tbox

A glib-like cross-platform C library

Introduction (中文)

TBOX is a glib-like cross-platform C library that is simple to use yet powerful in nature.

The project focuses on making C development easier and provides many modules (.e.g stream, coroutine, regex, container, algorithm ...), so that any developer can quickly pick it up and enjoy the productivity boost when developing in C language.

It supports the following platforms:

• Windows
• Macosx
• Linux
• Android
• iOS

And it provides many compiling options using xmake:

• Release: Disable debug information, assertion, memory checking and enable optimization.
• Debug: Enable debug information, assertion, memory checking and disable optimization.
• Small: Disable all extensional modules and enable space optimization.
• Micro: compiling micro library (~64K) for the embed system.

If you want to know more, please refer to:

• HomePage
• Documents
• Github
• Gitee

Features

The stream library

• Supports file, data, http and socket source
• Supports the stream filter for gzip, charset and...
• Implements stream transfer
• Implements the static buffer stream for parsing data
• Supports coroutine and implements asynchronous operation

The coroutine library

• Provides high-performance coroutine switch(refer to reports)
• Supports arm, arm64, x86, x86_64 ..
• Provides channel interfaces
• Provides semaphore and lock interfaces
• Supports io socket and stream operation in coroutine
• Provides some io servers (http ..) using coroutine
• Provides stackfull and stackless coroutines
• Support epoll, kqueue, poll, select and IOCP

The database library

• Supports mysql and sqlite3 database and enumerates data using the iterator mode

The xml parser library

• Supports DOM and SAX mode and Supports xpath

The serialization and deserialization library

• Supports xml, json, bplist, xplist, binary formats

The memory library

• Implements some memory pools for optimizing memory
• Supports fast memory error detecting. it can detect the following types of bugs for the debug mode:
  • out-of-bounds accesses to heap and globals
  • use-after-free
  • double-free, invalid free
  • memory leaks

The container library

• Implements hash table, single list, double list, vector, stack, queue and min/max heap. Supports iterator mode for algorithm

The algorithm library

• Uses the iterator mode
• Implements find, binary find and reverse find algorithm
• Implements sort, bubble sort, quick sort, heap sort and insert sort algorithm
• Implements count, walk items, reverse walk items, for_all and rfor_all

The network library

• Implements dns(cached)
• Implements ssl(openssl, polarssl, mbedtls)
• Implements http
• Implements cookies
• Supports ipv4, ipv6
• Supports coroutine

The platform library

• Implements timer, fast and low precision timer
• Implements atomic and atomic64 operation
• Implements spinlock, mutex, event, semaphore, thread and thread pool
• Implements file, socket operation
• Implements poller using epoll, poll, select, kqueue ...
• Implements switch context interfaces for coroutine

The charset library

• Supports utf8, utf16, gbk, gb2312, uc2 and uc4
• Supports big endian and little endian mode

The zip library

• Supports gzip, zlibraw, zlib formats using the zlib library if exists
• Implements lzsw, lz77 and rlc algorithm

The utils library

• Implements base32, base64 encoder and decoder
• Implements assert and trace output for the debug mode
• Implements bits operation for parsing u8, u16, u32, u64 data

The math library

• Implements random generator
• Implements fast fixed-point calculation, Supports 6-bits, 16-bits, 30-bits fixed-point number

The libc library

• Implements lightweight libc library interfaces, the interface name contains tb_xxx prefix for avoiding conflict
• Implements strixxx strrxxx wcsixxx wcsrxxx interface extension
• Optimizes some frequently-used interface, .e.g. memset, memcpy, strcpy ...
• Implements memset_u16, memset_u32, memset_u64 extension interfaces

The libm library

• Implements lightweight libm library interfaces, the interface name contains tb_xxx prefix for avoiding conflict
• Supports float and double type

The regex library

• Supports match and replace
• Supports global/multiline/caseless mode
• Uses pcre, pcre2 and posix regex modules

The hash library

• Implements crc32, adler32, md5 and sha1 hash algorithm
• Implements some string hash algorithms (.e.g bkdr, fnv32, fnv64, sdbm, djb2, rshash, aphash ...)
• Implements uuid generator

Projects

Some projects using tbox:

• gbox
• vm86
• xmake
• itrace
• more

Build

Please install xmake first: xmake

# build for the host platform
$ cd ./tbox
$ xmake

# build for the mingw platform
$ cd ./tbox
$ xmake f -p mingw --sdk=/home/mingwsdk 
$ xmake

# build for the iphoneos platform
$ cd ./tbox
$ xmake f -p iphoneos 
$ xmake

# build for the android platform
$ cd ./tbox
$ xmake f -p android --ndk=xxxxx
$ xmake

# build for the linux cross-platform
$ cd ./tbox
$ xmake f -p linux --sdk=/home/sdk # --bin=/home/sdk/bin
$ xmake

Example

#include "tbox/tbox.h"

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    // init tbox
    if (!tb_init(tb_null, tb_null)) return 0;

    // trace
    tb_trace_i("hello tbox");

    // init vector
    tb_vector_ref_t vector = tb_vector_init(0, tb_element_cstr(tb_true));
    if (vector)
    {
        // insert item
        tb_vector_insert_tail(vector, "hello");
        tb_vector_insert_tail(vector, "tbox");

        // dump all items
        tb_for_all (tb_char_t const*, cstr, vector)
        {
            // trace
            tb_trace_i("%s", cstr);
        }

        // exit vector
        tb_vector_exit(vector);
    }

    // init stream
    tb_stream_ref_t stream = tb_stream_init_from_url("http://www.xxx.com/file.txt");
    if (stream)
    {
        // open stream
        if (tb_stream_open(stream))
        {
            // read line
            tb_long_t size = 0;
            tb_char_t line[TB_STREAM_BLOCK_MAXN];
            while ((size = tb_stream_bread_line(stream, line, sizeof(line))) >= 0)
            {
                // trace
                tb_trace_i("line: %s", line);
            }
        }

        // exit stream
        tb_stream_exit(stream);
    }

    // wait 
    getchar();

    // exit tbox
    tb_exit();
    return 0;
}

Contacts

• Email：[email protected]
• Homepage：tboox.org
• Community：/r/tboox on reddit