lyx_mirror/src/support/trivstring.h
Georg Baum 83bee109db Make trivstring class ready for use
The interface is now 100% unit tested, and the typedefs depend on the new
STD_STRING_USES_COW configuration variable. The only missing bit is to detect
clang and disable STD_STRING_USES_COW for clang.
2014-12-07 13:14:17 +01:00

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// -*- C++ -*-
/**
* \file trivstring.h
* This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
*
* \author Georg Baum
*
* Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
*/
#ifndef LYX_TRIVSTRING_H
#define LYX_TRIVSTRING_H
#include "support/strfwd.h"
#ifdef STD_STRING_USES_COW
#include <cstdlib>
namespace lyx {
/**
* Trivial string class with almost no features.
* The public interface is a subset of the std::basic_string interface.
* The only important feature is that any read-only access does not need
* synchronization between multiple threads, i.e. it is thread-safe without
* locking.
* Therefore you can safely use a const trivial_string object in multiple
* threads at the same time. This is not the case for std::basic_string in some
* STL implementations (e. g. GNU libcstd++, see bug 9336 and
* https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21334.
* This class should not be used for anything else than providing thread-safety.
* It should be removed as soon as LyX requires C++11, and all supported STL
* implementations provide a C++11 conformant std::basic_string.
*
* If you change anything in this class please ensure that the unit test
* tests/check_trivstring.cpp still tests 100% of the public interface.
*/
template <typename Char> class trivial_string
{
public:
/// Construct an empty string
trivial_string() : size_(0), data_(0) {}
/// Construct a string from a copy of \p that
trivial_string(trivial_string const & that);
/// Construct a string from a copy of \p that
trivial_string(std::basic_string<Char, std::char_traits<Char>, std::allocator<Char> > const & that);
///
~trivial_string() { if (!use_sso()) delete[] data_; }
/// Assign a copy of \p that
trivial_string & operator=(trivial_string const & that);
/// Assign a copy of \p that
trivial_string & operator=(std::basic_string<Char, std::char_traits<Char>, std::allocator<Char> > const & that);
/// Exchange contents with contents of \p that
void swap(trivial_string & that);
/// The length of the string, excluding the final 0 character
size_t length() const { return size_; }
/// Is this string empty?
bool empty() const { return size_ == 0; }
/// Is this string ordered before, at the same position or after \p other?
int compare(trivial_string const & other) const;
/// Create a copy as std::basic_string
operator std::basic_string<Char, std::char_traits<Char>, std::allocator<Char> >() const;
/// Return a C-compatible string, terminated by a 0 character.
/// This is never a copy and only valid for the life time of the trivial_string instance.
Char const * c_str() const;
private:
/**
* Whether short string optimization is used.
* Short string optimization is a technique where no additional memory
* needs to be allocated to store the string contents.
* Instead, the memory which would be used to store the pointer to the
* character buffer is reinterpreted to be a Char * buffer.
* On most 64 bit systems and with Char == char this allows to store
* strings of up to 7 characters without allocating additional memory.
*/
bool use_sso() const { return (size_ + 1) * sizeof(Char) <= sizeof(Char *); }
/// The character storage if sso is used
Char * data_sso() { return reinterpret_cast<Char * >(&data_); }
/// The character storage if sso is used
Char const * data_sso() const { return reinterpret_cast<Char const *>(&data_); }
/// The length of the string, excluding the final 0 character
size_t size_;
/// The character storage
Char * data_;
};
/// Comparison operator (needed for std::set etc)
template <typename Char> bool operator<(trivial_string<Char> const & lhs, trivial_string<Char> const & rhs);
/// Equality operator
template <typename Char> bool operator==(trivial_string<Char> const & lhs, trivial_string<Char> const & rhs);
template <typename Char> bool operator==(trivial_string<Char> const & lhs, Char const * rhs);
template <typename Char> bool operator==(Char const * lhs, trivial_string<Char> const & rhs);
/// Stream output operator
template <typename Char>
std::basic_ostream<Char, std::char_traits<Char> > &
operator<<(std::basic_ostream<Char, std::char_traits<Char> > &, trivial_string<Char> const &);
#else
#include <string>
#endif
} // namespace lyx
#endif