String.h

/*
 *  xom::String class interface
 *
 *  This file is part of OTAWA
 *  Copyright (c) 2006-09, IRIT UPS.
 *
 *  OTAWA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  OTAWA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with OTAWA; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
#ifndef ELM_XOM_STRING_H
#define ELM_XOM_STRING_H
 
#include <elm/string.h>
#include <elm/io.h>
 
namespace elm { namespace xom {
 
typedef unsigned char char_t;
 
// String class
class String: public CString {
public:
 
    // Constructors
    inline String(void) { }
    inline String(const char *str): CString(str) { }
    inline String(const char_t *str): CString((const char *)str) { }
    inline String(const CString& str): CString(str) { }
    inline String(const String& str): CString(str) { }
 
    // Buffer management
    void copy(void);
    void free(void);
 
    // Other operations
    void escape(io::OutStream& out) const;
    inline void escape(io::Output& out) const { escape(out.stream()); }
    inline elm::string escape(void) const { StringBuffer buf; escape(buf.stream()); return buf.toString(); }
 
    // Operators
    inline String& operator=(const String& str) { buf = str.buf; return *this; }
    inline operator char_t *(void) const { return (char_t *)buf; }
};
inline io::Output& operator<<(io::Output& out, String str)
    { out << cstring(str); return out; }
 
} } // elm::xom
 
#endif // ELM_XOM_STRING_H