gecko-dev/xpcom/ds/nsString.h
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
/*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public
* License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
* except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
* the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
* IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
* implied. See the License for the specific language governing
* rights and limitations under the License.
*
* The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
* Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
* Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
* Rights Reserved.
*
* Contributor(s):
*/
/***********************************************************************
MODULE NOTES:
See nsStr.h for a more general description of string classes.
This version of the nsString class offers many improvements over the
original version:
1. Wide and narrow chars
2. Allocators
3. Much smarter autostrings
4. Subsumable strings
***********************************************************************/
#ifndef _nsCString_
#define _nsCString_
#include "nsString2.h"
#include "prtypes.h"
#include "nscore.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include "nsStr.h"
#include "nsIAtom.h"
class NS_COM nsSubsumeCStr;
class NS_COM nsCString : public nsStr {
public:
/**
* Default constructor.
*/
nsCString();
/**
* This constructor accepts an isolatin string
* @param aCString is a ptr to a 1-byte cstr
*/
nsCString(const char* aCString,PRInt32 aLength=-1);
/**
* This constructor accepts a unichar string
* @param aCString is a ptr to a 2-byte cstr
*/
nsCString(const PRUnichar* aString,PRInt32 aLength=-1);
/**
* This is a copy constructor that accepts an nsStr
* @param reference to another nsCString
*/
nsCString(const nsStr&);
/**
* This is our copy constructor
* @param reference to another nsCString
*/
nsCString(const nsCString& aString);
/**
* This constructor takes a subsumestr
* @param reference to subsumestr
*/
nsCString(nsSubsumeCStr& aSubsumeStr);
/**
* Destructor
*
*/
virtual ~nsCString();
/**
* Retrieve the length of this string
* @return string length
*/
inline PRInt32 Length() const { return (PRInt32)mLength; }
/**
* Retrieve the size of this string
* @return string length
*/
virtual void SizeOf(nsISizeOfHandler* aHandler, PRUint32* aResult) const;
/**
* Call this method if you want to force a different string capacity
* @update gess7/30/98
* @param aLength -- contains new length for mStr
* @return
*/
void SetLength(PRUint32 aLength) {
Truncate(aLength);
}
/**
* Sets the new length of the string.
* @param aLength is new string length.
* @return nada
*/
void SetCapacity(PRUint32 aLength);
/**
* This method truncates this string to given length.
*
* @param anIndex -- new length of string
* @return nada
*/
void Truncate(PRInt32 anIndex=0);
/**
* Determine whether or not the characters in this
* string are in sorted order.
*
* @return TRUE if ordered.
*/
PRBool IsOrdered(void) const;
/**
* Determine whether or not this string has a length of 0
*
* @return TRUE if empty.
*/
PRBool IsEmpty(void) const {
return PRBool(0==mLength);
}
/**********************************************************************
Accessor methods...
*********************************************************************/
/**
* Retrieve const ptr to internal buffer; DO NOT TRY TO FREE IT!
*/
const char* GetBuffer(void) const;
/**
* Get nth character.
*/
PRUnichar operator[](PRUint32 anIndex) const;
PRUnichar CharAt(PRUint32 anIndex) const;
PRUnichar First(void) const;
PRUnichar Last(void) const;
PRBool SetCharAt(PRUnichar aChar,PRUint32 anIndex);
/**********************************************************************
String creation methods...
*********************************************************************/
/**
* Create a new string by appending given string to this
* @param aString -- 2nd string to be appended
* @return new string
*/
nsSubsumeCStr operator+(const nsCString& aString);
/**
* create a new string by adding this to the given char*.
* @param aCString is a ptr to cstring to be added to this
* @return newly created string
*/
nsSubsumeCStr operator+(const char* aCString);
/**
* create a new string by adding this to the given char.
* @param aChar is a char to be added to this
* @return newly created string
*/
nsSubsumeCStr operator+(PRUnichar aChar);
nsSubsumeCStr operator+(char aChar);
/**********************************************************************
Lexomorphic transforms...
*********************************************************************/
/**
* Converts chars in this to lowercase
* @update gess 7/27/98
*/
void ToLowerCase();
/**
* Converts chars in this to lowercase, and
* stores them in aOut
* @update gess 7/27/98
* @param aOut is a string to contain result
*/
void ToLowerCase(nsCString& aString) const;
/**
* Converts chars in this to uppercase
* @update gess 7/27/98
*/
void ToUpperCase();
/**
* Converts chars in this to lowercase, and
* stores them in a given output string
* @update gess 7/27/98
* @param aOut is a string to contain result
*/
void ToUpperCase(nsCString& aString) const;
/**
* This method is used to remove all occurances of the
* characters found in aSet from this string.
*
* @param aSet -- characters to be cut from this
* @return *this
*/
nsCString& StripChars(const char* aSet);
nsCString& StripChar(PRUnichar aChar,PRInt32 anOffset=0);
nsCString& StripChar(char aChar,PRInt32 anOffset=0) { return StripChar((PRUnichar) (unsigned char)aChar,anOffset); }
/**
* This method strips whitespace throughout the string
*
* @return this
*/
nsCString& StripWhitespace();
/**
* swaps occurence of 1 string for another
*
* @return this
*/
nsCString& ReplaceChar(PRUnichar aOldChar,PRUnichar aNewChar);
nsCString& ReplaceChar(const char* aSet,PRUnichar aNewChar);
nsCString& ReplaceSubstring(const nsCString& aTarget,const nsCString& aNewValue);
nsCString& ReplaceSubstring(const char* aTarget,const char* aNewValue);
PRInt32 CountChar(PRUnichar aChar);
/**
* This method trims characters found in aTrimSet from
* either end of the underlying string.
*
* @param aTrimSet -- contains chars to be trimmed from
* both ends
* @return this
*/
nsCString& Trim(const char* aSet,PRBool aEliminateLeading=PR_TRUE,PRBool aEliminateTrailing=PR_TRUE);
/**
* This method strips whitespace from string.
* You can control whether whitespace is yanked from
* start and end of string as well.
*
* @param aEliminateLeading controls stripping of leading ws
* @param aEliminateTrailing controls stripping of trailing ws
* @return this
*/
nsCString& CompressSet(const char* aSet, PRUnichar aChar,PRBool aEliminateLeading=PR_TRUE,PRBool aEliminateTrailing=PR_TRUE);
/**
* This method strips whitespace from string.
* You can control whether whitespace is yanked from
* start and end of string as well.
*
* @param aEliminateLeading controls stripping of leading ws
* @param aEliminateTrailing controls stripping of trailing ws
* @return this
*/
nsCString& CompressWhitespace( PRBool aEliminateLeading=PR_TRUE,PRBool aEliminateTrailing=PR_TRUE);
/**********************************************************************
string conversion methods...
*********************************************************************/
operator char*() {return mStr;}
operator const char*() const {return (const char*)mStr;}
/**
* This method constructs a new nsCString that is a clone
* of this string.
*
*/
nsCString* ToNewString() const;
/**
* Creates an ISOLatin1 clone of this string
* Note that calls to this method should be matched with calls to Recycle().
* @return ptr to new isolatin1 string
*/
char* ToNewCString() const;
/**
* Creates a unicode clone of this string
* Note that calls to this method should be matched with calls to Recycle().
* @return ptr to new unicode string
*/
PRUnichar* ToNewUnicode() const;
/**
* Copies data from internal buffer onto given char* buffer
* NOTE: This only copies as many chars as will fit in given buffer (clips)
* @param aBuf is the buffer where data is stored
* @param aBuflength is the max # of chars to move to buffer
* @return ptr to given buffer
*/
char* ToCString(char* aBuf,PRUint32 aBufLength,PRUint32 anOffset=0) const;
/**
* Perform string to float conversion.
* @param aErrorCode will contain error if one occurs
* @return float rep of string value
*/
float ToFloat(PRInt32* aErrorCode) const;
/**
* Try to derive the radix from the value contained in this string
* @return kRadix10, kRadix16 or kAutoDetect (meaning unknown)
*/
PRUint32 DetermineRadix(void);
/**
* Perform string to int conversion.
* @param aErrorCode will contain error if one occurs
* @return int rep of string value
*/
PRInt32 ToInteger(PRInt32* aErrorCode,PRUint32 aRadix=kRadix10) const;
/**********************************************************************
String manipulation methods...
*********************************************************************/
/**
* Functionally equivalent to assign or operator=
*
*/
nsCString& SetString(const char* aString,PRInt32 aLength=-1) {return Assign(aString,aLength);}
nsCString& SetString(const nsStr& aString,PRInt32 aLength=-1) {return Assign(aString,aLength);}
/**
* assign given string to this string
* @param aStr: buffer to be assigned to this
* @param aCount is the length of the given str (or -1) if you want me to determine its length
* NOTE: IFF you pass -1 as aCount, then your buffer must be null terminated.
*
* @return this
*/
nsCString& Assign(const nsStr& aString,PRInt32 aCount=-1);
nsCString& Assign(const char* aString,PRInt32 aCount=-1);
nsCString& Assign(const PRUnichar* aString,PRInt32 aCount=-1);
nsCString& Assign(PRUnichar aChar);
nsCString& Assign(char aChar);
/**
* here come a bunch of assignment operators...
* @param aString: string to be added to this
* @return this
*/
nsCString& operator=(const nsCString& aString) {return Assign(aString);}
nsCString& operator=(const nsStr& aString) {return Assign(aString);}
nsCString& operator=(PRUnichar aChar) {return Assign(aChar);}
nsCString& operator=(char aChar) {return Assign(aChar);}
nsCString& operator=(const char* aCString) {return Assign(aCString);}
nsCString& operator=(const PRUnichar* aString) {return Assign(aString);}
#ifdef AIX
nsCString& operator=(const nsSubsumeCStr& aSubsumeString); // AIX requires a const here
#else
nsCString& operator=(nsSubsumeCStr& aSubsumeString);
#endif
/**
* Here's a bunch of methods that append varying types...
* @param various...
* @return this
*/
nsCString& operator+=(const nsCString& aString){return Append(aString,aString.mLength);}
nsCString& operator+=(const char* aCString) {return Append(aCString);}
nsCString& operator+=(const PRUnichar aChar){return Append(aChar);}
nsCString& operator+=(const char aChar){return Append(aChar);}
nsCString& operator+=(const int anInt){return Append(anInt,10);}
/*
* Appends n characters from given string to this,
* This version computes the length of your given string
*
* @param aString is the source to be appended to this
* @return number of chars copied
*/
nsCString& Append(const nsCString& aString) {return Append(aString,aString.mLength);}
/*
* Appends n characters from given string to this,
*
* @param aString is the source to be appended to this
* @param aCount -- number of chars to copy; -1 tells us to compute the strlen for you
* NOTE: IFF you pass -1 as aCount, then your buffer must be null terminated.
*
* @return number of chars copied
*/
nsCString& Append(const nsCString& aString,PRInt32 aCount);
nsCString& Append(const nsStr& aString,PRInt32 aCount=-1);
nsCString& Append(const char* aString,PRInt32 aCount=-1);
nsCString& Append(PRUnichar aChar);
nsCString& Append(char aChar);
nsCString& Append(PRInt32 aInteger,PRInt32 aRadix=10); //radix=8,10 or 16
nsCString& Append(float aFloat);
/*
* Copies n characters from this string to given string,
* starting at the leftmost offset.
*
*
* @param aCopy -- Receiving string
* @param aCount -- number of chars to copy
* @return number of chars copied
*/
PRUint32 Left(nsCString& aCopy,PRInt32 aCount) const;
/*
* Copies n characters from this string to given string,
* starting at the given offset.
*
*
* @param aCopy -- Receiving string
* @param aCount -- number of chars to copy
* @param anOffset -- position where copying begins
* @return number of chars copied
*/
PRUint32 Mid(nsCString& aCopy,PRUint32 anOffset,PRInt32 aCount) const;
/*
* Copies n characters from this string to given string,
* starting at rightmost char.
*
*
* @param aCopy -- Receiving string
* @param aCount -- number of chars to copy
* @return number of chars copied
*/
PRUint32 Right(nsCString& aCopy,PRInt32 aCount) const;
/*
* This method inserts n chars from given string into this
* string at str[anOffset].
*
* @param aCopy -- String to be inserted into this
* @param anOffset -- insertion position within this str
* @param aCount -- number of chars to be copied from aCopy
* NOTE: IFF you pass -1 as aCount, then your buffer must be null terminated.
*
* @return number of chars inserted into this.
*/
nsCString& Insert(const nsCString& aCopy,PRUint32 anOffset,PRInt32 aCount=-1);
/**
* Insert a given string into this string at
* a specified offset.
*
* @param aString* to be inserted into this string
* @param anOffset is insert pos in str
* @return the number of chars inserted into this string
*/
nsCString& Insert(const char* aChar,PRUint32 anOffset,PRInt32 aCount=-1);
/**
* Insert a single char into this string at
* a specified offset.
*
* @param character to be inserted into this string
* @param anOffset is insert pos in str
* @return the number of chars inserted into this string
*/
nsCString& Insert(PRUnichar aChar,PRUint32 anOffset);
nsCString& Insert(char aChar,PRUint32 anOffset);
/*
* This method is used to cut characters in this string
* starting at anOffset, continuing for aCount chars.
*
* @param anOffset -- start pos for cut operation
* @param aCount -- number of chars to be cut
* @return *this
*/
nsCString& Cut(PRUint32 anOffset,PRInt32 aCount);
/**********************************************************************
Searching methods...
*********************************************************************/
/**
* Search for given character within this string.
* This method does so by using a binary search,
* so your string HAD BETTER BE ORDERED!
*
* @param aChar is the unicode char to be found
* @return offset in string, or -1 (kNotFound)
*/
PRInt32 BinarySearch(PRUnichar aChar) const;
/**
* Search for given substring within this string
*
* @param aString is substring to be sought in this
* @param aIgnoreCase selects case sensitivity
* @param anOffset tells us where in this strig to start searching
* @return offset in string, or -1 (kNotFound)
*/
PRInt32 Find(const nsStr& aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
PRInt32 Find(const char* aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
PRInt32 Find(const PRUnichar* aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
/**
* Search for given char within this string
*
* @param aString is substring to be sought in this
* @param anOffset tells us where in this strig to start searching
* @param aIgnoreCase selects case sensitivity
* @return find pos in string, or -1 (kNotFound)
*/
PRInt32 FindChar(PRUnichar aChar,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
/**
* This method searches this string for the first character
* found in the given charset
* @param aString contains set of chars to be found
* @param anOffset tells us where to start searching in this
* @return -1 if not found, else the offset in this
*/
PRInt32 FindCharInSet(const char* aString,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
PRInt32 FindCharInSet(const PRUnichar* aString,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
PRInt32 FindCharInSet(const nsStr& aString,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
/**
* This methods scans the string backwards, looking for the given string
* @param aString is substring to be sought in this
* @param aIgnoreCase tells us whether or not to do caseless compare
* @return offset in string, or -1 (kNotFound)
*/
PRInt32 RFind(const char* aCString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
PRInt32 RFind(const nsStr& aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
PRInt32 RFind(const PRUnichar* aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
/**
* Search for given char within this string
*
* @param aString is substring to be sought in this
* @param anOffset tells us where in this strig to start searching
* @param aIgnoreCase selects case sensitivity
* @return find pos in string, or -1 (kNotFound)
*/
PRInt32 RFindChar(PRUnichar aChar,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
/**
* This method searches this string for the last character
* found in the given string
* @param aString contains set of chars to be found
* @param anOffset tells us where to start searching in this
* @return -1 if not found, else the offset in this
*/
PRInt32 RFindCharInSet(const char* aString,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
PRInt32 RFindCharInSet(const PRUnichar* aString,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
PRInt32 RFindCharInSet(const nsStr& aString,PRInt32 anOffset=-1) const;
/**********************************************************************
Comparison methods...
*********************************************************************/
/**
* Compares a given string type to this string.
* @update gess 7/27/98
* @param S is the string to be compared
* @param aIgnoreCase tells us how to treat case
* @param aCount tells us how many chars to compare
* @return -1,0,1
*/
virtual PRInt32 Compare(const nsStr &aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 aCount=-1) const;
virtual PRInt32 Compare(const char* aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 aCount=-1) const;
virtual PRInt32 Compare(const PRUnichar* aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 aCount=-1) const;
/**
* These methods compare a given string type to this one
* @param aString is the string to be compared to this
* @return TRUE or FALSE
*/
PRBool operator==(const nsStr &aString) const;
PRBool operator==(const char* aString) const;
PRBool operator==(const PRUnichar* aString) const;
/**
* These methods perform a !compare of a given string type to this
* @param aString is the string to be compared to this
* @return TRUE
*/
PRBool operator!=(const nsStr &aString) const;
PRBool operator!=(const char* aString) const;
PRBool operator!=(const PRUnichar* aString) const;
/**
* These methods test if a given string is < than this
* @param aString is the string to be compared to this
* @return TRUE or FALSE
*/
PRBool operator<(const nsStr &aString) const;
PRBool operator<(const char* aString) const;
PRBool operator<(const PRUnichar* aString) const;
/**
* These methods test if a given string is > than this
* @param aString is the string to be compared to this
* @return TRUE or FALSE
*/
PRBool operator>(const nsStr &S) const;
PRBool operator>(const char* aString) const;
PRBool operator>(const PRUnichar* aString) const;
/**
* These methods test if a given string is <= than this
* @param aString is the string to be compared to this
* @return TRUE or FALSE
*/
PRBool operator<=(const nsStr &S) const;
PRBool operator<=(const char* aString) const;
PRBool operator<=(const PRUnichar* aString) const;
/**
* These methods test if a given string is >= than this
* @param aString is the string to be compared to this
* @return TRUE or FALSE
*/
PRBool operator>=(const nsStr &S) const;
PRBool operator>=(const char* aString) const;
PRBool operator>=(const PRUnichar* aString) const;
/**
* Compare this to given string; note that we compare full strings here.
* The optional length argument just lets us know how long the given string is.
* If you provide a length, it is compared to length of this string as an
* optimization.
*
* @param aString -- the string to compare to this
* @param aCount -- number of chars in given string you want to compare
* @return TRUE if equal
*/
PRBool Equals(const nsString &aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 aCount=-1) const;
PRBool Equals(const nsStr& aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 aCount=-1) const;
PRBool Equals(const char* aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 aCount=-1) const;
PRBool Equals(const PRUnichar* aString,PRBool aIgnoreCase=PR_FALSE,PRInt32 aCount=-1) const;
PRBool EqualsIgnoreCase(const nsStr& aString) const;
PRBool EqualsIgnoreCase(const char* aString,PRInt32 aCount=-1) const;
PRBool EqualsIgnoreCase(const PRUnichar* aString,PRInt32 aCount=-1) const;
void DebugDump(void) const;
static void Recycle(nsCString* aString);
static nsCString* CreateString(void);
};
extern NS_COM int fputs(const nsCString& aString, FILE* out);
//ostream& operator<<(ostream& aStream,const nsCString& aString);
//virtual void DebugDump(ostream& aStream) const;
/**************************************************************
Here comes the AutoString class which uses internal memory
(typically found on the stack) for its default buffer.
If the buffer needs to grow, it gets reallocated on the heap.
**************************************************************/
class NS_COM nsCAutoString : public nsCString {
public:
nsCAutoString();
nsCAutoString(const char* aString,PRInt32 aLength=-1);
nsCAutoString(const CBufDescriptor& aBuffer);
nsCAutoString(const PRUnichar* aString,PRInt32 aLength=-1);
nsCAutoString(const nsStr& aString);
nsCAutoString(const nsCAutoString& aString);
#ifdef AIX
nsCAutoString(const nsSubsumeCStr& aSubsumeStr); // AIX requires a const
#else
nsCAutoString(nsSubsumeCStr& aSubsumeStr);
#endif // AIX
nsCAutoString(PRUnichar aChar);
virtual ~nsCAutoString();
nsCAutoString& operator=(const nsCAutoString& aString) {nsCString::Assign(aString); return *this;}
nsCAutoString& operator=(const nsCString& aString) {nsCString::Assign(aString); return *this;}
nsCAutoString& operator=(const char* aCString) {nsCString::Assign(aCString); return *this;}
nsCAutoString& operator=(PRUnichar aChar) {nsCString::Assign(aChar); return *this;}
nsCAutoString& operator=(char aChar) {nsCString::Assign(aChar); return *this;}
/**
* Retrieve the size of this string
* @return string length
*/
virtual void SizeOf(nsISizeOfHandler* aHandler, PRUint32* aResult) const;
char mBuffer[kDefaultStringSize];
};
/***************************************************************
The subsumestr class is very unusual.
It differs from a normal string in that it doesn't use normal
copy semantics when another string is assign to this.
Instead, it "steals" the contents of the source string.
This is very handy for returning nsString classes as part of
an operator+(...) for example, in that it cuts down the number
of copy operations that must occur.
You should probably not use this class unless you really know
what you're doing.
***************************************************************/
class NS_COM nsSubsumeCStr : public nsCString {
public:
nsSubsumeCStr(nsStr& aString);
nsSubsumeCStr(PRUnichar* aString,PRBool assumeOwnership,PRInt32 aLength=-1);
nsSubsumeCStr(char* aString,PRBool assumeOwnership,PRInt32 aLength=-1);
};
#endif