xref: /xsrc/external/mit/libX11/dist/src/TextToStr.c

/* $Xorg: TextToStr.c,v 1.4 2001/02/09 02:03:37 xorgcvs Exp $ */
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/* $XFree86: xc/lib/X11/TextToStr.c,v 1.4 2001/01/17 19:41:45 dawes Exp $ */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif
#include <X11/Xlibint.h>
#include <X11/Xatom.h>
#include <X11/Xutil.h>


/*
 * XTextPropertyToStringList - set list and count to contain data stored in
 * null-separated STRING property.
 */

Status XTextPropertyToStringList (
    XTextProperty *tp,
    char ***list_return,
    int *count_return)
{
    char **list;			/* return value */
    int nelements;			/* return value */
    register char *cp;			/* temp variable */
    char *start;			/* start of thing to copy */
    int i, j;				/* iterator variables */
    int datalen = (int) tp->nitems;	/* for convenience */

    /*
     * make sure we understand how to do it
     */
    if (tp->encoding != XA_STRING ||  tp->format != 8) return False;

    if (datalen == 0) {
	*list_return = NULL;
	*count_return = 0;
	return True;
    }

    /*
     * walk the list to figure out how many elements there are
     */
    nelements = 1;			/* since null-separated */
    for (cp = (char *) tp->value, i = datalen; i > 0; cp++, i--) {
	if (*cp == '\0') nelements++;
    }

    /*
     * allocate list and duplicate
     */
    list = (char **) Xmalloc (nelements * sizeof (char *));
    if (!list) return False;

    start = (char *) Xmalloc ((datalen + 1) * sizeof (char));	/* for <NUL> */
    if (!start) {
	Xfree ((char *) list);
	return False;
    }

    /*
     * copy data
     */
    memcpy (start, (char *) tp->value, tp->nitems);
    start[datalen] = '\0';

    /*
     * walk down list setting value
     */
    for (cp = start, i = datalen + 1, j = 0; i > 0; cp++, i--) {
	if (*cp == '\0') {
	    list[j] = start;
	    start = (cp + 1);
	    j++;
	}
    }

    /*
     * append final null pointer and then return data
     */
    *list_return = list;
    *count_return = nelements;
    return True;
}


void XFreeStringList (char **list)
{
    if (list) {
	if (list[0]) Xfree (list[0]);
	Xfree ((char *) list);
	list = NULL;
    }
}