From 678aae2c43726635053fede2a6c3875508cc3599 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:44:43 -0800
Subject: QBitArray: add manipulate a dense bit array directly

[ChangeLog][QtCore][QBitArray] Added fromBits(), which creates a
QBitArray from a dense bit array, and bits(), which returns that.

Change-Id: Ia9c88b83534240a5872dfffd150b1c8b1c36ced5
Reviewed-by: Lars Knoll <lars.knoll@qt.io>
---
 src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.h   |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/corelib/tools')

diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp
index 12e4687b3c..f68a807203 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp
@@ -300,6 +300,46 @@ void QBitArray::fill(bool value, int begin, int end)
         setBit(begin++, value);
 }
 
+/*!
+    \fn const char *QBitArray::bits() const
+    \since 5.11
+
+    Returns a pointer to a dense bit array for this QBitArray. Bits are counted
+    upwards from the least significant bit in each byte. The the number of bits
+    relevant in the last byte is given by \c{size() % 8}.
+
+    \sa fromBits(), size()
+ */
+
+/*!
+    \since 5.11
+
+    Creates a QBitArray with the dense bit array located at \a data, with \a
+    len bits. The byte array at \a data must be at least \a size / 8 (rounded up)
+    bytes long.
+
+    If \a size is not a multiple of 8, this function will include the lowest
+    \a size % 8 bits from the last byte in \a data.
+
+    \sa bits()
+ */
+QBitArray QBitArray::fromBits(const char *data, qsizetype size)
+{
+    QBitArray result;
+    qsizetype nbytes = (size + 7) / 8;
+
+    result.d = QByteArray(nbytes + 1, Qt::Uninitialized);
+    char *bits = result.d.data();
+    memcpy(bits + 1, data, nbytes);
+
+    // clear any unused bits from the last byte
+    if (size & 7)
+        bits[nbytes] &= 0xffU >> (size & 7);
+
+    *bits = result.d.size() * 8 - size;
+    return result;
+}
+
 /*! \fn bool QBitArray::isDetached() const
 
     \internal
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.h b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.h
index 8fa5323127..ff40bf5654 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.h
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ public:
 
     inline void truncate(int pos) { if (pos < size()) resize(pos); }
 
+    const char *bits() const { return isEmpty() ? nullptr : d.constData() + 1; }
+    static QBitArray fromBits(const char *data, qsizetype len);
+
 public:
     typedef QByteArray::DataPtr DataPtr;
     inline DataPtr &data_ptr() { return d.data_ptr(); }
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