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+/***
+  This file is part of PulseAudio.
+
+  PulseAudio 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.
+
+  PulseAudio 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 PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <pulse/xmalloc.h>
+
+#include <pulsecore/macro.h>
+
+#include "message-params.h"
+
+/* Split the specified string into elements. An element is defined as
+ * a sub-string between curly braces. The function is needed to parse
+ * the parameters of messages. Each time it is called it returns the
+ * position of the current element in result and the state pointer is
+ * advanced to the next list element.
+ *
+ * The variable state points to, should be initialized to NULL before
+ * the first call. The function returns 1 on success, 0 if end of string
+ * is encountered and -1 on parse error.
+ *
+ * result is set to NULL on end of string or parse error. */
+static int split_list(char *c, char **result, void **state) {
+    char *current = *state ? *state : c;
+    uint32_t open_braces;
+
+    pa_assert(result);
+
+    *result = NULL;
+
+    /* Empty or no string */
+    if (!current || *current == 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    /* Find opening brace */
+    while (*current != 0) {
+
+        if (*current == '{')
+            break;
+
+        /* unexpected closing brace, parse error */
+        if (*current == '}')
+            return -1;
+
+        current++;
+    }
+
+    /* No opening brace found, end of string */
+    if (*current == 0)
+         return 0;
+
+    *result = current + 1;
+    open_braces = 1;
+
+    while (open_braces != 0 && *current != 0) {
+        current++;
+        if (*current == '{')
+            open_braces++;
+        if (*current == '}')
+            open_braces--;
+    }
+
+    /* Parse error, closing brace missing */
+    if (open_braces != 0) {
+        *result = NULL;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Replace } with 0 */
+    *current = 0;
+
+    *state = current + 1;
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+/* Read a string from the parameter list. The state pointer is
+ * advanced to the next element of the list. Returns a pointer
+ * to a sub-string within c. The result must not be freed. */
+int pa_message_params_read_string(char *c, const char **result, void **state) {
+    char *start_pos;
+    int r;
+
+    pa_assert(result);
+
+    if ((r = split_list(c, &start_pos, state)) == 1)
+        *result = start_pos;
+
+    return r;
+}
+
+/* Another wrapper for split_list() to distinguish between reading
+ * pure string data and raw data which may contain further lists. */
+int pa_message_params_read_raw(char *c, char **result, void **state) {
+    return split_list(c, result, state);
+}