Function print_string_ptr

cpworker/src/cJSON/cJSON.c:911–1030

Render the cstring provided to an escaped version that can be printed. */

/* Render the cstring provided to an escaped version that can be printed. */
static cJSON_bool print_string_ptr(const unsigned char * const input, printbuffer * const output_buffer)
{
    const unsigned char *input_pointer = NULL;
    unsigned char *output = NULL;
    unsigned char *output_pointer = NULL;
    size_t output_length = 0;
    /* numbers of additional characters needed for escaping */
    size_t escape_characters = 0;

    if (output_buffer == NULL)
    {
        return false;
    }

    /* empty string */
    if (input == NULL)
    {
        output = ensure(output_buffer, sizeof("\"\""));
        if (output == NULL)
        {
            return false;
        }
        strcpy((char*)output, "\"\"");

        return true;
    }

    /* set "flag" to 1 if something needs to be escaped */
    for (input_pointer = input; *input_pointer; input_pointer++)
    {
        switch (*input_pointer)
        {
            case '\"':
            case '\\':
            case '\b':
            case '\f':
            case '\n':
            case '\r':
            case '\t':
                /* one character escape sequence */
                escape_characters++;
                break;
            default:
                if (*input_pointer < 32)
                {
                    /* UTF-16 escape sequence uXXXX */
                    escape_characters += 5;
                }
                break;
        }
    }
    output_length = (size_t)(input_pointer - input) + escape_characters;

    output = ensure(output_buffer, output_length + sizeof("\"\""));
    if (output == NULL)
    {
        return false;
    }