.NET-Community-Toolkit/CommunityToolkit.HighPerformance/Extensions/SpanExtensions.cs

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using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using CommunityToolkit.HighPerformance.Enumerables;
using CommunityToolkit.HighPerformance.Helpers.Internals;

namespace CommunityToolkit.HighPerformance;

/// <summary>
/// Helpers for working with the <see cref="Span{T}"/> type.
/// </summary>
public static class SpanExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a reference to the first element within a given <see cref="Span{T}"/>, with no bounds checks.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of elements in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</param>
    /// <returns>A reference to the first element within <paramref name="span"/>.</returns>
    /// <remarks>This method doesn't do any bounds checks, therefore it is responsibility of the caller to perform checks in case the returned value is dereferenced.</remarks>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static ref T DangerousGetReference<T>(this Span<T> span)
    {
        return ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(span);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a reference to an element at a specified index within a given <see cref="Span{T}"/>, with no bounds checks.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of elements in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</param>
    /// <param name="i">The index of the element to retrieve within <paramref name="span"/>.</param>
    /// <returns>A reference to the element within <paramref name="span"/> at the index specified by <paramref name="i"/>.</returns>
    /// <remarks>This method doesn't do any bounds checks, therefore it is responsibility of the caller to ensure the <paramref name="i"/> parameter is valid.</remarks>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static ref T DangerousGetReferenceAt<T>(this Span<T> span, int i)
    {
        ref T r0 = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(span);
        ref T ri = ref Unsafe.Add(ref r0, (nint)(uint)i);

        return ref ri;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a reference to an element at a specified index within a given <see cref="Span{T}"/>, with no bounds checks.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of elements in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</param>
    /// <param name="i">The index of the element to retrieve within <paramref name="span"/>.</param>
    /// <returns>A reference to the element within <paramref name="span"/> at the index specified by <paramref name="i"/>.</returns>
    /// <remarks>This method doesn't do any bounds checks, therefore it is responsibility of the caller to ensure the <paramref name="i"/> parameter is valid.</remarks>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static ref T DangerousGetReferenceAt<T>(this Span<T> span, nint i)
    {
        ref T r0 = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(span);
        ref T ri = ref Unsafe.Add(ref r0, i);

        return ref ri;
    }

#if NETSTANDARD2_1_OR_GREATER
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a <see cref="Span2D{T}"/> instance wrapping the underlying data for the given <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of items in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</param>
    /// <param name="height">The height of the resulting 2D area.</param>
    /// <param name="width">The width of each row in the resulting 2D area.</param>
    /// <returns>The resulting <see cref="Span2D{T}"/> instance.</returns>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
    /// Thrown when one of the input parameters is out of range.
    /// </exception>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
    /// Thrown when the requested area is outside of bounds for <paramref name="span"/>.
    /// </exception>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static Span2D<T> AsSpan2D<T>(this Span<T> span, int height, int width)
    {
        return new(span, height, width);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a <see cref="Span2D{T}"/> instance wrapping the underlying data for the given <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of items in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</param>
    /// <param name="offset">The initial offset within <paramref name="span"/>.</param>
    /// <param name="height">The height of the resulting 2D area.</param>
    /// <param name="width">The width of each row in the resulting 2D area.</param>
    /// <param name="pitch">The pitch in the resulting 2D area.</param>
    /// <returns>The resulting <see cref="Span2D{T}"/> instance.</returns>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
    /// Thrown when one of the input parameters is out of range.
    /// </exception>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
    /// Thrown when the requested area is outside of bounds for <paramref name="span"/>.
    /// </exception>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static Span2D<T> AsSpan2D<T>(this Span<T> span, int offset, int height, int width, int pitch)
    {
        return new(span, offset, height, width, pitch);
    }
#endif

    /// <summary>
    /// Casts a <see cref="Span{T}"/> of one primitive type <typeparamref name="T"/> to <see cref="Span{T}"/> of bytes.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type if items in the source <see cref="Span{T}"/>.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The source slice, of type <typeparamref name="T"/>.</param>
    /// <returns>A <see cref="Span{T}"/> of bytes.</returns>
    /// <exception cref="OverflowException">
    /// Thrown if the <see cref="Span{T}.Length"/> property of the new <see cref="Span{T}"/> would exceed <see cref="int.MaxValue"/>.
    /// </exception>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static Span<byte> AsBytes<T>(this Span<T> span)
        where T : unmanaged
    {
        return MemoryMarshal.AsBytes(span);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Casts a <see cref="Span{T}"/> of one primitive type <typeparamref name="TFrom"/> to another primitive type <typeparamref name="TTo"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="TFrom">The type of items in the source <see cref="Span{T}"/>.</typeparam>
    /// <typeparam name="TTo">The type of items in the destination <see cref="Span{T}"/>.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The source slice, of type <typeparamref name="TFrom"/>.</param>
    /// <returns>A <see cref="Span{T}"/> of type <typeparamref name="TTo"/></returns>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Supported only for platforms that support misaligned memory access or when the memory block is aligned by other means.
    /// </remarks>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static Span<TTo> Cast<TFrom, TTo>(this Span<TFrom> span)
        where TFrom : unmanaged
        where TTo : unmanaged
    {
        return MemoryMarshal.Cast<TFrom, TTo>(span);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the index of an element of a given <see cref="Span{T}"/> from its reference.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type if items in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/>.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> to calculate the index for.</param>
    /// <param name="value">The reference to the target item to get the index for.</param>
    /// <returns>The index of <paramref name="value"/> within <paramref name="span"/>, or <c>-1</c>.</returns>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static int IndexOf<T>(this Span<T> span, ref T value)
    {
        ref T r0 = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(span);
        IntPtr byteOffset = Unsafe.ByteOffset(ref r0, ref value);

        nint elementOffset = byteOffset / (nint)(uint)Unsafe.SizeOf<T>();

        if ((nuint)elementOffset >= (uint)span.Length)
        {
            return -1;
        }

        return (int)elementOffset;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Counts the number of occurrences of a given value into a target <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of items in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance to read.</param>
    /// <param name="value">The <typeparamref name="T"/> value to look for.</param>
    /// <returns>The number of occurrences of <paramref name="value"/> in <paramref name="span"/>.</returns>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static int Count<T>(this Span<T> span, T value)
        where T : IEquatable<T>
    {
        ref T r0 = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(span);
        nint length = (nint)(uint)span.Length;

        return (int)SpanHelper.Count(ref r0, length, value);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Enumerates the items in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance, as pairs of reference/index values.
    /// This extension should be used directly within a <see langword="foreach"/> loop:
    /// <code>
    /// Span&lt;int&gt; numbers = new[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 };
    ///
    /// foreach (var item in numbers.Enumerate())
    /// {
    ///     // Access the index and value of each item here...
    ///     int index = item.Index;
    ///     ref int value = ref item.Value;
    /// }
    /// </code>
    /// The compiler will take care of properly setting up the <see langword="foreach"/> loop with the type returned from this method.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of items to enumerate.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The source <see cref="Span{T}"/> to enumerate.</param>
    /// <returns>A wrapper type that will handle the reference/index enumeration for <paramref name="span"/>.</returns>
    /// <remarks>The returned <see cref="SpanEnumerable{T}"/> value shouldn't be used directly: use this extension in a <see langword="foreach"/> loop.</remarks>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static SpanEnumerable<T> Enumerate<T>(this Span<T> span)
    {
        return new(span);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Tokenizes the values in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance using a specified separator.
    /// This extension should be used directly within a <see langword="foreach"/> loop:
    /// <code>
    /// Span&lt;char&gt; text = "Hello, world!".ToCharArray();
    ///
    /// foreach (var token in text.Tokenize(','))
    /// {
    ///     // Access the tokens here...
    /// }
    /// </code>
    /// The compiler will take care of properly setting up the <see langword="foreach"/> loop with the type returned from this method.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of items in the <see cref="Span{T}"/> to tokenize.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The source <see cref="Span{T}"/> to tokenize.</param>
    /// <param name="separator">The separator <typeparamref name="T"/> item to use.</param>
    /// <returns>A wrapper type that will handle the tokenization for <paramref name="span"/>.</returns>
    /// <remarks>The returned <see cref="SpanTokenizer{T}"/> value shouldn't be used directly: use this extension in a <see langword="foreach"/> loop.</remarks>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static SpanTokenizer<T> Tokenize<T>(this Span<T> span, T separator)
        where T : IEquatable<T>
    {
        return new(span, separator);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets a content hash from the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance using the Djb2 algorithm.
    /// For more info, see the documentation for <see cref="ReadOnlySpanExtensions.GetDjb2HashCode{T}"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of items in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</param>
    /// <returns>The Djb2 value for the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</returns>
    /// <remarks>The Djb2 hash is fully deterministic and with no random components.</remarks>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static int GetDjb2HashCode<T>(this Span<T> span)
        where T : notnull
    {
        ref T r0 = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(span);
        nint length = (nint)(uint)span.Length;

        return SpanHelper.GetDjb2HashCode(ref r0, length);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Copies the contents of a given <see cref="Span{T}"/> into destination <see cref="RefEnumerable{T}"/> instance.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of items in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</param>
    /// <param name="destination">The <see cref="RefEnumerable{T}"/> instance to copy items into.</param>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
    /// Thrown when the destination <see cref="RefEnumerable{T}"/> is shorter than the source <see cref="Span{T}"/>.
    /// </exception>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static void CopyTo<T>(this Span<T> span, RefEnumerable<T> destination)
    {
        destination.CopyFrom(span);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Attempts to copy the contents of a given <see cref="Span{T}"/> into destination <see cref="RefEnumerable{T}"/> instance.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of items in the input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="span">The input <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</param>
    /// <param name="destination">The <see cref="RefEnumerable{T}"/> instance to copy items into.</param>
    /// <returns>Whether or not the operation was successful.</returns>
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static bool TryCopyTo<T>(this Span<T> span, RefEnumerable<T> destination)
    {
        return destination.TryCopyFrom(span);
    }
}