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+/*  This file is part of the KDE libraries
+ *  Copyright (C) 1999 Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ *  License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ *  This library 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
+ *  Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+ *  along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ *  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ **/
+
+#ifndef __ksycocadict_h__
+#define __ksycocadict_h__
+
+#include <qstring.h>
+#include <qvaluelist.h>
+#include <qdatastream.h>
+#include "kdelibs_export.h"
+
+class KSycocaEntry;
+class KSycocaDictStringList;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Hash table implementation for the sycoca database file
+ */
+class KDECORE_EXPORT KSycocaDict
+{
+public:
+   /**
+    * Create an empty dict, for building the database
+    */
+   KSycocaDict();
+   /**
+    * Create a dict from an existing database
+    */
+   KSycocaDict(QDataStream *str, int offset);
+
+   ~KSycocaDict();
+
+   /**
+    * Adds a 'payload' to the dictionary with key 'key'.
+    * 
+    * 'payload' should have a valid offset by the time  
+    * the dictionary gets saved.
+    **/
+   void add(const QString &key, KSycocaEntry *payload);
+
+   /**
+    * Removes the 'payload' from the dictionary with key 'key'.
+    * 
+    * Not very fast, use with care O(N)
+    **/
+   void remove(const QString &key);
+   
+   /**
+    * Looks up an entry identified by 'key'.
+    *
+    * If 0 is returned, no matching entry exists.
+    * Otherwise, the offset of the entry is returned. 
+    *
+    * NOTE: It is not guaranteed that this entry is
+    * indeed the one you were looking for.
+    * After loading the entry you should check that it
+    * indeed matches the search key. If it doesn't
+    * then no matching entry exists.
+    */
+   int find_string(const QString &key );
+   
+   /**
+    * The number of entries in the dictionary.
+    *
+    * Only valid when building the database.
+    */
+   uint count();
+   
+   /**
+    * Reset the dictionary.
+    *
+    * Only valid when building the database.
+    */
+   void clear();
+   
+   /**
+    * Save the dictionary to the stream
+    * A reasonable fast hash algorithm will be created.
+    *
+    * Typically this will find 90% of the entries directly.
+    * Average hash table size: nrOfItems * 20 bytes.
+    * Average duplicate list size: nrOfItms * avgKeyLength / 5.
+    *
+    * Unknown keys have an average 20% chance to give a false hit.
+    * (That's why your program should check the result)
+    *
+    * Example:
+    *   Assume 1000 items with an average key length of 60 bytes.
+    *
+    *   Approx. 900 items will hash directly to the right entry.
+    *   Approx. 100 items require a lookup in the duplicate list.
+    *
+    *   The hash table size will be approx. 20Kb.
+    *   The duplicate list size will be approx. 12Kb.
+    **/    
+   void save(QDataStream &str);
+
+protected:
+   Q_UINT32 hashKey( const QString &);
+private:
+   KSycocaDictStringList *d;
+   QDataStream *mStr;
+   Q_INT32 mOffset;
+   Q_UINT32 mHashTableSize;
+   QValueList<Q_INT32> mHashList;
+};
+
+#endif