2 files changed, 197 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/pointerlist.cc b/src/pointerlist.cc
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+++ b/src/pointerlist.cc
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+// -*- c++ -*-
+// Distributed under the BSD 2-Clause License.
+// See accompanying file LICENSE for details.
+#include "pointerlist.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+PointerList::PointerList(int argc, const char* const argv[])
+{
+	for(int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+	{
+		push_back(argv[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+std::pair<int, const char* const*> PointerList::get()
+{
+	argptrs.clear();
+	for(const auto& arg : *this)
+	{
+		argptrs.push_back(arg.data());
+	}
+	argptrs.push_back(nullptr);
+
+	return {argptrs.size() - 1, // size not counting the nullptr at the end
+	        argptrs.data()};
+}
+
+EnvMap::EnvMap(const char* const env[])
+{
+	if(env == nullptr)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	auto ptr = env;
+	while(*ptr)
+	{
+		insert(std::string_view(*ptr));
+		++ptr;
+	}
+}
+
+EnvMap::EnvMap(const char* env)
+{
+	if(env == nullptr)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	auto ptr = env;
+	while(*ptr)
+	{
+		insert(ptr);
+		ptr += strlen(ptr) + 1;
+	}
+}
+
+std::string EnvMap::operator[](const std::string& key) const
+{
+	try
+	{
+		return data.at(key);
+	}
+	catch(...)
+	{
+		return {};
+	}
+}
+
+void EnvMap::clear()
+{
+	data.clear();
+}
+
+void EnvMap::insert(std::string_view key_value)
+{
+	auto equals_sign = key_value.find('=');
+	if(equals_sign == std::string::npos)
+	{
+		insert({key_value, ""});
+		return;
+	}
+	std::string key{key_value.substr(0, equals_sign)};
+	std::string value{key_value.substr(equals_sign + 1)}; // skip '='
+	insert({key, value});
+}
+
+void EnvMap::insert(const std::pair<std::string_view, std::string_view>& item)
+{
+	data[std::string(item.first)] = item.second;
+}
+
+bool EnvMap::contains(std::string_view key) const
+{
+	return data.contains(std::string{key});
+}
+
+std::size_t EnvMap::size() const
+{
+	return data.size();
+}
+
+std::string EnvMap::stringify() const
+{
+	std::string str;
+	for(const auto& [key, value] : data)
+	{
+		str += key + "=" + value + '\0';
+	}
+	str += '\0';
+	return str;
+}
+
+std::pair<int, const char* const*> EnvMap::get()
+{
+	pointerlist.clear();
+	for(const auto& [key, value] : data)
+	{
+		pointerlist.push_back(key + "=" + value + '\0');
+	}
+	return pointerlist.get();
+}
diff --git a/src/pointerlist.h b/src/pointerlist.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..988bb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pointerlist.h
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// -*- c++ -*-
+// Distributed under the BSD 2-Clause License.
+// See accompanying file LICENSE for details.
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <deque>
+#include <utility>
+#include <map>
+
+//! Maintains an (owning) list of string args and converts them to argc/argv
+//! compatible arguments on request.
+//! The returned pointers are guaranteed to be valid as long as the PointerList
+//! object lifetime is not exceeded.
+class PointerList
+	: public std::deque<std::string>
+{
+public:
+	PointerList() = default;
+	PointerList(int argc, const char* const argv[]);
+
+	//! Returns argc/argv pair from the current list of args
+	//! The argv entry after the last is a nullptr (not included in the argc)
+	std::pair<int, const char* const*> get();
+
+private:
+	std::vector<const char*> argptrs;
+};
+
+
+//! Maintains an owning map of strings representing the env.
+class EnvMap
+{
+public:
+	EnvMap() = default;
+
+	//! Initialize from an array of pointers to key=value\0 strings terminated
+	//! by \0
+	EnvMap(const char* const env[]);
+
+	//! Initialize from a string of the format
+	//!  key1=val\0key2=val\0...keyN=val\0\0
+	EnvMap(const char* env);
+
+	std::string operator[](const std::string& key) const;
+
+	//! Clear all items in the map
+	void clear();
+
+	//! Insert string from format: key=value
+	void insert(std::string_view key_value);
+
+	//! Regular map insert
+	void insert(const std::pair<std::string_view, std::string_view>& item);
+
+	//! Checks if the container contains element with specific key
+	bool contains(std::string_view key) const;
+
+	std::size_t size() const;
+
+	//! Return string with the following format:
+	//!  key1=val\0key2=val\0...keyN=val\0\0
+	std::string stringify() const;
+
+	//! Returns the map as argc/argv pair where each pointer points to a string
+	//! of the format key=value\0 and is terminated with a nullptr
+	std::pair<int, const char* const*> get();
+
+private:
+	std::map<std::string, std::string> data{};
+
+	PointerList pointerlist;
+};