eliot/dic/dic.h

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/**
 *  \file   dic.h
 *  \brief  Dawg dictionary
 *  \author Antoine Fraboulet
 *  \date   2002
 */

#ifndef _DIC_H_
#define _DIC_H_
#if defined(__cplusplus)
extern "C"
  {
#endif

/**
 * different letters in the dictionary
 */
#define DIC_LETTERS  27

/**
 * max length of words (including last \0)
 */
#define DIC_WORD_MAX 16

typedef struct _Dict_header  Dict_header;
typedef struct _Dictionary  *Dictionary;
typedef unsigned int dic_elt_t;
typedef unsigned char dic_code_t;


    /**
     * Dictionary header loading from a file
     * @param dic : pointer to a header
     * @param path : compressed dictionary path
     * @return 0 ok, otherwise error
     */
int    Dic_check_header(Dict_header *header, const char* path);

    /**
     * Dictionary creation and loading from a file
     * @param dic : pointer to a dictionary
     * @param path : compressed dictionary path
     * @return 0 ok, 1 error
     */
int    Dic_load   (Dictionary* dic,const char* path);

    /**
     * Destroy a dictionary
     */
int    Dic_destroy(Dictionary dic);

    /**
     * Dic_chr returns the character code associated with an element,
     * codes may range from 0 to 31. 0 is the null character.
     * @returns code for the encoded character
     */
dic_code_t Dic_chr (Dictionary dic, dic_elt_t elt);

    /**
     * Returns a boolean to show if there is another available
     * character in the current depth (a neighbor in the tree)
     * @returns 0 or 1 (true)
     */
int    Dic_last(Dictionary dic, dic_elt_t elt);

    /**
     * Returns a boolean to show if we are at the end of a word
     * (see Dic_next)
     * @returns 0 or 1 (true)
     */
int    Dic_word(Dictionary dic, dic_elt_t elt);

    /**
     * Returns the root of the dictionary
     * @returns root element
     */
dic_elt_t Dic_root(Dictionary dic);

    /**
     * Returns the next available neighbor (see Dic_last)
     * @returns next dictionary element at the same depth
     */
dic_elt_t Dic_next(Dictionary dic, dic_elt_t elt);

    /**
     * Returns the first element available at the next depth
     * in the dictionary
     * @params dic : dictionary
     * @params elt : current dictionary element
     * @returns next element (successor)
     */
dic_elt_t Dic_succ(Dictionary dic, dic_elt_t elt);

    /**
     * Find the dictionary element matching the pattern starting
     * from the given root node by walking the dictionary tree
     * @params dic : valid dictionary
     * @params root : starting dictionary node for the search
     * @params pattern : string encoded according to the dictionary codes,
     * the pattern must be null ('\0') terminated
     * @returns 0 if the string cannot be matched otherwise returns the
     * element that results from walking the dictionary according to the
     * pattern
     */
unsigned int Dic_lookup(Dictionary dic, dic_elt_t root, dic_code_t* pattern);

    /**
     * Dic_char returns the character associated with an element
     * (in the range ['A'-'Z']), or the null character ('\0').
     * @returns ASCII code for the character
     */
char   Dic_char (Dictionary dic, dic_elt_t elt);

    /**
     * Find the dictionary element matching the pattern starting
     * from the given root node by walking the dictionary tree
     * @params dic : valid dictionary
     * @params root : starting dictionary node for the search
     * @params pattern : string made of uppercase characters in the range
     * ['A'-'Z']. The pattern must be null ('\0') terminated
     * @returns 0 if the string cannot be matched otherwise returns the
     * element that results from walking the dictionary according to the
     * pattern
     */
unsigned int Dic_char_lookup(Dictionary dic, dic_elt_t root, char* pattern);

#if defined(__cplusplus)
  }
#endif
#endif /* _DIC_H_ */

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