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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file listLRU.h
+ * @brief Maintains an LRU for the content store
+ *
+ * An LRU list is make up of LRU entries. The entries are bound to the list.
+ * The user of the list is reponsible for knowing when there's too many things
+ * and wants to remove one. The LRU list will grow without bound otherwise.
+ *
+ * The LRU list is meant to be used as an auxiliary data structure, not the
+ * primary storage of data elements.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef listLRU_h
+#define listLRU_h
+
+struct list_lru_entry;
+typedef struct list_lru_entry ListLruEntry;
+
+struct list_lru;
+typedef struct list_lru ListLru;
+
+/**
+ * @function lruEntry_Destroy
+ * @abstract Destroys and element. This will also remove it from the list.
+ */
+void listLRU_EntryDestroy(ListLruEntry **entryPtr);
+
+/**
+ * @function listLRU_EntryMoveToHead
+ * @abstract move an element to head
+ */
+void listLRU_EntryMoveToHead(ListLruEntry *entry);
+
+/**
+ * @function lruEntry_GetData
+ * @abstract Returns the user-supplied opaque data when the entry was created
+ */
+void *listLRU_EntryGetData(ListLruEntry *entry);
+
+/**
+ * @function listLRU_Create
+ * @abstract Creates a new Least-Recently-Used list
+ */
+ListLru *listLRU_Create();
+
+/**
+ * @function listLRU_Destroy
+ * @abstract Destroys a list and frees all the elements in it
+ */
+void listLRU_Destroy(ListLru **listPtr);
+
+/**
+ * Returns the number of items in the list
+ *
+ * @param [in] lru An allocated ListLru
+ * @retval number The number of items in the LRU list
+ */
+size_t listLRU_Length(const ListLru *lru);
+
+/**
+ * @function listLRU_NewHeadEntry
+ * @abstract Creates a new entry for the list. It is inserted at the head of
+ * the list.
+ */
+ListLruEntry *listLRU_NewHeadEntry(ListLru *lru, void *data);
+
+/**
+ * @function listLRU_PopTail
+ * @abstract Removes the tail element from the list and returns it to the user
+ * @discussion
+ * Pops the tail element. The user should examine its data to destroy their
+ * tail object, then call <code>LruEntry_Destroy()</code> to free the
+ * LRU entry.
+ *
+ * @return The tail element, or NULL for an empty list
+ */
+ListLruEntry *listLRU_PopTail(ListLru *list);
+#endif // listLRU_h