1 files changed, 81 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libavutil/avstring.h b/libavutil/avstring.h
index b7d10983c3..438ef799eb 100644
--- a/libavutil/avstring.h
+++ b/libavutil/avstring.h
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Mans Rullgard
  *
- * This file is part of Libav.
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
  *
- * Libav is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Libav is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * FFmpeg 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
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with Libav; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ size_t av_strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size);
 size_t av_strlcatf(char *dst, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...) av_printf_format(3, 4);
 
 /**
+ * Print arguments following specified format into a large enough auto
+ * allocated buffer. It is similar to GNU asprintf().
+ * @param fmt printf-compatible format string, specifying how the
+ *            following parameters are used.
+ * @return the allocated string
+ * @note You have to free the string yourself with av_free().
+ */
+char *av_asprintf(const char *fmt, ...) av_printf_format(1, 2);
+
+/**
  * Convert a number to a av_malloced string.
  */
 char *av_d2str(double d);
@@ -152,6 +162,30 @@ char *av_d2str(double d);
 char *av_get_token(const char **buf, const char *term);
 
 /**
+ * Split the string into several tokens which can be accessed by
+ * successive calls to av_strtok().
+ *
+ * A token is defined as a sequence of characters not belonging to the
+ * set specified in delim.
+ *
+ * On the first call to av_strtok(), s should point to the string to
+ * parse, and the value of saveptr is ignored. In subsequent calls, s
+ * should be NULL, and saveptr should be unchanged since the previous
+ * call.
+ *
+ * This function is similar to strtok_r() defined in POSIX.1.
+ *
+ * @param s the string to parse, may be NULL
+ * @param delim 0-terminated list of token delimiters, must be non-NULL
+ * @param saveptr user-provided pointer which points to stored
+ * information necessary for av_strtok() to continue scanning the same
+ * string. saveptr is updated to point to the next character after the
+ * first delimiter found, or to NULL if the string was terminated
+ * @return the found token, or NULL when no token is found
+ */
+char *av_strtok(char *s, const char *delim, char **saveptr);
+
+/**
  * Locale-independent conversion of ASCII isdigit.
  */
 int av_isdigit(int c);
@@ -191,7 +225,7 @@ static inline int av_tolower(int c)
  */
 int av_isxdigit(int c);
 
-/*
+/**
  * Locale-independent case-insensitive compare.
  * @note This means only ASCII-range characters are case-insensitive
  */
@@ -219,6 +253,48 @@ const char *av_basename(const char *path);
  */
 const char *av_dirname(char *path);
 
+enum AVEscapeMode {
+    AV_ESCAPE_MODE_AUTO,      ///< Use auto-selected escaping mode.
+    AV_ESCAPE_MODE_BACKSLASH, ///< Use backslash escaping.
+    AV_ESCAPE_MODE_QUOTE,     ///< Use single-quote escaping.
+};
+
+/**
+ * Consider spaces special and escape them even in the middle of the
+ * string.
+ *
+ * This is equivalent to adding the whitespace characters to the special
+ * characters lists, except it is guaranteed to use the exact same list
+ * of whitespace characters as the rest of libavutil.
+ */
+#define AV_ESCAPE_FLAG_WHITESPACE 0x01
+
+/**
+ * Escape only specified special characters.
+ * Without this flag, escape also any characters that may be considered
+ * special by av_get_token(), such as the single quote.
+ */
+#define AV_ESCAPE_FLAG_STRICT 0x02
+
+/**
+ * Escape string in src, and put the escaped string in an allocated
+ * string in *dst, which must be freed with av_free().
+ *
+ * @param dst           pointer where an allocated string is put
+ * @param src           string to escape, must be non-NULL
+ * @param special_chars string containing the special characters which
+ *                      need to be escaped, can be NULL
+ * @param mode          escape mode to employ, see AV_ESCAPE_MODE_* macros.
+ *                      Any unknown value for mode will be considered equivalent to
+ *                      AV_ESCAPE_MODE_BACKSLASH, but this behaviour can change without
+ *                      notice.
+ * @param flags         flags which control how to escape, see AV_ESCAPE_FLAG_ macros
+ * @return the length of the allocated string, or a negative error code in case of error
+ * @see av_bprint_escape()
+ */
+int av_escape(char **dst, const char *src, const char *special_chars,
+              enum AVEscapeMode mode, int flags);
+
 /**
  * @}
  */