[C API] support string size for char pointer (openvinotoolkit#19931)

* [C API] support string size for char pointer

* rename function name

* Add deprecated flag

* Add macro to ignore deprecated

* Fix build error in windows

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Co-authored-by: Ilya Churaev <ilya.churaev@intel.com>

Author: riverlijunjie

src/bindings/c/include/openvino/c/ov_core.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "openvino/c/deprecated.h"
 #include "openvino/c/ov_common.h"
 #include "openvino/c/ov_compiled_model.h"
 #include "openvino/c/ov_model.h"
@@ -173,8 +174,9 @@ ov_core_read_model_unicode(const ov_core_t* core,
 /**
  * @brief Reads models from IR / ONNX / PDPD / TF / TFLite formats.
  * @ingroup ov_core_c_api
+ * @deprecated Use ov_core_read_model_from_memory_buffer instead.
  * @param core A pointer to the ie_core_t instance.
- * @param model_str String with a model in IR / ONNX / PDPD / TF / TFLite format.
+ * @param model_str String with a model in IR / ONNX / PDPD / TF / TFLite format, string is null-terminated.
  * @param weights Shared pointer to a constant tensor with weights.
  * @param model A pointer to the newly created model.
  * Reading ONNX / PDPD / TF / TFLite models does not support loading weights from the @p weights tensors.
@@ -183,12 +185,35 @@ ov_core_read_model_unicode(const ov_core_t* core,
  * constant data will point to an invalid memory.
  * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
  */
-OPENVINO_C_API(ov_status_e)
+OPENVINO_C_API(OPENVINO_DEPRECATED(
+    "This API is deprecated and will be replaced by ov_core_read_model_from_memory_buffer") ov_status_e)
 ov_core_read_model_from_memory(const ov_core_t* core,
                                const char* model_str,
                                const ov_tensor_t* weights,
                                ov_model_t** model);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Reads models from IR / ONNX / PDPD / TF / TFLite formats with models string size.
+ * @ingroup ov_core_c_api
+ * @param core A pointer to the ie_core_t instance.
+ * @param model_str String with a model in IR / ONNX / PDPD / TF / TFLite format, support model string containing
+ * several null chars.
+ * @param str_len The length of model string.
+ * @param weights Shared pointer to a constant tensor with weights.
+ * @param model A pointer to the newly created model.
+ * Reading ONNX / PDPD / TF / TFLite models does not support loading weights from the @p weights tensors.
+ * @note Created model object shares the weights with the @p weights object.
+ * Thus, do not create @p weights on temporary data that can be freed later, since the model
+ * constant data will point to an invalid memory.
+ * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
+ */
+OPENVINO_C_API(ov_status_e)
+ov_core_read_model_from_memory_buffer(const ov_core_t* core,
+                                      const char* model_str,
+                                      const size_t str_len,
+                                      const ov_tensor_t* weights,
+                                      ov_model_t** model);
+
 /**
  * @brief Creates a compiled model from a source model object.
  * Users can create as many compiled models as they need and use

src/bindings/c/src/ov_core.cpp

@@ -89,27 +89,36 @@ ov_status_e ov_core_read_model(const ov_core_t* core,
     return ov_status_e::OK;
 }
 
-ov_status_e ov_core_read_model_from_memory(const ov_core_t* core,
-                                           const char* model_str,
-                                           const ov_tensor_t* weights,
-                                           ov_model_t** model) {
-    if (!core || !model_str || !model) {
+ov_status_e ov_core_read_model_from_memory_buffer(const ov_core_t* core,
+                                                  const char* model_str,
+                                                  const size_t str_size,
+                                                  const ov_tensor_t* weights,
+                                                  ov_model_t** model) {
+    if (!core || !model_str || !model || !str_size) {
         return ov_status_e::INVALID_C_PARAM;
     }
 
     try {
         std::unique_ptr<ov_model_t> _model(new ov_model_t);
+        std::string model_string(model_str, str_size);
         if (weights) {
-            _model->object = core->object->read_model(model_str, *(weights->object));
+            _model->object = core->object->read_model(model_string, *(weights->object));
         } else {
-            _model->object = core->object->read_model(model_str, ov::Tensor());
+            _model->object = core->object->read_model(model_string, ov::Tensor());
         }
         *model = _model.release();
     }
     CATCH_OV_EXCEPTIONS
     return ov_status_e::OK;
 }
 
+ov_status_e ov_core_read_model_from_memory(const ov_core_t* core,
+                                           const char* model_str,
+                                           const ov_tensor_t* weights,
+                                           ov_model_t** model) {
+    return ov_core_read_model_from_memory_buffer(core, model_str, strlen(model_str), weights, model);
+}
+
 ov_status_e ov_core_compile_model(const ov_core_t* core,
                                   const ov_model_t* model,
                                   const char* device_name,

src/bindings/c/tests/ov_core_test.cpp

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_read_model_no_bin) {
     ov_core_free(core);
 }
 
+OPENVINO_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_START
 TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_read_model_from_memory) {
     ov_core_t* core = nullptr;
     OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_create(&core));
@@ -102,6 +103,36 @@ TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_read_model_from_memory) {
     ov_model_free(model);
     ov_core_free(core);
 }
+OPENVINO_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_END
+
+TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_read_model_from_memory_buffer_with_size) {
+    ov_core_t* core = nullptr;
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_create(&core));
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, core);
+
+    std::vector<uint8_t> weights_content(content_from_file(bin_file_name.c_str(), true));
+
+    ov_tensor_t* tensor = nullptr;
+    ov_shape_t shape;
+    int64_t dims[2] = {1, (int64_t)weights_content.size()};
+    ov_shape_create(2, dims, &shape);
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_tensor_create_from_host_ptr(ov_element_type_e::U8, shape, weights_content.data(), &tensor));
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, tensor);
+
+    std::vector<uint8_t> xml_content(content_from_file(xml_file_name.c_str(), false));
+    ov_model_t* model = nullptr;
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_read_model_from_memory_buffer(core,
+                                                       reinterpret_cast<const char*>(xml_content.data()),
+                                                       xml_content.size(),
+                                                       tensor,
+                                                       &model));
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, model);
+
+    ov_shape_free(&shape);
+    ov_tensor_free(tensor);
+    ov_model_free(model);
+    ov_core_free(core);
+}
 
 TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_compile_model) {
     auto device_name = GetParam();