/*
 * $Id: matching.h 13996 2007-06-30 22:00:06Z cbiere $
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2001-2003, Raphael Manfredi
 *
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 * This file is part of gtk-gnutella.
 *
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 */

/**
 * @ingroup core
 * @file
 *
 * Search table searching routines.
 *
 * Basic explanation of how search table works:
 *
 *    A search_table is a global object.  Only one of these is expected to
 *  exist.  It consists of a number of "bins", each bin containing all
 *  entries which have a certain sequence of two characters in a row, plus
 *  some metadata.
 *
 *    Each bin is a simple array, without repetitions, of items.  Each item
 *  consists of a string to which a certain mapping of characters onto
 *  characters has been applied, plus a void * representing the actual data
 *  mapped to.  (I used void * to make this code reasonably generic, so that
 *  in any project I or someone else wants to use code like this for, they
 *  can just use it.)  The same mapping is also applied to each search before
 *  running it.  This maps uppercase and lowercase letters to match one
 *  another, maps all whitespace and punctuation to a simple space, etc.
 *  This mechanism is very flexible and could easily be adapted to match
 *  accented characters, etc.
 *
 *    The actual search builds a regular expression to do the matching.  This
 *  might have a tiny bit higher overhead than a custom implementation of
 *  string matching, but it also allows a great deal of flexibility and ease
 *  of experimentation with different search techniques, both to increase
 *  efficiency and to give the best possible results.  Hopefully the code is
 *  reasonably self-explanatory, but if you find it confusing, email the
 *  gtk-gnutella-devel mailing list and I'll try to respond...
 *
 * @author Raphael Manfredi
 * @date 2001-2003
 * @author KBH
 * @date 2001-10-03
 */

#ifndef _core_matching_h_
#define _core_matching_h_

#include "common.h"

typedef struct _search_table search_table_t;

struct query_hashvec;

search_table_t *st_alloc(void);
void st_initialize(search_table_t *);
void st_create(search_table_t *table);
void st_destroy(search_table_t *);
void st_free(search_table_t **);
gboolean st_insert_item(search_table_t *, const gchar *key, gpointer data);
void st_compact(search_table_t *);

struct shared_file;

/**
 * Needs brief description here.
 */
typedef void (*st_search_callback)(gpointer ctx, gpointer data);

void st_search(
	search_table_t *table,
	const gchar *search,
	st_search_callback callback,
	gpointer ctx,
	gint max_res,
	struct query_hashvec *qhv);

#endif	/* _core_matching_h_ */

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