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#![allow(unsafe_code)]
#![warn(missing_docs)]
#![warn(clippy::pedantic)]

#![no_std]

//! C FFI opaque pointers.
//! 
//! FFI to use Rust objects from C as opaque pointer.

extern crate alloc;
use alloc::boxed::Box;

#[cfg(feature = "libc")]
use libc::c_char;
#[cfg(feature = "libc")]
use std::ffi::CStr;

/// Panic if a pointer is null.
fn panic_if_null<T>(pointer: *const T) {
    if pointer.is_null() {
        unreachable!("A null pointer was passed to the library, something is wrong in the C or C++ code");
    }
}

/// Convert type to raw pointer.
pub fn raw<T>(data: T) -> *mut T {
    let pointer = Box::into_raw(Box::new(data));
    pointer
}

/// Free pointer to type.
/// 
/// **WARNING: never call it twice.**
pub fn free<T>(pointer: *mut T) {
    if pointer.is_null() {
        #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
        unreachable!("internal error: entered unreachable code");
        #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
        return;
    }
    unsafe { Box::from_raw(pointer) };
    // We let drop the boxed data.
}

/// Own back from a raw pointer.
/// 
/// **WARNING: never call it twice.**
pub fn own_back<T>(pointer: *mut T) -> T {
    panic_if_null(pointer);
    let boxed = unsafe {
        Box::from_raw(pointer)
    };
    *boxed
}

/// Convert raw pointer to type to type reference.
pub fn object<'a, T>(pointer: *const T) -> &'a T {
    panic_if_null(pointer);
    unsafe { &*pointer }
}

/// Convert raw pointer to type into type mutable reference.
pub fn mut_object<'a, T>(pointer: *mut T) -> &'a mut T {
    panic_if_null(pointer);
    unsafe { &mut *pointer }
}

/// Reference to a C string.
#[cfg(feature = "libc")]
pub fn ref_str<'a>(string: *const c_char) -> &'a str {
    panic_if_null(string);
    let string = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(string) };
    string.to_str().expect("Invalid UTF-8 string from C or C++ code")
}