stringprep

stringprep

Synopsis




#define     STRINGPREP_VERSION
enum        Stringprep_rc;
enum        Stringprep_profile_flags;
enum        Stringprep_profile_steps;
#define     STRINGPREP_MAX_MAP_CHARS
struct      Stringprep_table_element;
struct      Stringprep_table;
typedef     Stringprep_profile;
struct      Stringprep_profiles;
#define     stringprep_nameprep             (in, maxlen)
#define     stringprep_nameprep_no_unassigned(in, maxlen)
#define     stringprep_plain                (in, maxlen)
#define     stringprep_kerberos5            (in, maxlen)
#define     stringprep_xmpp_nodeprep        (in, maxlen)
#define     stringprep_xmpp_resourceprep    (in, maxlen)
#define     stringprep_iscsi                (in, maxlen)
int         stringprep_4i                   (uint32_t *ucs4,
                                             size_t *len,
                                             size_t maxucs4len,
                                             Stringprep_profile_flags flags,
                                             const Stringprep_profile *profile);
int         stringprep_4zi                  (uint32_t *ucs4,
                                             size_t maxucs4len,
                                             Stringprep_profile_flags flags,
                                             const Stringprep_profile *profile);
int         stringprep                      (char *in,
                                             size_t maxlen,
                                             Stringprep_profile_flags flags,
                                             const Stringprep_profile *profile);
int         stringprep_profile              (const char *in,
                                             char **out,
                                             const char *profile,
                                             Stringprep_profile_flags flags);
const char* stringprep_strerror             (Stringprep_rc rc);
const char* stringprep_check_version        (const char *req_version);
int         stringprep_unichar_to_utf8      (uint32_t c,
                                             char *outbuf);
uint32_t    stringprep_utf8_to_unichar      (const char *p);
uint32_t*   stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4         (const char *str,
                                             ssize_t len,
                                             size_t *items_written);
char*       stringprep_ucs4_to_utf8         (const uint32_t *str,
                                             ssize_t len,
                                             size_t *items_read,
                                             size_t *items_written);
char*       stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize  (const char *str,
                                             ssize_t len);
uint32_t*   stringprep_ucs4_nfkc_normalize  (uint32_t *str,
                                             ssize_t len);
const char* stringprep_locale_charset       (void);
char*       stringprep_convert              (const char *str,
                                             const char *to_codeset,
                                             const char *from_codeset);
char*       stringprep_locale_to_utf8       (const char *str);
char*       stringprep_utf8_to_locale       (const char *str);

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STRINGPREP_VERSION

#define STRINGPREP_VERSION "0.6.10"

String defined via CPP denoting the header file version number. Used together with stringprep_check_version() to verify header file and run-time library consistency.


enum Stringprep_rc

  typedef enum
  {
    STRINGPREP_OK = 0,
    /* Stringprep errors. */
    STRINGPREP_CONTAINS_UNASSIGNED = 1,
    STRINGPREP_CONTAINS_PROHIBITED = 2,
    STRINGPREP_BIDI_BOTH_L_AND_RAL = 3,
    STRINGPREP_BIDI_LEADTRAIL_NOT_RAL = 4,
    STRINGPREP_BIDI_CONTAINS_PROHIBITED = 5,
    /* Error in calling application. */
    STRINGPREP_TOO_SMALL_BUFFER = 100,
    STRINGPREP_PROFILE_ERROR = 101,
    STRINGPREP_FLAG_ERROR = 102,
    STRINGPREP_UNKNOWN_PROFILE = 103,
    /* Internal errors. */
    STRINGPREP_NFKC_FAILED = 200,
    STRINGPREP_MALLOC_ERROR = 201
  } Stringprep_rc;

Enumerated return codes of stringprep(), stringprep_profile() functions (and macros using those functions). The value 0 is guaranteed to always correspond to success.

STRINGPREP_OK Successful operation. This value is guaranteed to always be zero, the remaining ones are only guaranteed to hold non-zero values, for logical comparison purposes.
STRINGPREP_CONTAINS_UNASSIGNED String contain unassigned Unicode code points, which is forbidden by the profile.
STRINGPREP_CONTAINS_PROHIBITED String contain code points prohibited by the profile.
STRINGPREP_BIDI_BOTH_L_AND_RAL String contain code points with conflicting bidirection category.
STRINGPREP_BIDI_LEADTRAIL_NOT_RAL Leading and trailing character in string not of proper bidirectional category.
STRINGPREP_BIDI_CONTAINS_PROHIBITED Contains prohibited code points detected by bidirectional code.
STRINGPREP_TOO_SMALL_BUFFER Buffer handed to function was too small. This usually indicate a problem in the calling application.
STRINGPREP_PROFILE_ERROR The stringprep profile was inconsistent. This usually indicate an internal error in the library.
STRINGPREP_FLAG_ERROR The supplied flag conflicted with profile. This usually indicate a problem in the calling application.
STRINGPREP_UNKNOWN_PROFILE The supplied profile name was not known to the library.
STRINGPREP_NFKC_FAILED The Unicode NFKC operation failed. This usually indicate an internal error in the library.
STRINGPREP_MALLOC_ERROR The malloc() was out of memory. This is usually a fatal error.

enum Stringprep_profile_flags

  typedef enum
  {
    STRINGPREP_NO_NFKC = 1,
    STRINGPREP_NO_BIDI = 2,
    STRINGPREP_NO_UNASSIGNED = 4
  } Stringprep_profile_flags;

Stringprep profile flags.

STRINGPREP_NO_NFKC Disable the NFKC normalization, as well as selecting the non-NFKC case folding tables. Usually the profile specifies BIDI and NFKC settings, and applications should not override it unless in special situations.
STRINGPREP_NO_BIDI Disable the BIDI step. Usually the profile specifies BIDI and NFKC settings, and applications should not override it unless in special situations.
STRINGPREP_NO_UNASSIGNED Make the library return with an error if string contains unassigned characters according to profile.

enum Stringprep_profile_steps

  typedef enum
  {
    STRINGPREP_NFKC = 1,
    STRINGPREP_BIDI = 2,
    STRINGPREP_MAP_TABLE = 3,
    STRINGPREP_UNASSIGNED_TABLE = 4,
    STRINGPREP_PROHIBIT_TABLE = 5,
    STRINGPREP_BIDI_PROHIBIT_TABLE = 6,
    STRINGPREP_BIDI_RAL_TABLE = 7,
    STRINGPREP_BIDI_L_TABLE = 8
  } Stringprep_profile_steps;

Various steps in the stringprep algorithm. You really want to study the source code to understand this one. Only useful if you want to add another profile.


STRINGPREP_MAX_MAP_CHARS

#define STRINGPREP_MAX_MAP_CHARS 4

Maximum number of code points that can replace a single code point, during stringprep mapping.


struct Stringprep_table_element

struct Stringprep_table_element {
    uint32_t start;
    uint32_t end;		/* 0 if only one character */
    uint32_t map[STRINGPREP_MAX_MAP_CHARS];	/* NULL if end is not 0 */
};


struct Stringprep_table

struct Stringprep_table {
    Stringprep_profile_steps operation;
    Stringprep_profile_flags flags;
    const Stringprep_table_element *table;
};


Stringprep_profile

  typedef struct Stringprep_table Stringprep_profile;


struct Stringprep_profiles

struct Stringprep_profiles {
    const char *name;
    const Stringprep_profile *tables;
};


stringprep_nameprep()

#define     stringprep_nameprep(in, maxlen)

Prepare the input UTF-8 string according to the nameprep profile. The AllowUnassigned flag is true, use stringprep_nameprep_no_unassigned() if you want a false AllowUnassigned. Returns 0 iff successful, or an error code.

in : input/ouput array with string to prepare.
maxlen : maximum length of input/output array.

stringprep_nameprep_no_unassigned()

#define     stringprep_nameprep_no_unassigned(in, maxlen)

Prepare the input UTF-8 string according to the nameprep profile. The AllowUnassigned flag is false, use stringprep_nameprep() for true AllowUnassigned. Returns 0 iff successful, or an error code.

in : input/ouput array with string to prepare.
maxlen : maximum length of input/output array.

stringprep_plain()

#define     stringprep_plain(in, maxlen)

Prepare the input UTF-8 string according to the draft SASL ANONYMOUS profile. Returns 0 iff successful, or an error code.

in : input/ouput array with string to prepare.
maxlen : maximum length of input/output array.

stringprep_kerberos5()

#define     stringprep_kerberos5(in, maxlen)

in :
maxlen :

stringprep_xmpp_nodeprep()

#define     stringprep_xmpp_nodeprep(in, maxlen)

Prepare the input UTF-8 string according to the draft XMPP node identifier profile. Returns 0 iff successful, or an error code.

in : input/ouput array with string to prepare.
maxlen : maximum length of input/output array.

stringprep_xmpp_resourceprep()

#define     stringprep_xmpp_resourceprep(in, maxlen)

Prepare the input UTF-8 string according to the draft XMPP resource identifier profile. Returns 0 iff successful, or an error code.

in : input/ouput array with string to prepare.
maxlen : maximum length of input/output array.

stringprep_iscsi()

#define     stringprep_iscsi(in, maxlen)

Prepare the input UTF-8 string according to the draft iSCSI stringprep profile. Returns 0 iff successful, or an error code.

in : input/ouput array with string to prepare.
maxlen : maximum length of input/output array.

stringprep_4i ()

int         stringprep_4i                   (uint32_t *ucs4,
                                             size_t *len,
                                             size_t maxucs4len,
                                             Stringprep_profile_flags flags,
                                             const Stringprep_profile *profile);

Prepare the input UCS-4 string according to the stringprep profile, and write back the result to the input string.

The input is not required to be zero terminated (ucs4[len] = 0). The output will not be zero terminated unless ucs4[len] = 0. Instead, see stringprep_4zi() if your input is zero terminated or if you want the output to be.

Since the stringprep operation can expand the string, maxucs4len indicate how large the buffer holding the string is. This function will not read or write to code points outside that size.

The flags are one of Stringprep_profile_flags values, or 0.

The profile contain the Stringprep_profile instructions to perform. Your application can define new profiles, possibly re-using the generic stringprep tables that always will be part of the library, or use one of the currently supported profiles.

ucs4 : input/output array with string to prepare.
len : on input, length of input array with Unicode code points, on exit, length of output array with Unicode code points.
maxucs4len : maximum length of input/output array.
flags : a Stringprep_profile_flags value, or 0.
profile : pointer to Stringprep_profile to use.
Returns : Returns STRINGPREP_OK iff successful, or an Stringprep_rc error code.

stringprep_4zi ()

int         stringprep_4zi                  (uint32_t *ucs4,
                                             size_t maxucs4len,
                                             Stringprep_profile_flags flags,
                                             const Stringprep_profile *profile);

Prepare the input zero terminated UCS-4 string according to the stringprep profile, and write back the result to the input string.

Since the stringprep operation can expand the string, maxucs4len indicate how large the buffer holding the string is. This function will not read or write to code points outside that size.

The flags are one of Stringprep_profile_flags values, or 0.

The profile contain the Stringprep_profile instructions to perform. Your application can define new profiles, possibly re-using the generic stringprep tables that always will be part of the library, or use one of the currently supported profiles.

ucs4 : input/output array with zero terminated string to prepare.
maxucs4len : maximum length of input/output array.
flags : a Stringprep_profile_flags value, or 0.
profile : pointer to Stringprep_profile to use.
Returns : Returns STRINGPREP_OK iff successful, or an Stringprep_rc error code.

stringprep ()

int         stringprep                      (char *in,
                                             size_t maxlen,
                                             Stringprep_profile_flags flags,
                                             const Stringprep_profile *profile);

Prepare the input zero terminated UTF-8 string according to the stringprep profile, and write back the result to the input string.

Note that you must convert strings entered in the systems locale into UTF-8 before using this function, see stringprep_locale_to_utf8().

Since the stringprep operation can expand the string, maxlen indicate how large the buffer holding the string is. This function will not read or write to characters outside that size.

The flags are one of Stringprep_profile_flags values, or 0.

The profile contain the Stringprep_profile instructions to perform. Your application can define new profiles, possibly re-using the generic stringprep tables that always will be part of the library, or use one of the currently supported profiles.

in : input/ouput array with string to prepare.
maxlen : maximum length of input/output array.
flags : a Stringprep_profile_flags value, or 0.
profile : pointer to Stringprep_profile to use.
Returns : Returns STRINGPREP_OK iff successful, or an error code.

stringprep_profile ()

int         stringprep_profile              (const char *in,
                                             char **out,
                                             const char *profile,
                                             Stringprep_profile_flags flags);

Prepare the input zero terminated UTF-8 string according to the stringprep profile, and return the result in a newly allocated variable.

Note that you must convert strings entered in the systems locale into UTF-8 before using this function, see stringprep_locale_to_utf8().

The output out variable must be deallocated by the caller.

The flags are one of Stringprep_profile_flags values, or 0.

The profile specifies the name of the stringprep profile to use. It must be one of the internally supported stringprep profiles.

in : input array with UTF-8 string to prepare.
out : output variable with pointer to newly allocate string.
profile : name of stringprep profile to use.
flags : a Stringprep_profile_flags value, or 0.
Returns : Returns STRINGPREP_OK iff successful, or an error code.

stringprep_strerror ()

const char* stringprep_strerror             (Stringprep_rc rc);

Convert a return code integer to a text string. This string can be used to output a diagnostic message to the user.

STRINGPREP_OK: Successful operation. This value is guaranteed to always be zero, the remaining ones are only guaranteed to hold non-zero values, for logical comparison purposes. STRINGPREP_CONTAINS_UNASSIGNED: String contain unassigned Unicode code points, which is forbidden by the profile. STRINGPREP_CONTAINS_PROHIBITED: String contain code points prohibited by the profile. STRINGPREP_BIDI_BOTH_L_AND_RAL: String contain code points with conflicting bidirection category. STRINGPREP_BIDI_LEADTRAIL_NOT_RAL: Leading and trailing character in string not of proper bidirectional category. STRINGPREP_BIDI_CONTAINS_PROHIBITED: Contains prohibited code points detected by bidirectional code. STRINGPREP_TOO_SMALL_BUFFER: Buffer handed to function was too small. This usually indicate a problem in the calling application. STRINGPREP_PROFILE_ERROR: The stringprep profile was inconsistent. This usually indicate an internal error in the library. STRINGPREP_FLAG_ERROR: The supplied flag conflicted with profile. This usually indicate a problem in the calling application. STRINGPREP_UNKNOWN_PROFILE: The supplied profile name was not known to the library. STRINGPREP_NFKC_FAILED: The Unicode NFKC operation failed. This usually indicate an internal error in the library. STRINGPREP_MALLOC_ERROR: The malloc() was out of memory. This is usually a fatal error.

rc : a Stringprep_rc return code.
Returns : Returns a pointer to a statically allocated string containing a description of the error with the return code rc.

stringprep_check_version ()

const char* stringprep_check_version        (const char *req_version);

Check that the the version of the library is at minimum the requested one and return the version string; return NULL if the condition is not satisfied. If a NULL is passed to this function, no check is done, but the version string is simply returned.

See STRINGPREP_VERSION for a suitable req_version string.

req_version : Required version number, or NULL.
Returns : Version string of run-time library, or NULL if the run-time library does not meet the required version number.

stringprep_unichar_to_utf8 ()

int         stringprep_unichar_to_utf8      (uint32_t c,
                                             char *outbuf);

Converts a single character to UTF-8.

c : a ISO10646 character code
outbuf : output buffer, must have at least 6 bytes of space. If NULL, the length will be computed and returned and nothing will be written to outbuf.
Returns : number of bytes written.

stringprep_utf8_to_unichar ()

uint32_t    stringprep_utf8_to_unichar      (const char *p);

Converts a sequence of bytes encoded as UTF-8 to a Unicode character. If p does not point to a valid UTF-8 encoded character, results are undefined.

p : a pointer to Unicode character encoded as UTF-8
Returns : the resulting character.

stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4 ()

uint32_t*   stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4         (const char *str,
                                             ssize_t len,
                                             size_t *items_written);

Convert a string from UTF-8 to a 32-bit fixed width representation as UCS-4, assuming valid UTF-8 input. This function does no error checking on the input.

str : a UTF-8 encoded string
len : the maximum length of str to use. If len < 0, then the string is nul-terminated.
items_written : location to store the number of characters in the result, or NULL.
Returns : a pointer to a newly allocated UCS-4 string. This value must be freed with free().

stringprep_ucs4_to_utf8 ()

char*       stringprep_ucs4_to_utf8         (const uint32_t *str,
                                             ssize_t len,
                                             size_t *items_read,
                                             size_t *items_written);

Convert a string from a 32-bit fixed width representation as UCS-4. to UTF-8. The result will be terminated with a 0 byte.

str : a UCS-4 encoded string
len : the maximum length of str to use. If len < 0, then the string is terminated with a 0 character.
items_read : location to store number of characters read read, or NULL.
items_written : location to store number of bytes written or NULL. The value here stored does not include the trailing 0 byte.
Returns : a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-8 string. This value must be freed with free(). If an error occurs, NULL will be returned and error set.

stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize ()

char*       stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize  (const char *str,
                                             ssize_t len);

Converts a string into canonical form, standardizing such issues as whether a character with an accent is represented as a base character and combining accent or as a single precomposed character.

The normalization mode is NFKC (ALL COMPOSE). It standardizes differences that do not affect the text content, such as the above-mentioned accent representation. It standardizes the "compatibility" characters in Unicode, such as SUPERSCRIPT THREE to the standard forms (in this case DIGIT THREE). Formatting information may be lost but for most text operations such characters should be considered the same. It returns a result with composed forms rather than a maximally decomposed form.

str : a UTF-8 encoded string.
len : length of str, in bytes, or -1 if str is nul-terminated.
Returns : a newly allocated string, that is the NFKC normalized form of str.

stringprep_ucs4_nfkc_normalize ()

uint32_t*   stringprep_ucs4_nfkc_normalize  (uint32_t *str,
                                             ssize_t len);

Converts UCS4 string into UTF-8 and runs stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize().

str : a Unicode string.
len : length of str array, or -1 if str is nul-terminated.
Returns : a newly allocated Unicode string, that is the NFKC normalized form of str.

stringprep_locale_charset ()

const char* stringprep_locale_charset       (void);

Find out current locale charset. The function respect the CHARSET environment variable, but typically uses nl_langinfo(CODESET) when it is supported. It fall back on "ASCII" if CHARSET isn't set and nl_langinfo isn't supported or return anything.

Note that this function return the application's locale's preferred charset (or thread's locale's preffered charset, if your system support thread-specific locales). It does not return what the system may be using. Thus, if you receive data from external sources you cannot in general use this function to guess what charset it is encoded in. Use stringprep_convert from the external representation into the charset returned by this function, to have data in the locale encoding.

Returns : Return the character set used by the current locale. It will never return NULL, but use "ASCII" as a fallback.

stringprep_convert ()

char*       stringprep_convert              (const char *str,
                                             const char *to_codeset,
                                             const char *from_codeset);

Convert the string from one character set to another using the system's iconv() function.

str : input zero-terminated string.
to_codeset : name of destination character set.
from_codeset : name of origin character set, as used by str.
Returns : Returns newly allocated zero-terminated string which is str transcoded into to_codeset.

stringprep_locale_to_utf8 ()

char*       stringprep_locale_to_utf8       (const char *str);

Convert string encoded in the locale's character set into UTF-8 by using stringprep_convert().

str : input zero terminated string.
Returns : Returns newly allocated zero-terminated string which is str transcoded into UTF-8.

stringprep_utf8_to_locale ()

char*       stringprep_utf8_to_locale       (const char *str);

Convert string encoded in UTF-8 into the locale's character set by using stringprep_convert().

str : input zero terminated string.
Returns : Returns newly allocated zero-terminated string which is str transcoded into the locale's character set.