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lib/libevent/evbuffer_new.3
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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 13 2025 $
.Dt EVBUFFER_NEW 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm evbuffer_new ,
.Nm evbuffer_free ,
.Nm evbuffer_setcb ,
.Nm evbuffer_expand ,
.Nm evbuffer_add ,
.Nm evbuffer_add_buffer ,
.Nm evbuffer_add_printf ,
.Nm evbuffer_add_vprintf ,
.Nm evbuffer_drain ,
.Nm evbuffer_remove ,
.Nm evbuffer_write ,
.Nm evbuffer_read ,
.Nm evbuffer_find ,
.Nm evbuffer_readline ,
.Nm evbuffer_readln ,
.Nm EVBUFFER_LENGTH ,
.Nm EVBUFFER_DATA
.Nd libevent utility API for buffered input/output
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Lb libevent
.In event.h
.Ft struct evbuffer *
.Fn "evbuffer_new" "void"
.Ft void
.Fn "evbuffer_free" "struct evbuffer *buf"
.Ft void
.Fo evbuffer_setcb
.Fa "struct evbuffer *buf"
.Fa "void (*cb)(struct evbuffer *, size_t, size_t, void *)"
.Fa "void *cbarg"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fn "evbuffer_expand" "struct evbuffer *buf" "size_t datlen"
.Ft int
.Fn "evbuffer_add" "struct evbuffer *buf" "const void *data" "size_t size"
.Ft int
.Fn "evbuffer_add_buffer" "struct evbuffer *dst" "struct evbuffer *src"
.Ft int
.Fn "evbuffer_add_printf" "struct evbuffer *buf" "const char *fmt" "..."
.Ft int
.Fn "evbuffer_add_vprintf" "struct evbuffer *buf" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
.Ft void
.Fn "evbuffer_drain" "struct evbuffer *buf" "size_t size"
.Ft int
.Fn "evbuffer_remove" "struct evbuffer *buf" "void *data" "size_t datlen"
.Ft int
.Fn "evbuffer_write" "struct evbuffer *buf" "int fd"
.Ft int
.Fn "evbuffer_read" "struct evbuffer *buf" "int fd" "int size"
.Ft u_char *
.Fn "evbuffer_find" "struct evbuffer *buf" "const u_char *data" "size_t size"
.Ft char *
.Fn "evbuffer_readline" "struct evbuffer *buf"
.Ft char *
.Fo evbuffer_readln
.Fa "struct evbuffer *buf"
.Fa "size_t *read_out"
.Fa "enum evbuffer_eol_style eol_style"
.Fc
.Ft size_t
.Fn "EVBUFFER_LENGTH" "const struct evbuffer *buf"
.Ft u_char *
.Fn "EVBUFFER_DATA" "const struct evbuffer *buf"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The evbuffer API provides an implementation of buffering for use with
libevent.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_new
allocates and initialises a new evbuffer structure.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_free
deallocates the evbuffer structure
.Fa buf
and any referenced storage.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_setcb
sets the callback
.Fa cb
to be invoked with argument
.Fa cbarg
when the data in evbuffer
.Fa buf
is modified.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_expand
expands the available space in
.Fa buf
to at least
.Fa datlen
bytes.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_add
appends a copy of
.Fa size
bytes from buffer
.Fa data
to the end of the evbuffer
.Fa buf .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_add_buffer
moves the data off the
.Fa src
evbuffer and appends it to
.Fa dst .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_add_printf
appends a
.Xr printf 3
style formatted string specified by
.Fa fmt
to the end of
.Fa buf .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_add_vprintf
appends a
.Xr vprintf 3
style formatted string specified by
.Fa fmt
with a va_list
.Fa ap
to the end of
.Fa buf .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_drain
deletes
.Fa size
bytes from the beginning of the evbuffer
.Fa buf .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_remove
reads and drains up to
.Fa datlen
bytes from the beginning of the evbuffer
.Fa buf
into
.Fa data .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_write
writes and drains the contents of evbuffer
.Fa buf
to the file descriptor
.Fa fd .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_read
appends up to
.Fa size
bytes on to the end of the evbuffer
.Fa buf
by reading from the file descriptor
.Fa fd .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_find
finds the
.Fa size
length string
.Fa data
in the evbuffer
.Fa buf .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_readline
reads and drains a single line from the evbuffer
.Fa buf .
A line is delimited by "\en", "\er", "\er\en", or "\en\er".
It is the responsibility of the caller to free the returned line with
.Xr free 3 .
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_readln
reads and drains a single line from the evbuffer
.Fa buf .
The length of the line will be stored in
.Fa read_out
on success.
It is the responsibility of the caller to free the returned line with
.Xr free 3 .
The line delimiter is specified as one of the following:
.Bl -tag -width xxx -offset indent
.It Dv EVBUFFER_EOL_ANY
Any sequence of newline or carriage return characters.
.It Dv EVBUFFER_EOL_CRLF
A new line optionally preceded by a carriage return.
.It Dv EVBUFFER_EOL_CRLF_STRICT
A carriage return followed by a new line character.
.It Dv EVBUFFER_EOL_LF
A new line character.
.El
.Pp
.Fn EVBUFFER_LENGTH
reports how many bytes are stored in the evbuffer
.Fa buf .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn evbuffer_new
returns a pointer to a newly allocated buffer on success,
or
.Dv NULL
on failure and sets
.Va errno
to indicate the failure.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_expand ,
.Fn evbuffer_add ,
and
.Fn evbuffer_add_buffer
return 0 on success,
or -1 on failure and set
.Va errno
to indicate the failure.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_add_printf
and
.Fn evbuffer_add_vprintf
return the number of bytes added on success,
or -1 on failure.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_remove
returns the number of bytes read.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_write
returns the number of bytes written and drained on success,
or -1 on failure and sets
.Va errno
to indicate the failure.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_read
returns the number of bytes appended to the evbuffer on success,
0 on an end of file condition,
or -1 on failure and sets
.Va errno
to indicate the failure.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_find
returns a pointer to the start of the string within the evbuffer on success,
or
.Dv NULL
on failure.
.Pp
.Fn evbuffer_readline
and
.Fn evbuffer_readln
return a pointer to the line on success,
or
.Dv NULL
on failure.
.Pp
.Fn EVBUFFER_LENGTH
returns the number of bytes available in the evbuffer.
.Pp
.Fn EVBUFFER_DATA
returns a pointer to the evbuffer
.Fa buf
on success.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr errno 2 ,
.Xr event 3 ,
.Xr free 3 ,
.Xr printf 3
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm event
library was written by
.An Niels Provos .
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