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-rw-r--r--src/bitfield/bitfield.c21
-rw-r--r--src/bitfield/bitfield.h62
2 files changed, 67 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitfield/bitfield.c b/src/bitfield/bitfield.c
index b0396413..934d5a6a 100644
--- a/src/bitfield/bitfield.c
+++ b/src/bitfield/bitfield.c
@@ -55,24 +55,21 @@ uint8_t nthByte(const uint64_t source, const uint16_t byteNum) {
return (source >> (64 - ((byteNum + 1) * CHAR_BIT))) & 0xFF;
}
-uint8_t getNibble(const uint8_t nibble_index, const uint8_t data[],
- const uint8_t length) {
+uint8_t getNibble(const uint8_t source[], const uint8_t source_length,
+ const uint8_t nibble_index) {
uint8_t byte_index = nibble_index / 2;
- uint8_t result;
- if(byte_index < length) {
- result = data[byte_index];
- if(nibble_index % 2 == 0) {
- result >>= NIBBLE_SIZE;
- }
+ uint8_t result = getByte(source, source_length, byte_index);
+ if(nibble_index % 2 == 0) {
+ result >>= NIBBLE_SIZE;
}
result &= bitmask(NIBBLE_SIZE);
return result;
}
-uint8_t getByte(const uint8_t byte_index, const uint8_t data[],
- const uint8_t length) {
- if(byte_index < length) {
- return data[byte_index];
+uint8_t getByte(const uint8_t source[], const uint8_t source_length,
+ const uint8_t byte_index) {
+ if(byte_index < source_length) {
+ return source[byte_index];
}
return 0;
}
diff --git a/src/bitfield/bitfield.h b/src/bitfield/bitfield.h
index bf5c9b7d..45e3ba26 100644
--- a/src/bitfield/bitfield.h
+++ b/src/bitfield/bitfield.h
@@ -8,11 +8,28 @@
extern "C" {
#endif
-uint8_t getNibble(const uint8_t nibble_index, const uint8_t data[],
- const uint8_t length);
+/* Public: Return a single nibble from the byte array, with range checking.
+ *
+ * source - the source byte array.
+ * source_length - the total length of the source array.
+ * nibble_index - the index of the nibble to retreive. The leftmost nibble is
+ * index 0.
+ *
+ * Returns the retreived nibble, right aligned in a uint8_t.
+ */
+uint8_t getNibble(const uint8_t source[], const uint8_t source_length,
+ const uint8_t nibble_index);
-uint8_t getByte(const uint8_t byte_index, const uint8_t data[],
- const uint8_t length);
+/* Public: Return a single byte from the byte array, with range checking.
+ *
+ * source - the source byte array.
+ * source_length - the total length of the source array.
+ * byte_index - the index of the byte to retreive. The leftmost byte is index 0.
+ *
+ * Returns the retreived byte.
+ */
+uint8_t getByte(const uint8_t source[], const uint8_t source_length,
+ const uint8_t byte_index);
/* Public: Copy a range of bits from one bit array to another.
*
@@ -23,6 +40,17 @@ uint8_t getByte(const uint8_t byte_index, const uint8_t data[],
* A bit array with regards to this function always has the leftmost bit in byte
* 0, i.e. bit index is the leftmost bit of byte 0. Endianness does not matter.
*
+ * For example:
+ *
+ * uint8_t source[4] = {0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44};
+ * uint8_t destination[4] = {0};
+ * copyBits(source, sizeof(source), 8, 8, destination,
+ * sizeof(destination), 0);
+ * // destination[0] == 0x22
+ * // destination[1] == 0x0
+ * // destination[2] == 0x0
+ * // destination[3] == 0x0
+ *
* Thanks to
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3534535/whats-a-time-efficient-algorithm-to-copy-unaligned-bit-arrays
* for the implementation of the algorithm.
@@ -50,6 +78,32 @@ bool copyBits(const uint8_t* source_origin, const uint16_t source_length,
uint8_t* destination_origin, const uint16_t destination_length,
const uint16_t destination_offset);
+/* Public: Copy a range of bits from one array to another, right aligning the
+ * result.
+ *
+ * This is mostly useful if you want to cast the result to an integer type
+ * instead of a byte array.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *
+ * uint8_t source[4] = {0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44};
+ * uint8_t destination[4] = {0};
+ * copyBitsRightAligned(source, sizeof(source), 8, 8, destination,
+ * sizeof(destination));
+ * // destination[0] == 0x0
+ * // destination[1] == 0x0
+ * // destination[2] == 0x0
+ * // destination[3] == 0x22
+ *
+ * int value = (int)destination;
+ * // value == 0x22 == 32
+ *
+ * The arguments are the same as copyBits, but without the destination_offset
+ * option - that's set automatically to right align the result.
+ *
+ * Returns true if the copy was successful and false if the range exceeded the
+ * size of the source or destination, or if the range size negative or 0.
+ */
bool copyBitsRightAligned(const uint8_t source[], const uint16_t source_length,
const uint16_t offset, const uint16_t bit_count,
uint8_t* destination, const uint16_t destination_length);