UCL_OBJECT)
+ * @param key key to search
+ * @return object matched the specified key or NULL if key is not found
+ */
+ucl_object_t * ucl_object_find_key (ucl_object_t *obj, const char *key);
+
+/**
+ * Return object identified by a fixed size key in the specified object
+ * @param obj object to get a key from (must be of type UCL_OBJECT)
+ * @param key key to search
+ * @param klen length of a key
+ * @return object matched the specified key or NULL if key is not found
+ */
+ucl_object_t *ucl_object_find_keyl (ucl_object_t *obj, const char *key, size_t klen);
+
+/**
+ * Returns a key of an object as a NULL terminated string
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @return key or NULL if there is no key
+ */
+static inline const char *
+ucl_object_key (ucl_object_t *obj)
+{
+ return ucl_copy_key_trash (obj);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a key of an object as a fixed size string (may be more efficient)
+ * @param obj CL object
+ * @param len target key length
+ * @return key pointer
+ */
+static inline const char *
+ucl_object_keyl (ucl_object_t *obj, size_t *len)
+{
+ *len = obj->keylen;
+ return obj->key;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Free ucl object
+ * @param obj ucl object to free
+ */
+void ucl_object_free (ucl_object_t *obj);
+
+/**
+ * Increase reference count for an object
+ * @param obj object to ref
+ */
+static inline ucl_object_t *
+ucl_object_ref (ucl_object_t *obj) {
+ obj->ref ++;
+ return obj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decrease reference count for an object
+ * @param obj object to unref
+ */
+static inline void
+ucl_object_unref (ucl_object_t *obj) {
+ if (obj != NULL && --obj->ref <= 0) {
+ ucl_object_free (obj);
+ }
+}
+/**
+ * Opaque iterator object
+ */
+typedef void* ucl_object_iter_t;
+
+/**
+ * Get next key from an object
+ * @param obj object to iterate
+ * @param iter opaque iterator, must be set to NULL on the first call:
+ * ucl_object_iter_t it = NULL;
+ * while ((cur = ucl_iterate_object (obj, &it)) != NULL) ...
+ * @return the next object or NULL
+ */
+ucl_object_t* ucl_iterate_object (ucl_object_t *obj, ucl_object_iter_t *iter, bool expand_values);
+/** @} */
+
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup parser Parsing functions
+ * These functions are used to parse UCL objects
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Macro handler for a parser
+ * @param data the content of macro
+ * @param len the length of content
+ * @param ud opaque user data
+ * @param err error pointer
+ * @return true if macro has been parsed
+ */
+typedef bool (*ucl_macro_handler) (const unsigned char *data, size_t len, void* ud);
+
+/* Opaque parser */
+struct ucl_parser;
+
+/**
+ * Creates new parser object
+ * @param pool pool to allocate memory from
+ * @return new parser object
+ */
+struct ucl_parser* ucl_parser_new (int flags);
+
+/**
+ * Register new handler for a macro
+ * @param parser parser object
+ * @param macro macro name (without leading dot)
+ * @param handler handler (it is called immediately after macro is parsed)
+ * @param ud opaque user data for a handler
+ */
+void ucl_parser_register_macro (struct ucl_parser *parser, const char *macro,
+ ucl_macro_handler handler, void* ud);
+
+/**
+ * Register new parser variable
+ * @param parser parser object
+ * @param var variable name
+ * @param value variable value
+ */
+void ucl_parser_register_variable (struct ucl_parser *parser, const char *var,
+ const char *value);
+
+/**
+ * Load new chunk to a parser
+ * @param parser parser structure
+ * @param data the pointer to the beginning of a chunk
+ * @param len the length of a chunk
+ * @param err if *err is NULL it is set to parser error
+ * @return true if chunk has been added and false in case of error
+ */
+bool ucl_parser_add_chunk (struct ucl_parser *parser, const unsigned char *data, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Load and add data from a file
+ * @param parser parser structure
+ * @param filename the name of file
+ * @param err if *err is NULL it is set to parser error
+ * @return true if chunk has been added and false in case of error
+ */
+bool ucl_parser_add_file (struct ucl_parser *parser, const char *filename);
+
+/**
+ * Get a top object for a parser
+ * @param parser parser structure
+ * @param err if *err is NULL it is set to parser error
+ * @return top parser object or NULL
+ */
+ucl_object_t* ucl_parser_get_object (struct ucl_parser *parser);
+
+/**
+ * Get the error string if failing
+ * @param parser parser object
+ */
+const char *ucl_parser_get_error(struct ucl_parser *parser);
+/**
+ * Free ucl parser object
+ * @param parser parser object
+ */
+void ucl_parser_free (struct ucl_parser *parser);
+
+/**
+ * Add new public key to parser for signatures check
+ * @param parser parser object
+ * @param key PEM representation of a key
+ * @param len length of the key
+ * @param err if *err is NULL it is set to parser error
+ * @return true if a key has been successfully added
+ */
+bool ucl_pubkey_add (struct ucl_parser *parser, const unsigned char *key, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Set FILENAME and CURDIR variables in parser
+ * @param parser parser object
+ * @param filename filename to set or NULL to set FILENAME to "undef" and CURDIR to getcwd()
+ * @param need_expand perform realpath() if this variable is true and filename is not NULL
+ * @return true if variables has been set
+ */
+bool ucl_parser_set_filevars (struct ucl_parser *parser, const char *filename,
+ bool need_expand);
+
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup emitter Emitting functions
+ * These functions are used to serialise UCL objects to some string representation.
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Structure using for emitter callbacks
+ */
+struct ucl_emitter_functions {
+ /** Append a single character */
+ int (*ucl_emitter_append_character) (unsigned char c, size_t nchars, void *ud);
+ /** Append a string of a specified length */
+ int (*ucl_emitter_append_len) (unsigned const char *str, size_t len, void *ud);
+ /** Append a 64 bit integer */
+ int (*ucl_emitter_append_int) (int64_t elt, void *ud);
+ /** Append floating point element */
+ int (*ucl_emitter_append_double) (double elt, void *ud);
+ /** Opaque userdata pointer */
+ void *ud;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Emit object to a string
+ * @param obj object
+ * @param emit_type if type is #UCL_EMIT_JSON then emit json, if type is
+ * #UCL_EMIT_CONFIG then emit config like object
+ * @return dump of an object (must be freed after using) or NULL in case of error
+ */
+unsigned char *ucl_object_emit (ucl_object_t *obj, enum ucl_emitter emit_type);
+
+/**
+ * Emit object to a string
+ * @param obj object
+ * @param emit_type if type is #UCL_EMIT_JSON then emit json, if type is
+ * #UCL_EMIT_CONFIG then emit config like object
+ * @return dump of an object (must be freed after using) or NULL in case of error
+ */
+bool ucl_object_emit_full (ucl_object_t *obj, enum ucl_emitter emit_type,
+ struct ucl_emitter_functions *emitter);
+/** @} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+/*
+ * XXX: Poorly named API functions, need to replace them with the appropriate
+ * named function. All API functions *must* use naming ucl_object_*. Usage of
+ * ucl_obj* should be avoided.
+ */
+#define ucl_obj_todouble_safe ucl_object_todouble_safe
+#define ucl_obj_todouble ucl_object_todouble
+#define ucl_obj_tostring ucl_object_tostring
+#define ucl_obj_tostring_safe ucl_object_tostring_safe
+#define ucl_obj_tolstring ucl_object_tolstring
+#define ucl_obj_tolstring_safe ucl_object_tolstring_safe
+#define ucl_obj_toint ucl_object_toint
+#define ucl_obj_toint_safe ucl_object_toint_safe
+#define ucl_obj_toboolean ucl_object_toboolean
+#define ucl_obj_toboolean_safe ucl_object_toboolean_safe
+#define ucl_obj_get_key ucl_object_find_key
+#define ucl_obj_get_keyl ucl_object_find_keyl
+#define ucl_obj_unref ucl_object_unref
+#define ucl_obj_ref ucl_object_ref
+#define ucl_obj_free ucl_object_free
+
+#endif /* UCL_H_ */