logging/rtc_event_log/encoder/var_int.h

/*
 *  Copyright (c) 2018 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
 *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
 *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
 *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
 *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
 */

#ifndef LOGGING_RTC_EVENT_LOG_ENCODER_VAR_INT_H_
#define LOGGING_RTC_EVENT_LOG_ENCODER_VAR_INT_H_

#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string>

#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
#include "rtc_base/bit_buffer.h"

namespace webrtc {

extern const size_t kMaxVarIntLengthBytes;

// Encode a given uint64_t as a varint. From least to most significant,
// each batch of seven bits are put into the lower bits of a byte, and the last
// remaining bit in that byte (the highest one) marks whether additional bytes
// follow (which happens if and only if there are other bits in |input| which
// are non-zero).
// Notes: If input == 0, one byte is used. If input is uint64_t::max, exactly
// kMaxVarIntLengthBytes are used.
std::string EncodeVarInt(uint64_t input);

// Inverse of EncodeVarInt().
// If decoding is successful, a non-zero number is returned, indicating the
// number of bytes read from |input|, and the decoded varint is written
// into |output|.
// If not successful, 0 is returned, and |output| is not modified.
size_t DecodeVarInt(absl::string_view input, uint64_t* output);

// Same as other version, but uses a rtc::BitBuffer for input.
// Some bits may be consumed even if a varint fails to be read.
size_t DecodeVarInt(rtc::BitBuffer* input, uint64_t* output);

}  // namespace webrtc

#endif  // LOGGING_RTC_EVENT_LOG_ENCODER_VAR_INT_H_