backends/prefix_compressed_strings.h

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#ifndef XAPIAN_INCLUDED_PREFIX_COMPRESSED_STRINGS_H
#define XAPIAN_INCLUDED_PREFIX_COMPRESSED_STRINGS_H

#include <xapian/error.h>

#include <algorithm>
#include <string>

// We XOR the length values with this so that they are more likely to coincide
// with lower case ASCII letters, which are likely to be common.  This means
// that zlib should do a better job of compressing tag values - in tests, this
// gave 5% better compression.
#define MAGIC_XOR_VALUE 96

class PrefixCompressedStringItor {
    const unsigned char * p;
    size_t left;
    std::string current;

    PrefixCompressedStringItor(const unsigned char * p_, size_t left_,
                               const std::string &current_)
        : p(p_), left(left_), current(current_) { }

  public:
    PrefixCompressedStringItor(const std::string & s)
        : p(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char *>(s.data())),
          left(s.size()) {
        if (left) {
            operator++();
        } else {
            p = NULL;
        }
    }

    const std::string & operator*() const {
        return current;
    }

    PrefixCompressedStringItor operator++(int) {
        const unsigned char * old_p = p;
        size_t old_left = left;
        std::string old_current = current;
        operator++();
        return PrefixCompressedStringItor(old_p, old_left, old_current);
    }

    PrefixCompressedStringItor & operator++() {
        if (left == 0) {
            p = NULL;
        } else {
            if (!current.empty()) {
                current.resize(*p++ ^ MAGIC_XOR_VALUE);
                --left;
            }
            size_t add;
            if (left == 0 || (add = *p ^ MAGIC_XOR_VALUE) >= left)
                throw Xapian::DatabaseCorruptError("Bad spelling data (too little left)");
            current.append(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(p + 1), add);
            p += add + 1;
            left -= add + 1;
        }
        return *this;
    }

    bool at_end() const {
        return p == NULL;
    }
};

class PrefixCompressedStringWriter {
    std::string current;
    std::string & out;

  public:
    PrefixCompressedStringWriter(std::string & out_) : out(out_) { }

    void append(const std::string & word) {
        // If this isn't the first entry, see how much of the previous one
        // we can reuse.
        if (!current.empty()) {
            size_t len = std::min(current.size(), word.size());
            size_t i;
            for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
                if (current[i] != word[i]) break;
            }
            out += char(i ^ MAGIC_XOR_VALUE);
            out += char((word.size() - i) ^ MAGIC_XOR_VALUE);
            out.append(word.data() + i, word.size() - i);
        } else {
            out += char(word.size() ^ MAGIC_XOR_VALUE);
            out += word;
        }
        current = word;
    }
};

struct PrefixCompressedStringItorGt {
    bool operator()(const PrefixCompressedStringItor *a,
                    const PrefixCompressedStringItor *b) {
        return (**a > **b);
    }
};

#endif // XAPIAN_INCLUDED_PREFIX_COMPRESSED_STRINGS_H

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