/chunk_search

Search performed sequentially on chunks of data.

Primary LanguageC++

Chunk Search

Two utility classes for searching a single or more patterns in a sequence of data that are split accross several chunks. This can be useful e.g. when you need to search for pattern inside a large files and do not want/cannot read entire file into memory but have to read it partially.

Search methods accept pair of begin/end iterators for sequence where pattern(s) have to be searched for. Methods return a pair consisting of match length and sequence iterator to found pattern end position. If no match has been found, match length returned is 0.

For multiple search patterns, result for the first fully matched pattern is returned.