hashmap: add hash_GetNode

include/hashmap.h

@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ bool hash_ReplaceElement(HashMap const map, char const *key, void *element);
  */
 bool hash_RemoveElement(HashMap map, char const *key);
 
+/**
+ * Finds an element in a hashmap, and returns a pointer to its value field.
+ * @param map The map to consider the elements of
+ * @param key The key to search an element for
+ * @return A pointer to the pointer to the element, or NULL if not found.
+ */
+void **hash_GetNode(HashMap const map, char const *key);
+
 /**
  * Finds an element in a hashmap.
  * @param map The map to consider the elements of

src/hashmap.c

@@ -66,18 +66,14 @@ bool hash_AddElement(HashMap map, char const *key, void *element)
 
 bool hash_ReplaceElement(HashMap const map, char const *key, void *element)
 {
-	HashType hashedKey = hash(key);
+	void **node = hash_GetNode(map, key);
-	struct HashMapEntry *ptr = map[(HalfHashType)hashedKey];
 
-	while (ptr) {
+	if (node) {
-		if (hashedKey >> HALF_HASH_NB_BITS == ptr->hash
+		*node = element;
-		 && !strcmp(ptr->key, key)) {
-			ptr->content = element;
 		return true;
-		}
+	} else {
-		ptr = ptr->next;
-	}
 		return false;
+	}
 }
 
 bool hash_RemoveElement(HashMap map, char const *key)
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ bool hash_RemoveElement(HashMap map, char const *key)
 	return false;
 }
 
-void *hash_GetElement(HashMap const map, char const *key)
+void **hash_GetNode(HashMap const map, char const *key)
 {
 	HashType hashedKey = hash(key);
 	struct HashMapEntry *ptr = map[(HalfHashType)hashedKey];
@@ -107,13 +103,20 @@ void *hash_GetElement(HashMap const map, char const *key)
 	while (ptr) {
 		if (hashedKey >> HALF_HASH_NB_BITS == ptr->hash
 		 && !strcmp(ptr->key, key)) {
-			return ptr->content;
+			return &ptr->content;
 		}
 		ptr = ptr->next;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+void *hash_GetElement(HashMap const map, char const *key)
+{
+	void **node = hash_GetNode(map, key);
+
+	return node ? *node : NULL;
+}
+
 void hash_ForEach(HashMap const map, void (*func)(void *, void *), void *arg)
 {
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < HASHMAP_NB_BUCKETS; i++) {