/*

 * Summary: string dictionnary

 * Description: dictionary of reusable strings, just used to avoid allocation

 *         and freeing operations.

 *

 * Copy: See Copyright for the status of this software.

 *

 * Author: Daniel Veillard

 */

#ifndef __XML_DICT_H__

#define __XML_DICT_H__

#include <libxml/xmlversion.h>

#include <libxml/tree.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus

extern "C" {

#endif

/*

 * The dictionnary.

 */

typedef struct _xmlDict xmlDict;

typedef xmlDict *xmlDictPtr;

/*

 * Constructor and destructor.

 */

XMLPUBFUN xmlDictPtr XMLCALL

			xmlDictCreate	(void);

XMLPUBFUN xmlDictPtr XMLCALL

			xmlDictCreateSub(xmlDictPtr sub);

XMLPUBFUN int XMLCALL

			xmlDictReference(xmlDictPtr dict);

XMLPUBFUN void XMLCALL			

			xmlDictFree	(xmlDictPtr dict);

/*

 * Lookup of entry in the dictionnary.

 */

XMLPUBFUN const xmlChar * XMLCALL		

			xmlDictLookup	(xmlDictPtr dict,

		                         const xmlChar *name,

		                         int len);

XMLPUBFUN const xmlChar * XMLCALL		

			xmlDictExists	(xmlDictPtr dict,

		                         const xmlChar *name,

		                         int len);

XMLPUBFUN const xmlChar * XMLCALL		

			xmlDictQLookup	(xmlDictPtr dict,

		                         const xmlChar *prefix,

		                         const xmlChar *name);

XMLPUBFUN int XMLCALL

			xmlDictOwns	(xmlDictPtr dict,

					 const xmlChar *str);

XMLPUBFUN int XMLCALL			

			xmlDictSize	(xmlDictPtr dict);

/*

 * Cleanup function

 */

XMLPUBFUN void XMLCALL

                        xmlDictCleanup  (void);

#ifdef __cplusplus

}

#endif

#endif /* ! __XML_DICT_H__ */