ustring.hpp

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/*****************************************************************************
 * ustring.hpp
 *****************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2003 VideoLAN
 * $Id: ustring.hpp 9641 2004-12-22 13:06:43Z gbazin $
 *
 * Authors: Cyril Deguet     <[e-mail]>
 *          Olivier Teuli鑢e <[e-mail]>
 *
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 *****************************************************************************/

#ifndef USTRING_HPP
#define USTRING_HPP

#include "../src/skin_common.hpp"
#include "pointer.hpp"


// Class for UNICODE strings handling
class UString: public SkinObject
{
    public:
        static const uint32_t npos;

        /// Copy constructor
        UString( const UString &rOther );

        /// Create a new unicode string from an UTF8 string
        UString( intf_thread_t *pIntf, const char *pString );

        ~UString();

        /// Get the unicode string
        const uint32_t *u_str() const { return m_pString; }

        /// Get the length of the string
        uint32_t length() const { return m_length; }
        uint32_t size() const { return m_length; }

        /// Comparison
        bool operator ==( const UString &rOther ) const;
        bool operator !=( const UString &rOther ) const;
        bool operator <( const UString &rOther ) const;
        bool operator <=( const UString &rOther ) const;
        bool operator >( const UString &rOther ) const;
        bool operator >=( const UString &rOther ) const;
        /// Assignment
        void operator =( const UString &rOther );
        /// Concatenation with assignment
        void operator +=( const UString &rOther );
        /// Concatenation
        const UString operator +( const UString &rOther ) const;
        const UString operator +( const char *pString ) const;


        /// Search for the first occurance of the substring specified by str
        /// in this string, starting at position. If found, it returns the
        /// index of the first character of the matching substring. If not
        /// found, it returns npos
        uint32_t find( const UString &str, uint32_t position = 0 ) const;
        uint32_t find( const char *pString, uint32_t position = 0 ) const;

        /// Insert elements of str in place of n1 elements in this string,
        /// starting at position position
        void replace( uint32_t position, uint32_t n1, const UString &str );
        void replace( uint32_t position, uint32_t n1, const char *pString );

        /// Returns a string composed of copies of the lesser of n and size()
        /// characters in this string starting at index position
        UString substr( uint32_t position = 0, uint32_t n = npos) const;

        /// XXX: temporary
        void debug() const;

    private:
        /// Unicode string
        uint32_t *m_pString;
        /// String length
        uint32_t m_length;
};


typedef CountedPtr<UString> UStringPtr;

#endif