CString.h   [plain text]

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/*!
 * @header CString
 * Interface for a reasonable String Object.
 */

#ifndef _CSTRING_H
#define _CSTRING_H 1

#include <stdarg.h>		// for va_list type for Vsprintf
#include <string.h>		// for strcmp()

const int kCStringDefSize = 128 ;

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//	* CString: Your Basic String Class
//	NOTE: static CStrings will show up in the leaks.log because destructors for
//	static objects are called after main exits, so the DebugNewReportLeaks()
//	will report them even though they do get deleted on exit.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

class CString
{
public:
	/**** Typedefs, enums, and constants. ****/
	// Exceptions
	enum {
		kUnknownEscapeErr	= 'str0'	// bad %x in sprintf.
	};

public:
	/**** Instance methods. ****/
	// ctor and dtor.
				CString			( int sz = 0 );
				CString			( const char *str );
				CString			( const char *str, int len );
				CString			( const CString& cs );
				CString			( const char *pattern, va_list args );
	virtual	   ~CString			( void );
		
	// Inline accessors.
	int			GetLength		( void ) const ; 
					// { return mLength ; }
	int			GetAllocSize	( void ) const
					{ return mSize ; }
	char		*GetData		( void ) const
					{ return mData ; }
	void		GetPascal		( unsigned char *pstr ) const ;

				operator const char*	(  ) const
					{ return mData ; }
	int			operator==		( const CString& other ) const
					{ return !::strcmp (mData, other.mData) ; }
	CString&	operator=		( const CString& other )
					{ this->Set (other) ; return *this ; }

	// Data modifiers.
	void		Sprintf			( const char *pattern, ... );
	void		Vsprintf		( const char *pattern, va_list args );

	void		Set				( const char *str );
	void		Set				( const char *str, int len );
	void		Set				( const unsigned char *pstr );
	void		Set				( const CString& cs );

	void		Append			( char inChar );
	void		Append			( const char *str );
	void		Append			( const char *str, int len );
	void		Append			( const unsigned char *pstr );
	void		Append			( const CString& cs );

	void		Prepend			( const char *str );
	void		Clear			( int inNewSize = 0 );

protected:
	/**** Instance methods accessible only to class and subclasses. ****/
	void		Grow			( int newSz = 0 );

	/**** Instance data. ****/
	int			mSize;		// Alloc size, *not* length of string
	int			mLength;	// length of string
	char		*mData;		// ptr to string data.
};

#endif	/* _CSTRING_H */