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+/*
+Copyright (C) 2022 The Falco Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+/*!
+	\brief Simple wrapper of std::vector that allows random access
+	through both numeric and string indexes with O(1) complexity.
+*/
+template <typename T>
+class indexed_vector
+{
+public:
+	/*!
+		\brief Returns the number of elements
+	*/
+	virtual inline uint32_t size()
+	{
+		return m_entries.size();
+	}
+
+	/*!
+		\brief Returns true if the vector is empty
+	*/
+	virtual inline bool empty()
+	{
+		return m_entries.empty();
+	}
+
+	/*!
+		\brief Removes all the elements
+	*/
+	virtual inline void clear()
+	{
+		m_entries.clear();
+		m_index.clear();
+	}
+
+	/*!
+		\brief Inserts a new element in the vector with a given string index
+		and returns its numeric index. String indexes are unique in
+		the vector. If no element is already present with the given string
+		index, then the provided element is added to the vector and its
+		numeric index is assigned as the next free slot in the vector.
+		Otherwise, the existing element gets overwritten with the contents
+		of the provided one and the numeric index of the existing element
+		is returned.
+		\param entry Element to add in the vector
+		\param index String index of the element to be added in the vector
+		\return The numeric index of the element
+	*/
+	virtual inline uint32_t insert(T& entry, const std::string& index)
+	{
+		uint32_t id;
+		auto prev = m_index.find(index);
+		if (prev != m_index.end()) {
+			id = prev->second;
+			m_entries[id - 1] = entry;
+			return id;
+		}
+		id = m_entries.size() + 1;
+		m_entries.push_back(entry);
+		m_index[index] = id;
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	/*!
+		\brief Returns a pointer to the element at the given numeric index,
+		or nullptr if no element exists at the given index.
+	*/
+	virtual inline T* at(uint32_t id)
+	{
+		if (id <= m_entries.size())
+		{
+			return &*(m_entries.begin() + id - 1);;
+		}
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	/*!
+		\brief Returns a pointer to the element at the given string index,
+		or nullptr if no element exists at the given index.
+	*/
+	virtual inline T* at(const std::string& index)
+	{
+		auto it = m_index.find(index);
+		if (it != m_index.end()) {
+			return at(it->second);
+		}
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	virtual inline typename std::vector<T>::iterator begin()
+	{
+		return m_entries.begin();
+	}
+
+	virtual inline typename std::vector<T>::iterator end()
+	{
+		return m_entries.end();
+	}
+
+	virtual inline typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator begin() const 
+	{
+		return m_entries.begin();
+	}
+
+	virtual inline typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator end() const
+	{
+		return m_entries.end();
+	}
+
+private:
+	std::vector<T> m_entries;
+	std::map<std::string, uint32_t> m_index;
+};