audk/MdeModulePkg/Include/Library/SortLib.h

/** @file
  Library used for sorting and comparison routines.

  Copyright (c) 2009 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. <BR>
  This program and the accompanying materials
  are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
  which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
  http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php

  THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

**/
#ifndef __SORT_LIB_H__
#define __SORT_LIB_H__

/**
  Prototype for comparison function for any two element types.

  @param[in] Buffer1                  The pointer to first buffer.
  @param[in] Buffer2                  The pointer to second buffer.

  @retval 0                           Buffer1 equal to Buffer2.
  @return <0                          Buffer1 is less than Buffer2.
  @return >0                          Buffer1 is greater than Buffer2.
**/
typedef
INTN
(EFIAPI *SORT_COMPARE)(
  IN CONST VOID                 *Buffer1,
  IN CONST VOID                 *Buffer2
  );

/**
  Function to perform a Quick Sort on a buffer of comparable elements.

  Each element must be equally sized.

  If BufferToSort is NULL, then ASSERT.
  If CompareFunction is NULL, then ASSERT.

  If Count is < 2 , then perform no action.
  If Size is < 1 , then perform no action.

  @param[in, out] BufferToSort   On call, a Buffer of (possibly sorted) elements;
                                 on return, a buffer of sorted elements.
  @param[in]  Count              The number of elements in the buffer to sort.
  @param[in]  ElementSize        The size of an element in bytes.
  @param[in]  CompareFunction    The function to call to perform the comparison
                                 of any two elements.
**/
VOID
EFIAPI
PerformQuickSort (
  IN OUT VOID                   *BufferToSort,
  IN CONST UINTN                Count,
  IN CONST UINTN                ElementSize,
  IN       SORT_COMPARE         CompareFunction
  );


/**
  Function to compare 2 device paths for use as CompareFunction.

  @param[in] Buffer1            The pointer to Device Path to compare.
  @param[in] Buffer2            The pointer to second DevicePath to compare.

  @retval 0                     Buffer1 equal to Buffer2.
  @return < 0                   Buffer1 is less than Buffer2.
  @return > 0                   Buffer1 is greater than Buffer2.
**/
INTN
EFIAPI
DevicePathCompare (
  IN  CONST VOID                *Buffer1,
  IN  CONST VOID                *Buffer2
  );

/**
  Function to compare 2 strings without regard to case of the characters.

  @param[in] Buffer1            The pointer to String to compare (CHAR16**).
  @param[in] Buffer2            The pointer to second String to compare (CHAR16**).

  @retval 0                     Buffer1 equal to Buffer2.
  @return < 0                   Buffer1 is less than Buffer2.
  @return > 0                   Buffer1 is greater than Buffer2.
**/
INTN
EFIAPI
StringNoCaseCompare (
  IN  CONST VOID                *Buffer1,
  IN  CONST VOID                *Buffer2
  );

/**
  Function to compare 2 strings.

  @param[in] Buffer1            The pointer to String to compare (CHAR16**).
  @param[in] Buffer2            The pointer to second String to compare (CHAR16**).

  @retval 0                     Buffer1 equal to Buffer2.
  @return < 0                   Buffer1 is less than Buffer2.
  @return > 0                   Buffer1 is greater than Buffer2.
**/
INTN
EFIAPI
StringCompare (
  IN  CONST VOID                *Buffer1,
  IN  CONST VOID                *Buffer2
  );

#endif //__SORT_LIB_H__