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#ifndef LIBSTRING_H
#define LIBSTRING_H

#include <stdbool.h>
#include <string.h>

/**
 * @brief Represents the default capacity of the string
 */
#define BASE_STRING_SIZE 8

#define STRINGS_ARE_EQUAL(A, B) (strcmp(A, B) == 0)

/**
 * @brief Represents a dynamically allocated string.
 *
 * This struct manages a dynamically allocated null-terminated string
 * along with its length and capacity.
 */
struct string
{
    size_t length; /**< The current length of the string (excluding the null
                      terminator). */
    size_t capacity; /**< The allocated capacity of the string (always a
                        multiple of `BASE_STRING_SIZE`). */
    char *data; /**< A pointer to the null-terminated character data. */
};

/**
 * @brief Creates a heap-allocated copy of the given string.
 *
 * The capacity is always a multiple of `BASE_STRING_SIZE`. If `s` is
 * heap-allocated, the caller must free it later. The resulting string struct
 * and data are freed when `string_free` is called.
 *
 * @param s A null-terminated string that can be null.
 * @return A pointer to a newly heap-allocated `struct string`.
 */
struct string *string_create(char *s);

/**
 * @brief Frees the `struct string` and its associated data.
 *
 * This function frees the struct `str` and its heap-allocated null-terminated
 * character data.
 *
 * @param str A pointer to the `struct string` to be freed.
 */
void string_free(struct string *str);

/**
 * @brief Pushes a single character into the string.
 *
 * Resizes the string's data and capacity if needed.
 *
 * @param str A pointer to the `struct string` where the character will be
 * added.
 * @param c The character to push into the string.
 * @return `true` if the push succeeds, `false` otherwise.
 */
bool string_pushc(struct string *str, char c);

/**
 * @brief Pushes a null-terminated string into the string.
 *
 * @param str A pointer to the `struct string` where the string will be added.
 * @param s A null-terminated string to push into `str`.
 * @return `true` if the operation succeeds, `false` otherwise.
 */
bool string_pushstr(struct string *str, char *s);

/**
 * @brief Concatenates two `struct string` objects and frees the source string.
 *
 * The `src` struct and its data are freed after concatenation.
 *
 * @param dst A pointer to the destination `struct string` to which `src` will
 * be concatenated.
 * @param src A pointer to the source `struct string` that will be concatenated
 * and freed.
 * @return `true` if the concatenation succeeds, `false` otherwise.
 */
bool string_catenate(struct string *dst, struct string *src);

struct string *string_deepcopy(struct string *str);

#endif /* ! LIBSTRING_H */