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+/**
+ * @file BLI_dynstr.h
+ * 
+ * A dynamically sized string ADT.
+ * This ADT is designed purely for dynamic string creation
+ * through appending, not for general usage, the intent is
+ * to build up dynamic strings using a DynStr object, then
+ * convert it to a c-string and work with that.
+ * 
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * ***** BEGIN GPL/BL DUAL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The Blender
+ * Foundation also sells licenses for use in proprietary software under
+ * the Blender License.  See http://www.blender.org/BL/ for information
+ * about this.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is Copyright (C) 2001-2002 by NaN Holding BV.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is: all of this file.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s): none yet.
+ *
+ * ***** END GPL/BL DUAL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ */
+ 
+#ifndef BLI_DYNSTR_H
+#define BLI_DYNSTR_H
+
+struct DynStr;
+
+	/** The abstract DynStr type */
+typedef struct DynStr DynStr;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new DynStr.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Pointer to a new DynStr.
+	 */
+DynStr*	BLI_dynstr_new					(void);
+
+	/**
+	 * Append a c-string to a DynStr.
+	 * 
+	 * @param ds The DynStr to append to.
+	 * @param cstr The c-string to append.
+	 */
+void	BLI_dynstr_append				(DynStr *ds, char *cstr);
+
+	/**
+	 * Find the length of a DynStr.
+	 * 
+	 * @param ds The DynStr of interest.
+	 * @return The length of @a ds.
+	 */
+int		BLI_dynstr_get_len				(DynStr *ds);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a DynStr's contents as a c-string.
+	 * <i> The returned c-string should be free'd
+	 * using BLI_freeN. </i>
+	 * 
+	 * @param ds The DynStr of interest.
+	 * @return The contents of @a ds as a c-string.
+	 */
+char*	BLI_dynstr_get_cstring			(DynStr *ds);
+
+	/**
+	 * Free the DynStr
+	 * 
+	 * @param ds The DynStr to free.
+	 */
+void	BLI_dynstr_free					(DynStr *ds);
+
+#endif