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+/* Copyright (c) 2021 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file */
+
+#include "lib.h"
+#include "array.h"
+#include "str.h"
+#include "wildcard-match.h"
+#include "mail-storage-private.h"
+#include "mailbox-match-plugin.h"
+
+struct mailbox_match_plugin {
+ ARRAY_TYPE(const_string) patterns;
+};
+
+struct mailbox_match_plugin *
+mailbox_match_plugin_init(struct mail_user *user, const char *set_prefix)
+{
+ struct mailbox_match_plugin *match;
+ string_t *str;
+ const char *value;
+
+ match = i_new(struct mailbox_match_plugin, 1);
+
+ value = mail_user_plugin_getenv(user, set_prefix);
+ if (value == NULL)
+ return match;
+
+ i_array_init(&match->patterns, 16);
+ str = t_str_new(128);
+ for (unsigned int i = 2; value != NULL; i++) {
+ /* value points to user's settings, so there's no need to
+ strdup() it. */
+ array_push_back(&match->patterns, &value);
+
+ str_truncate(str, 0);
+ str_printfa(str, "%s%u", set_prefix, i);
+
+ value = mail_user_plugin_getenv(user, str_c(str));
+ }
+
+ return match;
+}
+
+bool mailbox_match_plugin_exclude(struct mailbox_match_plugin *match,
+ struct mailbox *box)
+{
+ const struct mailbox_settings *set;
+ const char *const *special_use;
+ const char *str;
+
+ if (!array_is_created(&match->patterns))
+ return FALSE;
+
+ set = mailbox_settings_find(mailbox_get_namespace(box),
+ mailbox_get_vname(box));
+ special_use = set == NULL ? NULL :
+ t_strsplit_spaces(set->special_use, " ");
+
+ array_foreach_elem(&match->patterns, str) {
+ if (str[0] == '\\') {
+ /* \Special-use flag */
+ if (special_use != NULL &&
+ str_array_icase_find(special_use, str))
+ return TRUE;
+ } else {
+ /* mailbox name with wildcards */
+ if (wildcard_match(box->name, str))
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+ }
+ return FALSE;
+}
+
+void mailbox_match_plugin_deinit(struct mailbox_match_plugin **_match)
+{
+ struct mailbox_match_plugin *match = *_match;
+
+ if (match == NULL)
+ return;
+ *_match = NULL;
+
+ array_free(&match->patterns);
+ i_free(match);
+}
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+#ifndef MAILBOX_MATCH_PLUGIN_H
+#define MAILBOX_MATCH_PLUGIN_H
+
+struct mailbox;
+
+/* Utility library to allow a Dovecot plugin an easy way to configure a list
+ of mailbox patterns and special-use flags that can be matched against. */
+
+struct mailbox_match_plugin *
+mailbox_match_plugin_init(struct mail_user *user, const char *set_prefix);
+void mailbox_match_plugin_deinit(struct mailbox_match_plugin **match);
+
+bool mailbox_match_plugin_exclude(struct mailbox_match_plugin *match,
+ struct mailbox *box);
+
+#endif