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diff --git a/src/bitstring.cpp b/src/bitstring.cpp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d99992 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/bitstring.cpp | |||
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| 1 | #include "bitstring.h" | ||
| 2 | #include <stdlib.h> | ||
| 3 | #include <stdio.h> | ||
| 4 | #include <string.h> | ||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | #ifdef _WIN32 | ||
| 7 | #define random() rand() | ||
| 8 | #endif | ||
| 9 | |||
| 10 | #define bitsToBytes( nBits ) (((nBits/8)+((nBits%8)?(1):(0)))); | ||
| 11 | |||
| 12 | Bu::BitString::BitString() | ||
| 13 | { | ||
| 14 | caData = NULL; | ||
| 15 | cTopByteMask = 0; | ||
| 16 | nBits = nBytes = 0; | ||
| 17 | } | ||
| 18 | |||
| 19 | Bu::BitString::BitString( const Bu::BitString &xSrc ) | ||
| 20 | { | ||
| 21 | nBits = xSrc.nBits; | ||
| 22 | nBytes = xSrc.nBytes; | ||
| 23 | cTopByteMask = xSrc.cTopByteMask; | ||
| 24 | caData = new unsigned char[nBytes]; | ||
| 25 | memcpy( caData, xSrc.caData, nBytes ); | ||
| 26 | |||
| 27 | fixup(); | ||
| 28 | } | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | Bu::BitString::BitString( long nNewBits, bool bFillRandomly ) | ||
| 31 | { | ||
| 32 | long j; | ||
| 33 | nBits = nNewBits; | ||
| 34 | nBytes = bitsToBytes( nNewBits );//(nNewBits/8)+((nNewBits%8)?(1):(0)); | ||
| 35 | caData = new unsigned char[nBytes]; | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | // This can either mean that there are a multiple of eight bits or zero, if there are zero you're an idiot | ||
| 38 | // (zero can't happen, because we would allocate an extra byte and never use it) | ||
| 39 | if( (nBits%8 == 0) ) | ||
| 40 | { | ||
| 41 | cTopByteMask = 0xFF; | ||
| 42 | } | ||
| 43 | else | ||
| 44 | { | ||
| 45 | cTopByteMask = 0; | ||
| 46 | for( j = 0; j < (nBits%8); j++ ) | ||
| 47 | { | ||
| 48 | cTopByteMask |= (1<<j); | ||
| 49 | } | ||
| 50 | } | ||
| 51 | |||
| 52 | if( bFillRandomly ) | ||
| 53 | { | ||
| 54 | // rand() only returns a value up to RAND_MAX (0x7FFF on my system) so I'll just use the low order byte) | ||
| 55 | for( j = 0; j < nBytes; j++ ) | ||
| 56 | { | ||
| 57 | caData[j] = (unsigned char)(random() & 0xFF); | ||
| 58 | } | ||
| 59 | } | ||
| 60 | else | ||
| 61 | { | ||
| 62 | clearString(); | ||
| 63 | } | ||
| 64 | |||
| 65 | fixup(); | ||
| 66 | } | ||
| 67 | |||
| 68 | Bu::BitString::~BitString() | ||
| 69 | { | ||
| 70 | if( caData != NULL ) delete[] caData; | ||
| 71 | } | ||
| 72 | |||
| 73 | Bu::BitString &Bu::BitString::operator=( const Bu::BitString &xSrc ) | ||
| 74 | { | ||
| 75 | if( caData != NULL ) | ||
| 76 | { | ||
| 77 | delete[] caData; | ||
| 78 | } | ||
| 79 | nBits = xSrc.nBits; | ||
| 80 | nBytes = xSrc.nBytes; | ||
| 81 | cTopByteMask = xSrc.cTopByteMask; | ||
| 82 | caData = new unsigned char[nBytes]; | ||
| 83 | memcpy( caData, xSrc.caData, nBytes ); | ||
| 84 | |||
| 85 | fixup(); | ||
| 86 | |||
| 87 | return *this; | ||
| 88 | } | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 | Bu::BitString Bu::BitString::operator~() | ||
| 91 | { | ||
| 92 | Bu::BitString xRet( *this ); | ||
| 93 | |||
| 94 | for( int j = 0; j < xRet.nBytes; j++ ) | ||
| 95 | { | ||
| 96 | xRet.caData[j] = ~xRet.caData[j]; | ||
| 97 | } | ||
| 98 | |||
| 99 | xRet.fixup(); | ||
| 100 | |||
| 101 | return xRet; | ||
| 102 | } | ||
| 103 | |||
| 104 | Bu::BitString Bu::BitString::operator<<( const long nAmt ) | ||
| 105 | { | ||
| 106 | if( nAmt == 0 ) | ||
| 107 | { | ||
| 108 | return (*this); | ||
| 109 | } | ||
| 110 | //int nByteShift = nAmt/8; | ||
| 111 | |||
| 112 | Bu::BitString xSub( getBitLength() ); | ||
| 113 | |||
| 114 | long shft = (nAmt%8); | ||
| 115 | long base = (nAmt/8); | ||
| 116 | unsigned char lowmask=0; | ||
| 117 | for( long j = 0; j < 8-shft; j++ ) | ||
| 118 | { | ||
| 119 | lowmask |= (1<<j); | ||
| 120 | } | ||
| 121 | for( long j = 0; j < xSub.nBytes; j++ ) | ||
| 122 | { | ||
| 123 | xSub.caData[base+j] = ((caData[j]>>shft)&(lowmask)) | ((caData[j+1]<<(8-shft))&(~lowmask)); | ||
| 124 | } | ||
| 125 | xSub.fixup(); | ||
| 126 | |||
| 127 | return xSub; | ||
| 128 | } | ||
| 129 | |||
| 130 | Bu::BitString Bu::BitString::operator>>( const long nAmt ) | ||
| 131 | { | ||
| 132 | if( nAmt == 0 ) | ||
| 133 | { | ||
| 134 | return (*this); | ||
| 135 | } | ||
| 136 | return (*this); | ||
| 137 | } | ||
| 138 | |||
| 139 | void Bu::BitString::shiftLeft( long nAmt ) | ||
| 140 | { | ||
| 141 | if( nAmt == 0 ) | ||
| 142 | { | ||
| 143 | return; | ||
| 144 | } | ||
| 145 | else if( nAmt < 0 ) | ||
| 146 | { | ||
| 147 | shiftRight( -nAmt ); | ||
| 148 | return; | ||
| 149 | } | ||
| 150 | |||
| 151 | long nByteShift = nAmt/8; | ||
| 152 | long nBitShift = nAmt%8; | ||
| 153 | |||
| 154 | long j; | ||
| 155 | for( j = nBytes-1; j >= 0; j-- ) | ||
| 156 | { | ||
| 157 | caData[j] = (((j-nByteShift)<0)?(0):((caData[j-nByteShift]<<nBitShift))) | (((j-nByteShift-1)<0)?(0):((caData[j-nByteShift-1]>>(8-nBitShift)))); | ||
| 158 | } | ||
| 159 | |||
| 160 | fixup(); | ||
| 161 | } | ||
| 162 | |||
| 163 | void Bu::BitString::shiftRight( long nAmt ) | ||
| 164 | { | ||
| 165 | if( nAmt == 0 ) | ||
| 166 | { | ||
| 167 | return; | ||
| 168 | } | ||
| 169 | else if( nAmt < 0 ) | ||
| 170 | { | ||
| 171 | shiftLeft( -nAmt ); | ||
| 172 | return; | ||
| 173 | } | ||
| 174 | |||
| 175 | long nByteShift = nAmt/8; | ||
| 176 | long nBitShift = nAmt%8; | ||
| 177 | |||
| 178 | long j; | ||
| 179 | for( j = 0; j < nBytes; j++ ) | ||
| 180 | { | ||
| 181 | caData[j] = (((j+nByteShift)>nBytes)?(0):((caData[j+nByteShift]>>nBitShift))) | (((j+nByteShift+1)>nBytes)?(0):((caData[j+nByteShift+1]<<(8-nBitShift)))); | ||
| 182 | } | ||
| 183 | |||
| 184 | fixup(); | ||
| 185 | } | ||
| 186 | /* | ||
| 187 | long Bu::BitString::bitsToBytes( long nBits ) | ||
| 188 | { | ||
| 189 | return (nBits/8)+((nBits%8)?(1):(0)); | ||
| 190 | } | ||
| 191 | */ | ||
| 192 | void Bu::BitString::fixup() | ||
| 193 | { | ||
| 194 | if( caData != NULL ) | ||
| 195 | { | ||
| 196 | caData[nBytes-1] &= cTopByteMask; | ||
| 197 | } | ||
| 198 | } | ||
| 199 | |||
| 200 | void Bu::BitString::setBit( long nBit, bool bBitState ) | ||
| 201 | { | ||
| 202 | if( bBitState ) | ||
| 203 | { | ||
| 204 | caData[nBit/8] |= (1<<(nBit%8)); | ||
| 205 | } | ||
| 206 | else | ||
| 207 | { | ||
| 208 | caData[nBit/8] &= ~(1<<(nBit%8)); | ||
| 209 | } | ||
| 210 | } | ||
| 211 | |||
| 212 | void Bu::BitString::flipBit( long nBit ) | ||
| 213 | { | ||
| 214 | caData[nBit/8] ^= (1<<(nBit%8)); | ||
| 215 | } | ||
| 216 | |||
| 217 | bool Bu::BitString::getBit( long nBit ) | ||
| 218 | { | ||
| 219 | if( nBit >= nBits || nBit < 0 ) return false; | ||
| 220 | if( (caData[nBit/8] & (1<<(nBit%8))) == 0 ) | ||
| 221 | { | ||
| 222 | return false; | ||
| 223 | } | ||
| 224 | return true; | ||
| 225 | } | ||
| 226 | |||
| 227 | long Bu::BitString::getBitLength() | ||
| 228 | { | ||
| 229 | return nBits; | ||
| 230 | } | ||
| 231 | |||
| 232 | class Bu::BitString Bu::BitString::getSubString( long nLower, long nUpper ) | ||
| 233 | { | ||
| 234 | if( nUpper == 0 || nUpper < nLower ) nUpper = nBits; | ||
| 235 | |||
| 236 | Bu::BitString xSub( nUpper-nLower+1 ); | ||
| 237 | |||
| 238 | long shft = (nLower%8); | ||
| 239 | long base = (nLower/8); | ||
| 240 | unsigned char lowmask=0; | ||
| 241 | for( long j = 0; j < 8-shft; j++ ) | ||
| 242 | { | ||
| 243 | lowmask |= (1<<j); | ||
| 244 | } | ||
| 245 | for( long j = 0; j < xSub.nBytes; j++ ) | ||
| 246 | { | ||
| 247 | xSub.caData[j] = ((caData[base+j]>>shft)&(lowmask)) | ((caData[base+j+1]<<(8-shft))&(~lowmask)); | ||
| 248 | } | ||
| 249 | xSub.fixup(); | ||
| 250 | |||
| 251 | return xSub; | ||
| 252 | } | ||
| 253 | |||
| 254 | long Bu::BitString::toLong( long nStart, long nSize ) | ||
| 255 | { | ||
| 256 | if( nSize < 1 ) nSize = 1; | ||
| 257 | if( nSize > 32 ) nSize = 32; | ||
| 258 | if( nStart < 0 ) return 0; | ||
| 259 | if( nStart+nSize > getBitLength() ) return 0; | ||
| 260 | |||
| 261 | Bu::BitString tmpo; | ||
| 262 | tmpo = getSubString( nStart, nStart+nSize-1 ); | ||
| 263 | long x = *((long *)tmpo.caData); | ||
| 264 | |||
| 265 | return x; | ||
| 266 | } | ||
| 267 | /* | ||
| 268 | std::string Bu::BitString::toString( bool bAddSpacers ) | ||
| 269 | { | ||
| 270 | long nSz = nBits; | ||
| 271 | if( bAddSpacers ) | ||
| 272 | { | ||
| 273 | nSz += (nBits/8); | ||
| 274 | if( nBits%8 == 0 ) nSz--; | ||
| 275 | } | ||
| 276 | std::string xStr; | ||
| 277 | |||
| 278 | int bw=0; | ||
| 279 | int of=0; | ||
| 280 | for( int j = nBits-1; j >= 0; j-- ) | ||
| 281 | { | ||
| 282 | if( getBit( j ) ) | ||
| 283 | { | ||
| 284 | xStr += '1'; | ||
| 285 | } | ||
| 286 | else | ||
| 287 | { | ||
| 288 | xStr += '0'; | ||
| 289 | } | ||
| 290 | |||
| 291 | if( bAddSpacers ) | ||
| 292 | { | ||
| 293 | bw++; | ||
| 294 | if( bw >= 8 && j < nBits-1 ) | ||
| 295 | { | ||
| 296 | bw = 0; | ||
| 297 | of++; | ||
| 298 | xStr += ' '; | ||
| 299 | } | ||
| 300 | } | ||
| 301 | } | ||
| 302 | |||
| 303 | return xStr; | ||
| 304 | } | ||
| 305 | */ | ||
| 306 | void Bu::BitString::clearString() | ||
| 307 | { | ||
| 308 | if( caData != NULL ) | ||
| 309 | { | ||
| 310 | memset( caData, 0, nBytes ); | ||
| 311 | } | ||
| 312 | } | ||
| 313 | |||
| 314 | bool Bu::BitString::setBitLength( long nLength, bool bClear ) | ||
| 315 | { | ||
| 316 | if( nBits != nLength ) | ||
| 317 | { | ||
| 318 | if( bClear || caData == NULL ) | ||
| 319 | { | ||
| 320 | //long j; | ||
| 321 | nBits = nLength; | ||
| 322 | nBytes = bitsToBytes( nLength );//(nNewBits/8)+((nNewBits%8)?(1):(0)); | ||
| 323 | if( caData != NULL ) delete[] caData; | ||
| 324 | caData = new unsigned char[nBytes]; | ||
| 325 | memset( caData, 0, nBytes ); | ||
| 326 | } | ||
| 327 | else | ||
| 328 | { | ||
| 329 | //long j; | ||
| 330 | nBits = nLength; | ||
| 331 | long nNewBytes = bitsToBytes( nLength );//(nNewBits/8)+((nNewBits%8)?(1):(0)); | ||
| 332 | unsigned char *tmp = caData; | ||
| 333 | caData = new unsigned char[nBytes]; | ||
| 334 | if( nNewBytes < nBytes ) | ||
| 335 | { | ||
| 336 | memcpy( caData, tmp, nNewBytes ); | ||
| 337 | } | ||
| 338 | else | ||
| 339 | { | ||
| 340 | memcpy( caData, tmp, nBytes ); | ||
| 341 | } | ||
| 342 | delete[] tmp; | ||
| 343 | nBytes = nNewBytes; | ||
| 344 | } | ||
| 345 | |||
| 346 | // This can either mean that there are a multiple of eight bits or zero, if there are zero you're an idiot | ||
| 347 | // (zero can't happen, because we would allocate an extra byte and never use it) | ||
| 348 | if( (nBits%8 == 0) ) | ||
| 349 | { | ||
| 350 | cTopByteMask = 0xFF; | ||
| 351 | } | ||
| 352 | else | ||
| 353 | { | ||
| 354 | cTopByteMask = 0; | ||
| 355 | for( long j = 0; j < (nBits%8); j++ ) | ||
| 356 | { | ||
| 357 | cTopByteMask |= (1<<j); | ||
| 358 | } | ||
| 359 | } | ||
| 360 | } | ||
| 361 | else if( bClear ) | ||
| 362 | { | ||
| 363 | clearString(); | ||
| 364 | } | ||
| 365 | |||
| 366 | return true; | ||
| 367 | } | ||
| 368 | |||
| 369 | void Bu::BitString::randomize() | ||
| 370 | { | ||
| 371 | if( caData != NULL ) | ||
| 372 | { | ||
| 373 | for( int j = 0; j < nBytes; j++ ) | ||
| 374 | { | ||
| 375 | caData[j] = (unsigned char)(random() & 0xFF); | ||
| 376 | } | ||
| 377 | fixup(); | ||
| 378 | } | ||
| 379 | } | ||
| 380 | |||
| 381 | void Bu::BitString::invert() | ||
| 382 | { | ||
| 383 | if( caData != NULL ) | ||
| 384 | { | ||
| 385 | for( long j = 0; j < nBytes; j++ ) | ||
| 386 | { | ||
| 387 | caData[j] = ~caData[j]; | ||
| 388 | } | ||
| 389 | fixup(); | ||
| 390 | } | ||
| 391 | } | ||
| 392 | |||
| 393 | long Bu::BitString::getHighestOrderBitPos() | ||
| 394 | { | ||
| 395 | for( long j = nBits-1; j >= 0; j-- ) | ||
| 396 | { | ||
| 397 | if( getBit( j ) ) | ||
| 398 | { | ||
| 399 | return j; | ||
| 400 | } | ||
| 401 | } | ||
| 402 | |||
| 403 | return -1; | ||
| 404 | } | ||
| 405 | /* | ||
| 406 | bool Bu::BitString::writeToFile( FILE *fh ) | ||
| 407 | { | ||
| 408 | fwrite( &nBits, sizeof(long), 1, fh ); | ||
| 409 | fwrite( caData, sizeof(char), nBytes, fh ); | ||
| 410 | |||
| 411 | return true; | ||
| 412 | } | ||
| 413 | |||
| 414 | bool Bu::BitString::readFromFile( FILE *fh ) | ||
| 415 | { | ||
| 416 | fread( &nBits, sizeof(long), 1, fh ); | ||
| 417 | |||
| 418 | nBytes = bitsToBytes( nBits ); | ||
| 419 | if( caData ) delete[] caData; | ||
| 420 | caData = new unsigned char[nBytes]; | ||
| 421 | |||
| 422 | fread( caData, sizeof(char), nBytes, fh ); | ||
| 423 | |||
| 424 | if( (nBits%8 == 0) ) | ||
| 425 | { | ||
| 426 | cTopByteMask = 0xFF; | ||
| 427 | } | ||
| 428 | else | ||
| 429 | { | ||
| 430 | cTopByteMask = 0; | ||
| 431 | for( int j = 0; j < (nBits%8); j++ ) | ||
| 432 | { | ||
| 433 | cTopByteMask |= (1<<j); | ||
| 434 | } | ||
| 435 | } | ||
| 436 | |||
| 437 | fixup(); | ||
| 438 | |||
| 439 | return true; | ||
| 440 | }*/ | ||
diff --git a/src/bitstring.h b/src/bitstring.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8052691 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/bitstring.h | |||
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| 1 | #ifndef BU_BITSTRING_H | ||
| 2 | #define BU_BITSTRING_H | ||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | namespace Bu | ||
| 5 | { | ||
| 6 | /** | ||
| 7 | * Manages an arbitrarily sized string of bits, and allows basic interaction | ||
| 8 | * with them. This includes basic non-mathematical bitwise operations such | ||
| 9 | * as setting and testing bits, shifting the string, inversion and a few | ||
| 10 | * extras like randomization. On linux systems this takes advantage of long | ||
| 11 | * longs giving you a maximum size of about 2tb per string. | ||
| 12 | * | ||
| 13 | * For more general and mathematical type interaction see BitStringInt. | ||
| 14 | * | ||
| 15 | *@author Mike Buland | ||
| 16 | */ | ||
| 17 | class BitString | ||
| 18 | { | ||
| 19 | public: | ||
| 20 | /** | ||
| 21 | * Constructs a blank and basic BitString. This is actually useful since | ||
| 22 | * you can resize BitStrings at will, and even retain the data that was | ||
| 23 | * in them. | ||
| 24 | */ | ||
| 25 | BitString(); | ||
| 26 | |||
| 27 | /** | ||
| 28 | * Constructs a BitString object as a copy of another BitString. This is | ||
| 29 | * a standard copy constructor and produces an exact duplicate of the | ||
| 30 | * original BitString object. | ||
| 31 | *@param xSrc Source BitString to copy data from. | ||
| 32 | */ | ||
| 33 | BitString( const BitString &xSrc ); | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | /** | ||
| 36 | * Constructs a BitString with length nBits and optionally fills it with | ||
| 37 | * random data. The default setting, to not fill randomly, will produce | ||
| 38 | * a blank (all zeros) string of the specified size. | ||
| 39 | *@param nBits The length of the new BitString in bits. | ||
| 40 | *@param bFillRandomly Wether or not to randomize this BitString. | ||
| 41 | */ | ||
| 42 | BitString( long nBits, bool bFillRandomly=false ); | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | /** | ||
| 45 | * Virtual deconstructor for the BitString. Takes care of cleanup for you. | ||
| 46 | * What more do you really want to know? | ||
| 47 | */ | ||
| 48 | virtual ~BitString(); | ||
| 49 | |||
| 50 | // basic interaction | ||
| 51 | /** | ||
| 52 | * Sets a bit in the BitString. In it's normal mode it will always turn | ||
| 53 | * the given bit on, to clear a bit set bBitState to false instead of | ||
| 54 | * true. This operation runs in O(1). | ||
| 55 | *@param nBit The zero-based index of the bit to modify. | ||
| 56 | *@param bBitState Set to true to set the bit to 1, set to false to set | ||
| 57 | * the bit to 0. | ||
| 58 | */ | ||
| 59 | void setBit( long nBit, bool bBitState=true ); | ||
| 60 | |||
| 61 | /** | ||
| 62 | * Reverses the state of the given bit. This will set the given bit to a | ||
| 63 | * 1 if it was 0, and to 0 if it was 1. This operation runs in O(1), and | ||
| 64 | * it should be noted that using this is marginally faster than doing the | ||
| 65 | * test and flip yourself with getBit and setBit since it uses a bitwise | ||
| 66 | * not operation and doesn't actually test the bit itself. | ||
| 67 | *@param nBit The index of the bit to flip. | ||
| 68 | */ | ||
| 69 | void flipBit( long nBit ); | ||
| 70 | |||
| 71 | /** | ||
| 72 | * Gets the state of the given bit. This follows the standard convention | ||
| 73 | * used so far, a returned value of true means the bit in question is 1, | ||
| 74 | * and a value of flase means the bit is 0. All bits out of range of the | ||
| 75 | * BitString are treated as off, but are "accessable" in that this does not | ||
| 76 | * produce any kind of error message. This is intentional. This operation | ||
| 77 | * runs in O(1). | ||
| 78 | *@param nBit The index of the bit to test. | ||
| 79 | *@returns True for a 1, false for a 0. | ||
| 80 | */ | ||
| 81 | bool getBit( long nBit ); | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | /** | ||
| 84 | * Inverts the entire BitString, in effect this calls flipBit on every bit | ||
| 85 | * in the string but is faster since it can operate on whole bytes at a | ||
| 86 | * time instead of individual bits. This operation runs in O(N). | ||
| 87 | */ | ||
| 88 | void invert(); | ||
| 89 | |||
| 90 | /** | ||
| 91 | * Returns the number of bits allocated in this BitString. This operation | ||
| 92 | * runs in O(N) time since this value is cached and not computed. | ||
| 93 | *@returns The number of bits allocated in this BitString. | ||
| 94 | */ | ||
| 95 | long getBitLength(); | ||
| 96 | |||
| 97 | /** | ||
| 98 | * Sets the entire BitString to zeros, but it does it very quickly. This | ||
| 99 | * operation runs in O(N). | ||
| 100 | */ | ||
| 101 | void clearString(); | ||
| 102 | |||
| 103 | /** | ||
| 104 | * Gets another BitString that is autonomous of the current one (contains | ||
| 105 | * a copy of the memory, not a pointer) and contains a subset of the data | ||
| 106 | * in the current BitString. This is an inclusive operation, so grabbing | ||
| 107 | * bits 0-5 will give you 6 bits. This is based on a very tricky | ||
| 108 | * bit-shifting algorithm and runs very quickly, in O(N) time. | ||
| 109 | * Passing in a value of zero for nUpper, or any value for nUpper that is | ||
| 110 | * less than nLower will set nUpper equal to the number of bits in the | ||
| 111 | * BitString. | ||
| 112 | *@param nLower The first bit in the current string, will be the first bit | ||
| 113 | * (0 index) in the new sub string. | ||
| 114 | *@param nUpper The last bit in the current string, will be the last bit in | ||
| 115 | * the new sub string. nUpper is included in the sub string. | ||
| 116 | *@returns A new BitString object ready to be used. Please note that | ||
| 117 | * managing this new object is up to whomever calls this function. | ||
| 118 | */ | ||
| 119 | class BitString getSubString( long nLower, long nUpper ); | ||
| 120 | |||
| 121 | /** | ||
| 122 | * Sets the number of bits in the BitString, allocating more memory if | ||
| 123 | * necesarry, or freeing extra if able. The default operation of this | ||
| 124 | * function clears all data in the BitString while resizing it. If you | ||
| 125 | * would like to keep as much of the data that you had in your BitString | ||
| 126 | * as possible, then set bClear to false, and any data that will fit into | ||
| 127 | * the new BitString length will be retained. If increasing the number of | ||
| 128 | * bits, the new bits will come into existance cleared (set to 0). | ||
| 129 | *@param nLength The number of bits to set the BitString to. | ||
| 130 | *@param bClear When true, all data is eradicated and zeroed, when set to | ||
| 131 | * false an effort is made to retain the existing data. | ||
| 132 | *@returns true on success, false on failure. | ||
| 133 | */ | ||
| 134 | bool setBitLength( long nLength, bool bClear=true ); | ||
| 135 | |||
| 136 | /** | ||
| 137 | * Randomize the entire BitString, one bit at a time. This is actually | ||
| 138 | * the function called by the constructor when the user selects initial | ||
| 139 | * randomization. This function uses the system random() function, so | ||
| 140 | * srandom may be used to effect this process at will. | ||
| 141 | */ | ||
| 142 | void randomize(); | ||
| 143 | |||
| 144 | /** | ||
| 145 | * Operates exactly like <<. All data in the BitString is shifted to | ||
| 146 | * the left by some number of bits, any data pushed off the edge of the | ||
| 147 | * BitString is lost, and all new data coming in will be zeroed. | ||
| 148 | * Using a negative value in the shiftLeft function will turn it into the | ||
| 149 | * shiftRight function. | ||
| 150 | *@param nAmt The number of bit positions to shift all data. | ||
| 151 | */ | ||
| 152 | void shiftLeft( long nAmt ); // just like << | ||
| 153 | |||
| 154 | /** | ||
| 155 | * Operates exactly like >>. All data in the BitString is shifted to | ||
| 156 | * the right by some number of bits, any data pushed off the edge of the | ||
| 157 | * BitString is lost, and all new data coming in will be zeroed. | ||
| 158 | * Using a negative value in the shiftRight function will turn it into the | ||
| 159 | * shiftLeft function. | ||
| 160 | *@param nAmt The number of bit positions to shift all data. | ||
| 161 | */ | ||
| 162 | void shiftRight( long nAmt ); // just like >> | ||
| 163 | |||
| 164 | /** | ||
| 165 | * Searches through the BitString and returns the index of the highest | ||
| 166 | * order bit position (the highest index) with an on bit (a bit set to 1). | ||
| 167 | * This is a handy helper function and rather faster than calling getBit() | ||
| 168 | * over and over again. | ||
| 169 | *@returns The index of the highest indexed on bit. | ||
| 170 | */ | ||
| 171 | long getHighestOrderBitPos(); | ||
| 172 | |||
| 173 | // Conversion | ||
| 174 | /** | ||
| 175 | * Convert a block of data (no more than 32 bits) to a primitive long type. | ||
| 176 | * This is done in a little bit interesting way, so it may not always be | ||
| 177 | * the fastest way to access the data that you want, although it will | ||
| 178 | * always ensure that the long that is written makes numerical sense, as | ||
| 179 | * we write numbers, regaurdless of platform. | ||
| 180 | *@param nStart The first bit in the BitString to include in the long | ||
| 181 | *@param nSize THe number of bits to include, if this value is set over | ||
| 182 | * 32 it will be automatically truncated to, or however many bits there | ||
| 183 | * are in a long in your system. | ||
| 184 | *@returns A long converted from your raw BitString data. | ||
| 185 | */ | ||
| 186 | long toLong( long nStart = 0, long nSize = 32 ); | ||
| 187 | |||
| 188 | /** | ||
| 189 | * Converts the data into a human-readable SString object. SString is | ||
| 190 | * used to make transport of the string and management very simple. Since | ||
| 191 | * BitStrings will generally be longer than your average strip of ints a | ||
| 192 | * faculty is included and turned on by default that will insert spacers | ||
| 193 | * into the output text every 8 places. For debugging work, this is | ||
| 194 | * definately reccomended. | ||
| 195 | *@param bAddSpacers Leave set to true in order to have the output broken | ||
| 196 | * into logical groupings of 8 bits per block. Set to off to have a harder | ||
| 197 | * to read solid block of bits. | ||
| 198 | *@returns A SString object containing the produced string. | ||
| 199 | */ | ||
| 200 | //std::string toString( bool bAddSpacers = true ); | ||
| 201 | |||
| 202 | // Utility | ||
| 203 | /** | ||
| 204 | * Converts the given number of bits into the smallest allocatable unit, | ||
| 205 | * which is bytes in C and on most systems nowadays. This is the minimum | ||
| 206 | * number of bytes needed to contain the given number of bits, so there is | ||
| 207 | * generally some slop if they are not evenly divisible. | ||
| 208 | *@param nBits The number of bits you wish to use. | ||
| 209 | *@returns The number of bytes you will need to contain the given number | ||
| 210 | * of bits. | ||
| 211 | */ | ||
| 212 | //static long bitsToBytes( long nBits ); | ||
| 213 | |||
| 214 | /** | ||
| 215 | * Writes all data in the BitString, including a small header block | ||
| 216 | * describing the number of bits in the BitString to the file described | ||
| 217 | * by the given file descriptor. The data writen is purely sequential and | ||
| 218 | * probably not too easy to read by other mechanisms, although the | ||
| 219 | * readFromFile function should always be able to do it. This function | ||
| 220 | * does not open nor close the file pointed to by fh. | ||
| 221 | *@param fh The file descriptor of the file to write the data to. | ||
| 222 | *@returns true if the operation completed without error, false otherwise. | ||
| 223 | */ | ||
| 224 | //bool writeToFile( FILE *fh ); | ||
| 225 | |||
| 226 | /** | ||
| 227 | * Reads data formatted by writeToFile and clears out any data that may | ||
| 228 | * have been in the BitString. This function preserves nothing in the | ||
| 229 | * original BitString that it may be replacing. This function does not | ||
| 230 | * open nor close the file pointed to by fh. | ||
| 231 | *@param fh The file descriptor to try to read the data from. | ||
| 232 | *@returns true if the operation completed without error, false otherwise. | ||
| 233 | */ | ||
| 234 | //bool readFromFile( FILE *fh ); | ||
| 235 | |||
| 236 | //operators | ||
| 237 | BitString &operator=( const BitString &xSrc ); | ||
| 238 | BitString operator~(); | ||
| 239 | BitString operator<<( const long nAmt ); | ||
| 240 | BitString operator>>( const long nAmt ); | ||
| 241 | |||
| 242 | private: | ||
| 243 | void fixup(); | ||
| 244 | unsigned char *caData; | ||
| 245 | long nBits; | ||
| 246 | long nBytes; | ||
| 247 | unsigned char cTopByteMask; | ||
| 248 | }; | ||
| 249 | }; | ||
| 250 | |||
| 251 | #endif | ||
