include/wx/string.h

   1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        wx/string.h
   3 // Purpose:     wxString and wxArrayString classes
   4 // Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
   5 // Modified by:
   6 // Created:     29/01/98
   7 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 // Copyright:   (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
   9 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
  10 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  11
  12 /*
  13     Efficient string class [more or less] compatible with MFC CString,
  14     wxWidgets version 1 wxString and std::string and some handy functions
  15     missing from string.h.
  16 */
  17
  18 #ifndef _WX_WXSTRINGH__
  19 #define _WX_WXSTRINGH__
  20
  21 #if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(NO_GCC_PRAGMA)
  22     #pragma interface "string.h"
  23 #endif
  24
  25 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  26 // headers
  27 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  28
  29 #include "wx/defs.h"        // everybody should include this
  30
  31 #if defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__VISAGECPP__)
  32     #include <ctype.h>
  33 #endif
  34
  35 #if defined(__VISAGECPP__) && __IBMCPP__ >= 400
  36    // problem in VACPP V4 with including stdlib.h multiple times
  37    // strconv includes it anyway
  38 #  include <stdio.h>
  39 #  include <string.h>
  40 #  include <stdarg.h>
  41 #  include <limits.h>
  42 #else
  43 #  include <string.h>
  44 #  include <stdio.h>
  45 #  include <stdarg.h>
  46 #  include <limits.h>
  47 #  include <stdlib.h>
  48 #endif
  49
  50 #ifdef HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRINGS_H
  51     #include <strings.h>    // for strcasecmp()
  52 #endif // HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRINGS_H
  53
  54 #ifdef __WXPALMOS__
  55     #include <StringMgr.h>
  56 #endif
  57
  58 #include "wx/wxchar.h"      // for wxChar
  59 #include "wx/buffer.h"      // for wxCharBuffer
  60 #include "wx/strconv.h"     // for wxConvertXXX() macros and wxMBConv classes
  61
  62 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString;
  63
  64 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  65 // macros
  66 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  67
  68 // casts [unfortunately!] needed to call some broken functions which require
  69 // "char *" instead of "const char *"
  70 #define   WXSTRINGCAST (wxChar *)(const wxChar *)
  71 #define   wxCSTRINGCAST (wxChar *)(const wxChar *)
  72 #define   wxMBSTRINGCAST (char *)(const char *)
  73 #define   wxWCSTRINGCAST (wchar_t *)(const wchar_t *)
  74
  75 // implementation only
  76 #define   wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX(i) \
  77     wxASSERT_MSG( (size_t)(i) <= length(), _T("invalid index in wxString") )
  78
  79 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  80 // constants
  81 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  82
  83 // maximum possible length for a string means "take all string" everywhere
  84 #define wxSTRING_MAXLEN wxStringBase::npos
  85
  86 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  87 // global data
  88 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  89
  90 // global pointer to empty string
  91 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(const wxChar*) wxEmptyString;
  92
  93 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  94 // global functions complementing standard C string library replacements for
  95 // strlen() and portable strcasecmp()
  96 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  97
  98 // Use wxXXX() functions from wxchar.h instead! These functions are for
  99 // backwards compatibility only.
 100
 101 // checks whether the passed in pointer is NULL and if the string is empty
 102 inline bool IsEmpty(const char *p) { return (!p || !*p); }
 103
 104 // safe version of strlen() (returns 0 if passed NULL pointer)
 105 inline size_t Strlen(const char *psz)
 106   { return psz ? strlen(psz) : 0; }
 107
 108 // portable strcasecmp/_stricmp
 109 inline int Stricmp(const char *psz1, const char *psz2)
 110 {
 111 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && defined(__WXWINCE__)
 112   register char c1, c2;
 113   do {
 114     c1 = tolower(*psz1++);
 115     c2 = tolower(*psz2++);
 116   } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );
 117
 118   return c1 - c2;
 119 #elif defined(__VISUALC__) || ( defined(__MWERKS__) && defined(__INTEL__) )
 120   return _stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 121 #elif defined(__SC__)
 122   return _stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 123 #elif defined(__SALFORDC__)
 124   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 125 #elif defined(__BORLANDC__)
 126   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 127 #elif defined(__WATCOMC__)
 128   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 129 #elif defined(__DJGPP__)
 130   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 131 #elif defined(__EMX__)
 132   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 133 #elif defined(__WXPM__)
 134   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 135 #elif defined(__WXPALMOS__) || \
 136       defined(HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRING_H) || \
 137       defined(HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRINGS_H) || \
 138       defined(__GNUWIN32__)
 139   return strcasecmp(psz1, psz2);
 140 #elif defined(__MWERKS__) && !defined(__INTEL__)
 141   register char c1, c2;
 142   do {
 143     c1 = tolower(*psz1++);
 144     c2 = tolower(*psz2++);
 145   } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );
 146
 147   return c1 - c2;
 148 #else
 149   // almost all compilers/libraries provide this function (unfortunately under
 150   // different names), that's why we don't implement our own which will surely
 151   // be more efficient than this code (uncomment to use):
 152   /*
 153     register char c1, c2;
 154     do {
 155       c1 = tolower(*psz1++);
 156       c2 = tolower(*psz2++);
 157     } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );
 158
 159     return c1 - c2;
 160   */
 161
 162   #error  "Please define string case-insensitive compare for your OS/compiler"
 163 #endif  // OS/compiler
 164 }
 165
 166 #if wxUSE_STL
 167
 168 #include "wx/beforestd.h"
 169 #include <string>
 170 #include "wx/afterstd.h"
 171
 172 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 173     #ifdef HAVE_STD_WSTRING
 174         typedef std::wstring wxStringBase;
 175     #else
 176         typedef std::basic_string<wxChar> wxStringBase;
 177     #endif
 178 #else
 179     typedef std::string wxStringBase;
 180 #endif
 181
 182 #if (defined(__GNUG__) && (__GNUG__ < 3)) || \
 183     (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER <= 1200))
 184     #define wxSTRING_BASE_HASNT_CLEAR
 185 #endif
 186
 187 #else // if !wxUSE_STL
 188
 189 #ifndef HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
 190     #define HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
 191 #endif
 192
 193 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 194 // string data prepended with some housekeeping info (used by wxString class),
 195 // is never used directly (but had to be put here to allow inlining)
 196 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 197
 198 struct WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringData
 199 {
 200   int     nRefs;        // reference count
 201   size_t  nDataLength,  // actual string length
 202           nAllocLength; // allocated memory size
 203
 204   // mimics declaration 'wxChar data[nAllocLength]'
 205   wxChar* data() const { return (wxChar*)(this + 1); }
 206
 207   // empty string has a special ref count so it's never deleted
 208   bool  IsEmpty()   const { return (nRefs == -1); }
 209   bool  IsShared()  const { return (nRefs > 1);   }
 210
 211   // lock/unlock
 212   void  Lock()   { if ( !IsEmpty() ) nRefs++;                    }
 213
 214   // VC++ will refuse to inline Unlock but profiling shows that it is wrong
 215 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 216   __forceinline
 217 #endif
 218   // VC++ free must take place in same DLL as allocation when using non dll
 219   // run-time library (e.g. Multithreaded instead of Multithreaded DLL)
 220 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && defined(_MT) && !defined(_DLL)
 221   void  Unlock() { if ( !IsEmpty() && --nRefs == 0) Free();  }
 222   // we must not inline deallocation since allocation is not inlined
 223   void  Free();
 224 #else
 225   void  Unlock() { if ( !IsEmpty() && --nRefs == 0) free(this);  }
 226 #endif
 227
 228   // if we had taken control over string memory (GetWriteBuf), it's
 229   // intentionally put in invalid state
 230   void  Validate(bool b)  { nRefs = (b ? 1 : 0); }
 231   bool  IsValid() const   { return (nRefs != 0); }
 232 };
 233
 234 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBase
 235 {
 236 #if !wxUSE_STL
 237 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
 238 #endif
 239 public :
 240   // an 'invalid' value for string index, moved to this place due to a CW bug
 241   static const size_t npos;
 242 protected:
 243   // points to data preceded by wxStringData structure with ref count info
 244   wxChar *m_pchData;
 245
 246   // accessor to string data
 247   wxStringData* GetStringData() const { return (wxStringData*)m_pchData - 1; }
 248
 249   // string (re)initialization functions
 250     // initializes the string to the empty value (must be called only from
 251     // ctors, use Reinit() otherwise)
 252   void Init() { m_pchData = (wxChar *)wxEmptyString; }
 253     // initializaes the string with (a part of) C-string
 254   void InitWith(const wxChar *psz, size_t nPos = 0, size_t nLen = npos);
 255     // as Init, but also frees old data
 256   void Reinit() { GetStringData()->Unlock(); Init(); }
 257
 258   // memory allocation
 259     // allocates memory for string of length nLen
 260   bool AllocBuffer(size_t nLen);
 261     // copies data to another string
 262   bool AllocCopy(wxString&, int, int) const;
 263     // effectively copies data to string
 264   bool AssignCopy(size_t, const wxChar *);
 265
 266   // append a (sub)string
 267   bool ConcatSelf(size_t nLen, const wxChar *src, size_t nMaxLen);
 268   bool ConcatSelf(size_t nLen, const wxChar *src)
 269     { return ConcatSelf(nLen, src, nLen); }
 270
 271   // functions called before writing to the string: they copy it if there
 272   // are other references to our data (should be the only owner when writing)
 273   bool CopyBeforeWrite();
 274   bool AllocBeforeWrite(size_t);
 275
 276     // compatibility with wxString
 277   bool Alloc(size_t nLen);
 278 public:
 279   // standard types
 280   typedef wxChar value_type;
 281   typedef wxChar char_type;
 282   typedef size_t size_type;
 283   typedef value_type& reference;
 284   typedef const value_type& const_reference;
 285   typedef value_type* pointer;
 286   typedef const value_type* const_pointer;
 287   typedef value_type *iterator;
 288   typedef const value_type *const_iterator;
 289
 290   // constructors and destructor
 291     // ctor for an empty string
 292   wxStringBase() { Init(); }
 293     // copy ctor
 294   wxStringBase(const wxStringBase& stringSrc)
 295   {
 296     wxASSERT_MSG( stringSrc.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 297                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 298
 299     if ( stringSrc.empty() ) {
 300       // nothing to do for an empty string
 301       Init();
 302     }
 303     else {
 304       m_pchData = stringSrc.m_pchData;            // share same data
 305       GetStringData()->Lock();                    // => one more copy
 306     }
 307   }
 308     // string containing nRepeat copies of ch
 309   wxStringBase(size_type nRepeat, wxChar ch);
 310     // ctor takes first nLength characters from C string
 311     // (default value of npos means take all the string)
 312   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz)
 313       { InitWith(psz, 0, npos); }
 314   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz, size_t nLength)
 315       { InitWith(psz, 0, nLength); }
 316   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz, wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv), size_t nLength = npos)
 317       { InitWith(psz, 0, nLength); }
 318     // take nLen chars starting at nPos
 319   wxStringBase(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nPos, size_t nLen)
 320   {
 321     wxASSERT_MSG( str.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 322                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 323     Init();
 324     size_t strLen = str.length() - nPos; nLen = strLen < nLen ? strLen : nLen;
 325     InitWith(str.c_str(), nPos, nLen);
 326   }
 327     // take all characters from pStart to pEnd
 328   wxStringBase(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd);
 329
 330     // dtor is not virtual, this class must not be inherited from!
 331   ~wxStringBase()
 332   {
 333 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 334       //RN - according to the above VC++ does indeed inline this,
 335       //even though it spits out two warnings
 336       #pragma warning (disable:4714)
 337 #endif
 338
 339       GetStringData()->Unlock();
 340   }
 341
 342 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 343     //re-enable inlining warning
 344     #pragma warning (default:4714)
 345 #endif
 346   // overloaded assignment
 347     // from another wxString
 348   wxStringBase& operator=(const wxStringBase& stringSrc);
 349     // from a character
 350   wxStringBase& operator=(wxChar ch);
 351     // from a C string
 352   wxStringBase& operator=(const wxChar *psz);
 353
 354     // return the length of the string
 355   size_type size() const { return GetStringData()->nDataLength; }
 356     // return the length of the string
 357   size_type length() const { return size(); }
 358     // return the maximum size of the string
 359   size_type max_size() const { return wxSTRING_MAXLEN; }
 360     // resize the string, filling the space with c if c != 0
 361   void resize(size_t nSize, wxChar ch = wxT('\0'));
 362     // delete the contents of the string
 363   void clear() { erase(0, npos); }
 364     // returns true if the string is empty
 365   bool empty() const { return size() == 0; }
 366     // inform string about planned change in size
 367   void reserve(size_t sz) { Alloc(sz); }
 368   size_type capacity() const { return GetStringData()->nAllocLength; }
 369
 370   // lib.string.access
 371     // return the character at position n
 372   value_type at(size_type n) const
 373     { wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX( n ); return m_pchData[n]; }
 374     // returns the writable character at position n
 375   reference at(size_type n)
 376     { wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX( n ); CopyBeforeWrite(); return m_pchData[n]; }
 377
 378   // lib.string.modifiers
 379     // append elements str[pos], ..., str[pos+n]
 380   wxStringBase& append(const wxStringBase& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
 381   {
 382     wxASSERT(pos <= str.length());
 383     ConcatSelf(n, str.c_str() + pos, str.length() - pos);
 384     return *this;
 385   }
 386     // append a string
 387   wxStringBase& append(const wxStringBase& str)
 388     { ConcatSelf(str.length(), str.c_str()); return *this; }
 389     // append first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
 390   wxStringBase& append(const wxChar *sz)
 391     { ConcatSelf(wxStrlen(sz), sz); return *this; }
 392   wxStringBase& append(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
 393     { ConcatSelf(n, sz); return *this; }
 394     // append n copies of ch
 395   wxStringBase& append(size_t n, wxChar ch);
 396     // append from first to last
 397   wxStringBase& append(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 398     { ConcatSelf(last - first, first); return *this; }
 399
 400     // same as `this_string = str'
 401   wxStringBase& assign(const wxStringBase& str)
 402     { return *this = str; }
 403     // same as ` = str[pos..pos + n]
 404   wxStringBase& assign(const wxStringBase& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
 405     { clear(); return append(str, pos, n); }
 406     // same as `= first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz'
 407   wxStringBase& assign(const wxChar *sz)
 408     { clear(); return append(sz, wxStrlen(sz)); }
 409   wxStringBase& assign(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
 410     { clear(); return append(sz, n); }
 411     // same as `= n copies of ch'
 412   wxStringBase& assign(size_t n, wxChar ch)
 413     { clear(); return append(n, ch); }
 414     // assign from first to last
 415   wxStringBase& assign(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 416     { clear(); return append(first, last); }
 417
 418     // first valid index position
 419   const_iterator begin() const { return m_pchData; }
 420     // position one after the last valid one
 421   const_iterator end() const { return m_pchData + length(); }
 422
 423   // first valid index position
 424   iterator begin();
 425   // position one after the last valid one
 426   iterator end();
 427
 428     // insert another string
 429   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxStringBase& str)
 430   {
 431     wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 432     return insert(nPos, str.c_str(), str.length());
 433   }
 434     // insert n chars of str starting at nStart (in str)
 435   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart, size_t n)
 436   {
 437     wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 438     wxASSERT( nStart < str.length() );
 439     size_t strLen = str.length() - nStart;
 440     n = strLen < n ? strLen : n;
 441     return insert(nPos, str.c_str() + nStart, n);
 442   }
 443     // insert first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
 444   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz, size_t n = npos);
 445     // insert n copies of ch
 446   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, size_t n, wxChar ch)
 447     { return insert(nPos, wxStringBase(n, ch)); }
 448   iterator insert(iterator it, wxChar ch)
 449     { size_t idx = it - begin(); insert(idx, 1, ch); return begin() + idx; }
 450   void insert(iterator it, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 451     { insert(it - begin(), first, last - first); }
 452   void insert(iterator it, size_type n, wxChar ch)
 453     { insert(it - begin(), n, ch); }
 454
 455     // delete characters from nStart to nStart + nLen
 456   wxStringBase& erase(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos);
 457   iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last)
 458   {
 459     size_t idx = first - begin();
 460     erase(idx, last - first);
 461     return begin() + idx;
 462   }
 463   iterator erase(iterator first);
 464
 465   // explicit conversion to C string (use this with printf()!)
 466   const wxChar* c_str() const { return m_pchData; }
 467   const wxChar* data() const { return m_pchData; }
 468
 469     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
 470   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxChar* sz);
 471     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
 472   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str)
 473     { return replace(nStart, nLen, str.c_str()); }
 474     // replaces the substring with nCount copies of ch
 475   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, wxChar ch);
 476     // replaces a substring with another substring
 477   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 478                         const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2);
 479     // replaces the substring with first nCount chars of sz
 480   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 481                         const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount);
 482   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s)
 483     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s); }
 484   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s,
 485                         size_type n)
 486     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s, n); }
 487   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const wxStringBase& s)
 488     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s); }
 489   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, size_type n, wxChar c)
 490     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, n, c); }
 491   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last,
 492                         const_iterator first1, const_iterator last1)
 493     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, first1, last1 - first1); }
 494
 495     // swap two strings
 496   void swap(wxStringBase& str);
 497
 498     // All find() functions take the nStart argument which specifies the
 499     // position to start the search on, the default value is 0. All functions
 500     // return npos if there were no match.
 501
 502     // find a substring
 503   size_t find(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 504
 505   // VC++ 1.5 can't cope with this syntax.
 506 #if !defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__WIN32__)
 507     // find first n characters of sz
 508   size_t find(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0, size_t n = npos) const;
 509 #endif // VC++ 1.5
 510
 511     // find the first occurence of character ch after nStart
 512   size_t find(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 513
 514     // rfind() family is exactly like find() but works right to left
 515
 516     // as find, but from the end
 517   size_t rfind(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 518
 519   // VC++ 1.5 can't cope with this syntax.
 520     // as find, but from the end
 521   size_t rfind(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos,
 522                size_t n = npos) const;
 523     // as find, but from the end
 524   size_t rfind(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 525
 526     // find first/last occurence of any character in the set
 527
 528     // as strpbrk() but starts at nStart, returns npos if not found
 529   size_t find_first_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const
 530     { return find_first_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 531     // same as above
 532   size_t find_first_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 533   size_t find_first_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 534     // same as find(char, size_t)
 535   size_t find_first_of(wxChar c, size_t nStart = 0) const
 536     { return find(c, nStart); }
 537     // find the last (starting from nStart) char from str in this string
 538   size_t find_last_of (const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const
 539     { return find_last_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 540     // same as above
 541   size_t find_last_of (const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 542   size_t find_last_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 543     // same as above
 544   size_t find_last_of(wxChar c, size_t nStart = npos) const
 545     { return rfind(c, nStart); }
 546
 547     // find first/last occurence of any character not in the set
 548
 549     // as strspn() (starting from nStart), returns npos on failure
 550   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const
 551     { return find_first_not_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 552     // same as above
 553   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 554   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 555     // same as above
 556   size_t find_first_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 557     //  as strcspn()
 558   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const
 559     { return find_last_not_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 560     // same as above
 561   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 562   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 563     // same as above
 564   size_t find_last_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 565
 566     // All compare functions return -1, 0 or 1 if the [sub]string is less,
 567     // equal or greater than the compare() argument.
 568
 569     // comparison with another string
 570   int compare(const wxStringBase& str) const;
 571     // comparison with a substring
 572   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str) const;
 573     // comparison of 2 substrings
 574   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 575               const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2) const;
 576     // comparison with a c string
 577   int compare(const wxChar* sz) const;
 578     // substring comparison with first nCount characters of sz
 579   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 580               const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount = npos) const;
 581
 582   size_type copy(wxChar* s, size_type n, size_type pos = 0);
 583
 584   // substring extraction
 585   wxStringBase substr(size_t nStart = 0, size_t nLen = npos) const;
 586
 587       // string += string
 588   wxStringBase& operator+=(const wxStringBase& s) { return append(s); }
 589       // string += C string
 590   wxStringBase& operator+=(const wxChar *psz) { return append(psz); }
 591       // string += char
 592   wxStringBase& operator+=(wxChar ch) { return append(1, ch); }
 593 };
 594
 595 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
 596
 597 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 598 // wxString: string class trying to be compatible with std::string, MFC
 599 //           CString and wxWindows 1.x wxString all at once
 600 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 601
 602 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString : public wxStringBase
 603 {
 604 #if !wxUSE_STL
 605 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
 606 #endif
 607
 608   // NB: special care was taken in arranging the member functions in such order
 609   //     that all inline functions can be effectively inlined, verify that all
 610   //     performace critical functions are still inlined if you change order!
 611 private:
 612   // if we hadn't made these operators private, it would be possible to
 613   // compile "wxString s; s = 17;" without any warnings as 17 is implicitly
 614   // converted to char in C and we do have operator=(char)
 615   //
 616   // NB: we don't need other versions (short/long and unsigned) as attempt
 617   //     to assign another numeric type to wxString will now result in
 618   //     ambiguity between operator=(char) and operator=(int)
 619   wxString& operator=(int);
 620
 621   // these methods are not implemented - there is _no_ conversion from int to
 622   // string, you're doing something wrong if the compiler wants to call it!
 623   //
 624   // try `s << i' or `s.Printf("%d", i)' instead
 625   wxString(int);
 626
 627 public:
 628   // constructors and destructor
 629     // ctor for an empty string
 630   wxString() : wxStringBase() { }
 631     // copy ctor
 632   wxString(const wxStringBase& stringSrc) : wxStringBase(stringSrc) { }
 633   wxString(const wxString& stringSrc) : wxStringBase(stringSrc) { }
 634     // string containing nRepeat copies of ch
 635   wxString(wxChar ch, size_t nRepeat = 1)
 636       : wxStringBase(nRepeat, ch) { }
 637   wxString(size_t nRepeat, wxChar ch)
 638       : wxStringBase(nRepeat, ch) { }
 639     // ctor takes first nLength characters from C string
 640     // (default value of npos means take all the string)
 641   wxString(const wxChar *psz)
 642       : wxStringBase(psz ? psz : wxT("")) { }
 643   wxString(const wxChar *psz, size_t nLength)
 644       : wxStringBase(psz, nLength) { }
 645   wxString(const wxChar *psz, wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv), size_t nLength = npos)
 646       : wxStringBase(psz, nLength == npos ? wxStrlen(psz) : nLength) { }
 647
 648 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 649     // from multibyte string
 650   wxString(const char *psz, wxMBConv& conv, size_t nLength = npos);
 651     // from wxWCharBuffer (i.e. return from wxGetString)
 652   wxString(const wxWCharBuffer& psz) : wxStringBase(psz.data()) { }
 653 #else // ANSI
 654     // from C string (for compilers using unsigned char)
 655   wxString(const unsigned char* psz, size_t nLength = npos)
 656       : wxStringBase((const char*)psz, nLength) { }
 657
 658 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 659     // from wide (Unicode) string
 660   wxString(const wchar_t *pwz, wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc, size_t nLength = npos);
 661 #endif // !wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 662
 663     // from wxCharBuffer
 664   wxString(const wxCharBuffer& psz)
 665       : wxStringBase(psz) { }
 666 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 667
 668   // generic attributes & operations
 669     // as standard strlen()
 670   size_t Len() const { return length(); }
 671     // string contains any characters?
 672   bool IsEmpty() const { return empty(); }
 673     // empty string is "false", so !str will return true
 674   bool operator!() const { return IsEmpty(); }
 675     // truncate the string to given length
 676   wxString& Truncate(size_t uiLen);
 677     // empty string contents
 678   void Empty()
 679   {
 680     Truncate(0);
 681
 682     wxASSERT_MSG( IsEmpty(), _T("string not empty after call to Empty()?") );
 683   }
 684     // empty the string and free memory
 685   void Clear()
 686   {
 687     wxString tmp(wxEmptyString);
 688     swap(tmp);
 689   }
 690
 691   // contents test
 692     // Is an ascii value
 693   bool IsAscii() const;
 694     // Is a number
 695   bool IsNumber() const;
 696     // Is a word
 697   bool IsWord() const;
 698
 699   // data access (all indexes are 0 based)
 700     // read access
 701     wxChar  GetChar(size_t n) const
 702       { return at(n); }
 703     // read/write access
 704     wxChar& GetWritableChar(size_t n)
 705       { return at(n); }
 706     // write access
 707     void  SetChar(size_t n, wxChar ch)
 708       { at(n) = ch; }
 709
 710     // get last character
 711     wxChar  Last() const
 712       {
 713           wxASSERT_MSG( !IsEmpty(), _T("wxString: index out of bounds") );
 714
 715           return at(length() - 1);
 716       }
 717
 718     // get writable last character
 719     wxChar& Last()
 720       {
 721           wxASSERT_MSG( !IsEmpty(), _T("wxString: index out of bounds") );
 722           return at(length() - 1);
 723       }
 724
 725     /*
 726        Note that we we must define all of the overloads below to avoid
 727        ambiguity when using str[0]. Also note that for a conforming compiler we
 728        don't need const version of operatorp[] at all as indexed access to
 729        const string is provided by implicit conversion to "const wxChar *"
 730        below and defining them would only result in ambiguities, but some other
 731        compilers refuse to compile "str[0]" without them.
 732      */
 733
 734 #if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) || defined(__MWERKS__)
 735     wxChar operator[](int n) const
 736       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 737     wxChar operator[](size_type n) const
 738       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 739 #ifndef wxSIZE_T_IS_UINT
 740     wxChar operator[](unsigned int n) const
 741       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 742 #endif // size_t != unsigned int
 743 #endif // broken compiler
 744
 745
 746     // operator versions of GetWriteableChar()
 747     wxChar& operator[](int n)
 748       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 749     wxChar& operator[](size_type n)
 750       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 751 #ifndef wxSIZE_T_IS_UINT
 752     wxChar& operator[](unsigned int n)
 753       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 754 #endif // size_t != unsigned int
 755
 756     // implicit conversion to C string
 757     operator const wxChar*() const { return c_str(); }
 758
 759     // identical to c_str(), for wxWin 1.6x compatibility
 760     const wxChar* wx_str()  const { return c_str(); }
 761     // identical to c_str(), for MFC compatibility
 762     const wxChar* GetData() const { return c_str(); }
 763
 764     // conversion to/from plain (i.e. 7 bit) ASCII: this is useful for
 765     // converting numbers or strings which are certain not to contain special
 766     // chars (typically system functions, X atoms, environment variables etc.)
 767     //
 768     // the behaviour of these functions with the strings containing anything
 769     // else than 7 bit ASCII characters is undefined, use at your own risk.
 770 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 771     static wxString FromAscii(const char *ascii);  // string
 772     static wxString FromAscii(const char ascii);   // char
 773     const wxCharBuffer ToAscii() const;
 774 #else // ANSI
 775     static wxString FromAscii(const char *ascii) { return wxString( ascii ); }
 776     static wxString FromAscii(const char ascii) { return wxString( ascii ); }
 777     const char *ToAscii() const { return c_str(); }
 778 #endif // Unicode/!Unicode
 779
 780     // conversions with (possible) format conversions: have to return a
 781     // buffer with temporary data
 782     //
 783     // the functions defined (in either Unicode or ANSI) mode are mb_str() to
 784     // return an ANSI (multibyte) string, wc_str() to return a wide string and
 785     // fn_str() to return a string which should be used with the OS APIs
 786     // accepting the file names. The return value is always the same, but the
 787     // type differs because a function may either return pointer to the buffer
 788     // directly or have to use intermediate buffer for translation.
 789 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 790     const wxCharBuffer mb_str(wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc) const;
 791
 792     const wxWX2MBbuf mbc_str() const { return mb_str(*wxConvCurrent); }
 793
 794     const wxChar* wc_str() const { return c_str(); }
 795
 796     // for compatibility with !wxUSE_UNICODE version
 797     const wxChar* wc_str(wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv)) const { return c_str(); }
 798
 799 #if wxMBFILES
 800     const wxCharBuffer fn_str() const { return mb_str(wxConvFile); }
 801 #else // !wxMBFILES
 802     const wxChar* fn_str() const { return c_str(); }
 803 #endif // wxMBFILES/!wxMBFILES
 804 #else // ANSI
 805     const wxChar* mb_str() const { return c_str(); }
 806
 807     // for compatibility with wxUSE_UNICODE version
 808     const wxChar* mb_str(wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv)) const { return c_str(); }
 809
 810     const wxWX2MBbuf mbc_str() const { return mb_str(); }
 811
 812 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 813     const wxWCharBuffer wc_str(wxMBConv& conv) const;
 814 #endif // wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 815 #ifdef __WXOSX__
 816     const wxCharBuffer fn_str() const { return wxConvFile.cWC2WX( wc_str( wxConvLocal ) ); }
 817 #else
 818     const wxChar* fn_str() const { return c_str(); }
 819 #endif
 820 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 821
 822   // overloaded assignment
 823     // from another wxString
 824   wxString& operator=(const wxStringBase& stringSrc)
 825     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(stringSrc); }
 826     // from a character
 827   wxString& operator=(wxChar ch)
 828     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(ch); }
 829     // from a C string
 830   wxString& operator=(const wxChar *psz)
 831     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(psz); }
 832 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 833     // from wxWCharBuffer
 834   wxString& operator=(const wxWCharBuffer& psz)
 835     { (void) operator=((const wchar_t *)psz); return *this; }
 836 #else // ANSI
 837     // from another kind of C string
 838   wxString& operator=(const unsigned char* psz);
 839 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 840     // from a wide string
 841   wxString& operator=(const wchar_t *pwz);
 842 #endif
 843     // from wxCharBuffer
 844   wxString& operator=(const wxCharBuffer& psz)
 845     { (void) operator=((const char *)psz); return *this; }
 846 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 847
 848   // string concatenation
 849     // in place concatenation
 850     /*
 851         Concatenate and return the result. Note that the left to right
 852         associativity of << allows to write things like "str << str1 << str2
 853         << ..." (unlike with +=)
 854      */
 855       // string += string
 856   wxString& operator<<(const wxString& s)
 857   {
 858 #if !wxUSE_STL
 859     wxASSERT_MSG( s.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 860                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 861 #endif
 862
 863     append(s);
 864     return *this;
 865   }
 866       // string += C string
 867   wxString& operator<<(const wxChar *psz)
 868     { append(psz); return *this; }
 869       // string += char
 870   wxString& operator<<(wxChar ch) { append(1, ch); return *this; }
 871
 872       // string += buffer (i.e. from wxGetString)
 873 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 874   wxString& operator<<(const wxWCharBuffer& s)
 875     { (void)operator<<((const wchar_t *)s); return *this; }
 876   void operator+=(const wxWCharBuffer& s)
 877     { (void)operator<<((const wchar_t *)s); }
 878 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
 879   wxString& operator<<(const wxCharBuffer& s)
 880     { (void)operator<<((const char *)s); return *this; }
 881   void operator+=(const wxCharBuffer& s)
 882     { (void)operator<<((const char *)s); }
 883 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
 884
 885     // string += C string
 886   wxString& Append(const wxString& s)
 887     {
 888         // test for IsEmpty() to share the string if possible
 889         if ( IsEmpty() )
 890             *this = s;
 891         else
 892             append(s);
 893         return *this;
 894     }
 895   wxString& Append(const wxChar* psz)
 896     { append(psz); return *this; }
 897     // append count copies of given character
 898   wxString& Append(wxChar ch, size_t count = 1u)
 899     { append(count, ch); return *this; }
 900   wxString& Append(const wxChar* psz, size_t nLen)
 901     { append(psz, nLen); return *this; }
 902
 903     // prepend a string, return the string itself
 904   wxString& Prepend(const wxString& str)
 905     { *this = str + *this; return *this; }
 906
 907     // non-destructive concatenation
 908       //
 909   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string1,  const wxString& string2);
 910       //
 911   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch);
 912       //
 913   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string);
 914       //
 915   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, const wxChar *psz);
 916       //
 917   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxChar *psz, const wxString& string);
 918
 919   // stream-like functions
 920       // insert an int into string
 921   wxString& operator<<(int i)
 922     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%d"), i); }
 923       // insert an unsigned int into string
 924   wxString& operator<<(unsigned int ui)
 925     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%u"), ui); }
 926       // insert a long into string
 927   wxString& operator<<(long l)
 928     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%ld"), l); }
 929       // insert an unsigned long into string
 930   wxString& operator<<(unsigned long ul)
 931     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%lu"), ul); }
 932       // insert a float into string
 933   wxString& operator<<(float f)
 934     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%f"), f); }
 935       // insert a double into string
 936   wxString& operator<<(double d)
 937     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%g"), d); }
 938
 939   // string comparison
 940     // case-sensitive comparison (returns a value < 0, = 0 or > 0)
 941   int Cmp(const wxChar *psz) const;
 942   int Cmp(const wxString& s) const;
 943     // same as Cmp() but not case-sensitive
 944   int CmpNoCase(const wxChar *psz) const;
 945   int CmpNoCase(const wxString& s) const;
 946     // test for the string equality, either considering case or not
 947     // (if compareWithCase then the case matters)
 948   bool IsSameAs(const wxChar *psz, bool compareWithCase = true) const
 949     { return (compareWithCase ? Cmp(psz) : CmpNoCase(psz)) == 0; }
 950     // comparison with a signle character: returns true if equal
 951   bool IsSameAs(wxChar c, bool compareWithCase = true) const
 952     {
 953       return (length() == 1) && (compareWithCase ? GetChar(0u) == c
 954                               : wxToupper(GetChar(0u)) == wxToupper(c));
 955     }
 956
 957   // simple sub-string extraction
 958       // return substring starting at nFirst of length nCount (or till the end
 959       // if nCount = default value)
 960   wxString Mid(size_t nFirst, size_t nCount = npos) const;
 961
 962       // operator version of Mid()
 963   wxString  operator()(size_t start, size_t len) const
 964     { return Mid(start, len); }
 965
 966       // check that the string starts with prefix and return the rest of the
 967       // string in the provided pointer if it is not NULL, otherwise return
 968       // false
 969   bool StartsWith(const wxChar *prefix, wxString *rest = NULL) const;
 970
 971       // get first nCount characters
 972   wxString Left(size_t nCount) const;
 973       // get last nCount characters
 974   wxString Right(size_t nCount) const;
 975       // get all characters before the first occurance of ch
 976       // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
 977   wxString BeforeFirst(wxChar ch) const;
 978       // get all characters before the last occurence of ch
 979       // (returns empty string if ch not found)
 980   wxString BeforeLast(wxChar ch) const;
 981       // get all characters after the first occurence of ch
 982       // (returns empty string if ch not found)
 983   wxString AfterFirst(wxChar ch) const;
 984       // get all characters after the last occurence of ch
 985       // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
 986   wxString AfterLast(wxChar ch) const;
 987
 988     // for compatibility only, use more explicitly named functions above
 989   wxString Before(wxChar ch) const { return BeforeLast(ch); }
 990   wxString After(wxChar ch) const { return AfterFirst(ch); }
 991
 992   // case conversion
 993       // convert to upper case in place, return the string itself
 994   wxString& MakeUpper();
 995       // convert to upper case, return the copy of the string
 996       // Here's something to remember: BC++ doesn't like returns in inlines.
 997   wxString Upper() const ;
 998       // convert to lower case in place, return the string itself
 999   wxString& MakeLower();
1000       // convert to lower case, return the copy of the string
1001   wxString Lower() const ;
1002
1003   // trimming/padding whitespace (either side) and truncating
1004       // remove spaces from left or from right (default) side
1005   wxString& Trim(bool bFromRight = true);
1006       // add nCount copies chPad in the beginning or at the end (default)
1007   wxString& Pad(size_t nCount, wxChar chPad = wxT(' '), bool bFromRight = true);
1008
1009   // searching and replacing
1010       // searching (return starting index, or -1 if not found)
1011   int Find(wxChar ch, bool bFromEnd = false) const;   // like strchr/strrchr
1012       // searching (return starting index, or -1 if not found)
1013   int Find(const wxChar *pszSub) const;               // like strstr
1014       // replace first (or all of bReplaceAll) occurences of substring with
1015       // another string, returns the number of replacements made
1016   size_t Replace(const wxChar *szOld,
1017                  const wxChar *szNew,
1018                  bool bReplaceAll = true);
1019
1020     // check if the string contents matches a mask containing '*' and '?'
1021   bool Matches(const wxChar *szMask) const;
1022
1023     // conversion to numbers: all functions return true only if the whole
1024     // string is a number and put the value of this number into the pointer
1025     // provided, the base is the numeric base in which the conversion should be
1026     // done and must be comprised between 2 and 36 or be 0 in which case the
1027     // standard C rules apply (leading '0' => octal, "0x" => hex)
1028         // convert to a signed integer
1029     bool ToLong(long *val, int base = 10) const;
1030         // convert to an unsigned integer
1031     bool ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base = 10) const;
1032         // convert to a double
1033     bool ToDouble(double *val) const;
1034
1035   // formated input/output
1036     // as sprintf(), returns the number of characters written or < 0 on error
1037     // (take 'this' into account in attribute parameter count)
1038   int Printf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
1039     // as vprintf(), returns the number of characters written or < 0 on error
1040   int PrintfV(const wxChar* pszFormat, va_list argptr);
1041
1042     // returns the string containing the result of Printf() to it
1043   static wxString Format(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_1;
1044     // the same as above, but takes a va_list
1045   static wxString FormatV(const wxChar *pszFormat, va_list argptr);
1046
1047   // raw access to string memory
1048     // ensure that string has space for at least nLen characters
1049     // only works if the data of this string is not shared
1050   bool Alloc(size_t nLen) { reserve(nLen); /*return capacity() >= nLen;*/ return true; }
1051     // minimize the string's memory
1052     // only works if the data of this string is not shared
1053   bool Shrink();
1054 #if !wxUSE_STL
1055     // get writable buffer of at least nLen bytes. Unget() *must* be called
1056     // a.s.a.p. to put string back in a reasonable state!
1057   wxChar *GetWriteBuf(size_t nLen);
1058     // call this immediately after GetWriteBuf() has been used
1059   void UngetWriteBuf();
1060   void UngetWriteBuf(size_t nLen);
1061 #endif
1062
1063   // wxWidgets version 1 compatibility functions
1064
1065   // use Mid()
1066   wxString SubString(size_t from, size_t to) const
1067       { return Mid(from, (to - from + 1)); }
1068     // values for second parameter of CompareTo function
1069   enum caseCompare {exact, ignoreCase};
1070     // values for first parameter of Strip function
1071   enum stripType {leading = 0x1, trailing = 0x2, both = 0x3};
1072
1073   // use Printf()
1074   // (take 'this' into account in attribute parameter count)
1075   int sprintf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
1076
1077     // use Cmp()
1078   inline int CompareTo(const wxChar* psz, caseCompare cmp = exact) const
1079     { return cmp == exact ? Cmp(psz) : CmpNoCase(psz); }
1080
1081     // use Len
1082   size_t Length() const { return length(); }
1083     // Count the number of characters
1084   int Freq(wxChar ch) const;
1085     // use MakeLower
1086   void LowerCase() { MakeLower(); }
1087     // use MakeUpper
1088   void UpperCase() { MakeUpper(); }
1089     // use Trim except that it doesn't change this string
1090   wxString Strip(stripType w = trailing) const;
1091
1092     // use Find (more general variants not yet supported)
1093   size_t Index(const wxChar* psz) const { return Find(psz); }
1094   size_t Index(wxChar ch)         const { return Find(ch);  }
1095     // use Truncate
1096   wxString& Remove(size_t pos) { return Truncate(pos); }
1097   wxString& RemoveLast(size_t n = 1) { return Truncate(length() - n); }
1098
1099   wxString& Remove(size_t nStart, size_t nLen)
1100       { return (wxString&)erase( nStart, nLen ); }
1101
1102     // use Find()
1103   int First( const wxChar ch ) const { return Find(ch); }
1104   int First( const wxChar* psz ) const { return Find(psz); }
1105   int First( const wxString &str ) const { return Find(str); }
1106   int Last( const wxChar ch ) const { return Find(ch, true); }
1107   bool Contains(const wxString& str) const { return Find(str) != wxNOT_FOUND; }
1108
1109     // use IsEmpty()
1110   bool IsNull() const { return IsEmpty(); }
1111
1112   // std::string compatibility functions
1113
1114     // take nLen chars starting at nPos
1115   wxString(const wxString& str, size_t nPos, size_t nLen)
1116       : wxStringBase(str, nPos, nLen) { }
1117     // take all characters from pStart to pEnd
1118   wxString(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd)
1119       : wxStringBase((const wxChar*)pStart, (const wxChar*)pEnd) { }
1120 #if wxUSE_STL
1121   wxString(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1122       : wxStringBase(first, last) { }
1123 #endif
1124
1125   // lib.string.modifiers
1126     // append elements str[pos], ..., str[pos+n]
1127   wxString& append(const wxString& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
1128     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(str, pos, n); }
1129     // append a string
1130   wxString& append(const wxString& str)
1131     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(str); }
1132     // append first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
1133   wxString& append(const wxChar *sz)
1134     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(sz); }
1135   wxString& append(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1136     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(sz, n); }
1137     // append n copies of ch
1138   wxString& append(size_t n, wxChar ch)
1139     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(n, ch); }
1140     // append from first to last
1141   wxString& append(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1142     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(first, last); }
1143
1144     // same as `this_string = str'
1145   wxString& assign(const wxString& str)
1146     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(str); }
1147     // same as ` = str[pos..pos + n]
1148   wxString& assign(const wxString& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
1149     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(str, pos, n); }
1150     // same as `= first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz'
1151   wxString& assign(const wxChar *sz)
1152     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(sz); }
1153   wxString& assign(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1154     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(sz, n); }
1155     // same as `= n copies of ch'
1156   wxString& assign(size_t n, wxChar ch)
1157     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(n, ch); }
1158     // assign from first to last
1159   wxString& assign(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1160     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(first, last); }
1161
1162     // string comparison
1163 #ifndef HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
1164   int compare(const wxStringBase& str) const;
1165     // comparison with a substring
1166   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str) const;
1167     // comparison of 2 substrings
1168   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1169               const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2) const;
1170     // just like strcmp()
1171   int compare(const wxChar* sz) const;
1172     // substring comparison with first nCount characters of sz
1173   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1174               const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount = npos) const;
1175 #endif // !defined HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
1176
1177     // insert another string
1178   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str)
1179     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, str); }
1180     // insert n chars of str starting at nStart (in str)
1181   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str, size_t nStart, size_t n)
1182     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, str, nStart, n); }
1183     // insert first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
1184   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz)
1185     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, sz); }
1186   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1187     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, sz, n); }
1188     // insert n copies of ch
1189   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, size_t n, wxChar ch)
1190     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, n, ch); }
1191   iterator insert(iterator it, wxChar ch)
1192     { return wxStringBase::insert(it, ch); }
1193   void insert(iterator it, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1194     { wxStringBase::insert(it, first, last); }
1195   void insert(iterator it, size_type n, wxChar ch)
1196     { wxStringBase::insert(it, n, ch); }
1197
1198     // delete characters from nStart to nStart + nLen
1199   wxString& erase(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos)
1200     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::erase(pos, n); }
1201   iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last)
1202     { return wxStringBase::erase(first, last); }
1203   iterator erase(iterator first)
1204     { return wxStringBase::erase(first); }
1205
1206 #ifdef wxSTRING_BASE_HASNT_CLEAR
1207   void clear() { erase(); }
1208 #endif
1209
1210     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
1211   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxChar* sz)
1212     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, sz); }
1213     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
1214   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxString& str)
1215     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, str); }
1216     // replaces the substring with nCount copies of ch
1217   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, wxChar ch)
1218     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, nCount, ch); }
1219     // replaces a substring with another substring
1220   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1221                     const wxString& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2)
1222     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, str,
1223                                               nStart2, nLen2); }
1224      // replaces the substring with first nCount chars of sz
1225   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1226                     const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount)
1227     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, sz, nCount); }
1228   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s)
1229     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s); }
1230   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s,
1231                     size_type n)
1232     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s, n); }
1233   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const wxString& s)
1234     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s); }
1235   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, size_type n, wxChar c)
1236     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, n, c); }
1237   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last,
1238                     const_iterator first1, const_iterator last1)
1239     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, first1, last1); }
1240
1241       // string += string
1242   wxString& operator+=(const wxString& s)
1243     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(s); }
1244       // string += C string
1245   wxString& operator+=(const wxChar *psz)
1246     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(psz); }
1247       // string += char
1248   wxString& operator+=(wxChar ch)
1249     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(ch); }
1250 };
1251
1252 // define wxArrayString, for compatibility
1253 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 && !wxUSE_STL
1254     #include "wx/arrstr.h"
1255 #endif
1256
1257 #if wxUSE_STL
1258     // return an empty wxString (not very useful with wxUSE_STL == 1)
1259     inline const wxString wxGetEmptyString() { return wxString(); }
1260 #else // !wxUSE_STL
1261     // return an empty wxString (more efficient than wxString() here)
1262     inline const wxString& wxGetEmptyString()
1263     {
1264         return *(wxString *)&wxEmptyString;
1265     }
1266 #endif // wxUSE_STL/!wxUSE_STL
1267
1268 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1269 // wxStringBuffer: a tiny class allowing to get a writable pointer into string
1270 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1271
1272 #if wxUSE_STL
1273
1274 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBuffer
1275 {
1276 public:
1277     wxStringBuffer(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1278         : m_str(str), m_buf(lenWanted)
1279         { }
1280
1281     ~wxStringBuffer() { m_str.assign(m_buf.data(), wxStrlen(m_buf.data())); }
1282
1283     operator wxChar*() { return m_buf.data(); }
1284
1285 private:
1286     wxString& m_str;
1287 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1288     wxWCharBuffer m_buf;
1289 #else
1290     wxCharBuffer m_buf;
1291 #endif
1292
1293     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBuffer)
1294 };
1295
1296 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBufferLength
1297 {
1298 public:
1299     wxStringBufferLength(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1300         : m_str(str), m_buf(lenWanted), m_len(0), m_lenSet(false)
1301         { }
1302
1303     ~wxStringBufferLength()
1304     {
1305         wxASSERT(m_lenSet);
1306         m_str.assign(m_buf.data(), m_len);
1307     }
1308
1309     operator wxChar*() { return m_buf.data(); }
1310     void SetLength(size_t length) { m_len = length; m_lenSet = true; }
1311
1312 private:
1313     wxString& m_str;
1314 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1315     wxWCharBuffer m_buf;
1316 #else
1317     wxCharBuffer  m_buf;
1318 #endif
1319     size_t        m_len;
1320     bool          m_lenSet;
1321
1322     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBufferLength)
1323 };
1324
1325 #else // if !wxUSE_STL
1326
1327 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBuffer
1328 {
1329 public:
1330     wxStringBuffer(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1331         : m_str(str), m_buf(NULL)
1332         { m_buf = m_str.GetWriteBuf(lenWanted); }
1333
1334     ~wxStringBuffer() { m_str.UngetWriteBuf(); }
1335
1336     operator wxChar*() const { return m_buf; }
1337
1338 private:
1339     wxString& m_str;
1340     wxChar   *m_buf;
1341
1342     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBuffer)
1343 };
1344
1345 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBufferLength
1346 {
1347 public:
1348     wxStringBufferLength(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1349         : m_str(str), m_buf(NULL), m_len(0), m_lenSet(false)
1350     {
1351         m_buf = m_str.GetWriteBuf(lenWanted);
1352         wxASSERT(m_buf != NULL);
1353     }
1354
1355     ~wxStringBufferLength()
1356     {
1357         wxASSERT(m_lenSet);
1358         m_str.UngetWriteBuf(m_len);
1359     }
1360
1361     operator wxChar*() const { return m_buf; }
1362     void SetLength(size_t length) { m_len = length; m_lenSet = true; }
1363
1364 private:
1365     wxString& m_str;
1366     wxChar   *m_buf;
1367     size_t    m_len;
1368     bool      m_lenSet;
1369
1370     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBufferLength)
1371 };
1372
1373 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
1374
1375 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1376 // wxString comparison functions: operator versions are always case sensitive
1377 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1378
1379 // note that when wxUSE_STL == 1 the comparison operators taking std::string
1380 // are used and defining them also for wxString would only result in
1381 // compilation ambiguities when comparing std::string and wxString
1382 #if !wxUSE_STL
1383
1384 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1385     { return (s1.Len() == s2.Len()) && (s1.Cmp(s2) == 0); }
1386 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1387     { return s1.Cmp(s2) == 0; }
1388 inline bool operator==(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1389     { return s2.Cmp(s1) == 0; }
1390 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1391     { return (s1.Len() != s2.Len()) || (s1.Cmp(s2) != 0); }
1392 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1393     { return s1.Cmp(s2) != 0; }
1394 inline bool operator!=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1395     { return s2.Cmp(s1) != 0; }
1396 inline bool operator< (const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1397     { return s1.Cmp(s2) < 0; }
1398 inline bool operator< (const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1399     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <  0; }
1400 inline bool operator< (const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1401     { return s2.Cmp(s1) >  0; }
1402 inline bool operator> (const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1403     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >  0; }
1404 inline bool operator> (const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1405     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >  0; }
1406 inline bool operator> (const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1407     { return s2.Cmp(s1) <  0; }
1408 inline bool operator<=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1409     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <= 0; }
1410 inline bool operator<=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1411     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <= 0; }
1412 inline bool operator<=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1413     { return s2.Cmp(s1) >= 0; }
1414 inline bool operator>=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1415     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >= 0; }
1416 inline bool operator>=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1417     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >= 0; }
1418 inline bool operator>=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1419     { return s2.Cmp(s1) <= 0; }
1420
1421 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1422 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxWCharBuffer& s2)
1423     { return (s1.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s2) == 0); }
1424 inline bool operator==(const wxWCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1425     { return (s2.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s1) == 0); }
1426 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxWCharBuffer& s2)
1427     { return (s1.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s2) != 0); }
1428 inline bool operator!=(const wxWCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1429     { return (s2.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s1) != 0); }
1430 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
1431 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxCharBuffer& s2)
1432     { return (s1.Cmp((const char *)s2) == 0); }
1433 inline bool operator==(const wxCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1434     { return (s2.Cmp((const char *)s1) == 0); }
1435 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxCharBuffer& s2)
1436     { return (s1.Cmp((const char *)s2) != 0); }
1437 inline bool operator!=(const wxCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1438     { return (s2.Cmp((const char *)s1) != 0); }
1439 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
1440
1441 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string1,  const wxString& string2);
1442 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch);
1443 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string);
1444 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, const wxChar *psz);
1445 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxChar *psz, const wxString& string);
1446
1447 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1448 inline wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const wxWCharBuffer& buf)
1449     { return string + (const wchar_t *)buf; }
1450 inline wxString operator+(const wxWCharBuffer& buf, const wxString& string)
1451     { return (const wchar_t *)buf + string; }
1452 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
1453 inline wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const wxCharBuffer& buf)
1454     { return string + (const char *)buf; }
1455 inline wxString operator+(const wxCharBuffer& buf, const wxString& string)
1456     { return (const char *)buf + string; }
1457 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
1458
1459 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
1460
1461 // comparison with char (those are not defined by std::[w]string and so should
1462 // be always available)
1463 inline bool operator==(wxChar c, const wxString& s) { return s.IsSameAs(c); }
1464 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s, wxChar c) { return s.IsSameAs(c); }
1465 inline bool operator!=(wxChar c, const wxString& s) { return !s.IsSameAs(c); }
1466 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s, wxChar c) { return !s.IsSameAs(c); }
1467
1468 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1469 // Implementation only from here until the end of file
1470 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1471
1472 // don't pollute the library user's name space
1473 #undef wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX
1474
1475 #if wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM
1476
1477 #include "wx/iosfwrap.h"
1478
1479 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxSTD istream& operator>>(wxSTD istream&, wxString&);
1480 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxSTD ostream& operator<<(wxSTD ostream&, const wxString&);
1481
1482 #endif  // wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
1483
1484 #endif  // _WX_WXSTRINGH__