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 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  22 // headers
  23 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  24
  25 #include "wx/defs.h"        // everybody should include this
  26
  27 #if defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__VISAGECPP__)
  28     #include <ctype.h>
  29 #endif
  30
  31 #if defined(__VISAGECPP__) && __IBMCPP__ >= 400
  32    // problem in VACPP V4 with including stdlib.h multiple times
  33    // strconv includes it anyway
  34 #  include <stdio.h>
  35 #  include <string.h>
  36 #  include <stdarg.h>
  37 #  include <limits.h>
  38 #else
  39 #  include <string.h>
  40 #  include <stdio.h>
  41 #  include <stdarg.h>
  42 #  include <limits.h>
  43 #  include <stdlib.h>
  44 #endif
  45
  46 #ifdef HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRINGS_H
  47     #include <strings.h>    // for strcasecmp()
  48 #endif // HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRINGS_H
  49
  50 #ifdef __WXPALMOS__
  51     #include <StringMgr.h>
  52 #endif
  53
  54 #include "wx/wxchar.h"      // for wxChar
  55 #include "wx/buffer.h"      // for wxCharBuffer
  56 #include "wx/strconv.h"     // for wxConvertXXX() macros and wxMBConv classes
  57
  58 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString;
  59
  60 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  61 // macros
  62 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  63
  64 // casts [unfortunately!] needed to call some broken functions which require
  65 // "char *" instead of "const char *"
  66 #define   WXSTRINGCAST (wxChar *)(const wxChar *)
  67 #define   wxCSTRINGCAST (wxChar *)(const wxChar *)
  68 #define   wxMBSTRINGCAST (char *)(const char *)
  69 #define   wxWCSTRINGCAST (wchar_t *)(const wchar_t *)
  70
  71 // implementation only
  72 #define   wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX(i) \
  73     wxASSERT_MSG( (size_t)(i) <= length(), _T("invalid index in wxString") )
  74
  75 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  76 // constants
  77 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  78
  79 // maximum possible length for a string means "take all string" everywhere
  80 #define wxSTRING_MAXLEN wxStringBase::npos
  81
  82 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  83 // global data
  84 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  85
  86 // global pointer to empty string
  87 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(const wxChar*) wxEmptyString;
  88
  89 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  90 // global functions complementing standard C string library replacements for
  91 // strlen() and portable strcasecmp()
  92 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  93
  94 // Use wxXXX() functions from wxchar.h instead! These functions are for
  95 // backwards compatibility only.
  96
  97 // checks whether the passed in pointer is NULL and if the string is empty
  98 inline bool IsEmpty(const char *p) { return (!p || !*p); }
  99
 100 // safe version of strlen() (returns 0 if passed NULL pointer)
 101 inline size_t Strlen(const char *psz)
 102   { return psz ? strlen(psz) : 0; }
 103
 104 // portable strcasecmp/_stricmp
 105 inline int Stricmp(const char *psz1, const char *psz2)
 106 {
 107 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && defined(__WXWINCE__)
 108   register char c1, c2;
 109   do {
 110     c1 = tolower(*psz1++);
 111     c2 = tolower(*psz2++);
 112   } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );
 113
 114   return c1 - c2;
 115 #elif defined(__VISUALC__) || ( defined(__MWERKS__) && defined(__INTEL__) )
 116   return _stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 117 #elif defined(__SC__)
 118   return _stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 119 #elif defined(__SALFORDC__)
 120   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 121 #elif defined(__BORLANDC__)
 122   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 123 #elif defined(__WATCOMC__)
 124   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 125 #elif defined(__DJGPP__)
 126   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 127 #elif defined(__EMX__)
 128   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 129 #elif defined(__WXPM__)
 130   return stricmp(psz1, psz2);
 131 #elif defined(__WXPALMOS__) || \
 132       defined(HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRING_H) || \
 133       defined(HAVE_STRCASECMP_IN_STRINGS_H) || \
 134       defined(__GNUWIN32__)
 135   return strcasecmp(psz1, psz2);
 136 #elif defined(__MWERKS__) && !defined(__INTEL__)
 137   register char c1, c2;
 138   do {
 139     c1 = tolower(*psz1++);
 140     c2 = tolower(*psz2++);
 141   } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );
 142
 143   return c1 - c2;
 144 #else
 145   // almost all compilers/libraries provide this function (unfortunately under
 146   // different names), that's why we don't implement our own which will surely
 147   // be more efficient than this code (uncomment to use):
 148   /*
 149     register char c1, c2;
 150     do {
 151       c1 = tolower(*psz1++);
 152       c2 = tolower(*psz2++);
 153     } while ( c1 && (c1 == c2) );
 154
 155     return c1 - c2;
 156   */
 157
 158   #error  "Please define string case-insensitive compare for your OS/compiler"
 159 #endif  // OS/compiler
 160 }
 161
 162 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 163 // deal with STL/non-STL/non-STL-but-wxUSE_STD_STRING
 164 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 165
 166 // in both cases we need to define wxStdString
 167 #if wxUSE_STL || wxUSE_STD_STRING
 168
 169 #include "wx/beforestd.h"
 170 #include <string>
 171 #include "wx/afterstd.h"
 172
 173 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 174     #ifdef HAVE_STD_WSTRING
 175         typedef std::wstring wxStdString;
 176     #else
 177         typedef std::basic_string<wxChar> wxStdString;
 178     #endif
 179 #else
 180     typedef std::string wxStdString;
 181 #endif
 182
 183 #endif // need <string>
 184
 185 #if wxUSE_STL
 186
 187     // we don't need an extra ctor from std::string when copy ctor already does
 188     // the work
 189     #undef wxUSE_STD_STRING
 190
 191     #if (defined(__GNUG__) && (__GNUG__ < 3)) || \
 192         (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER <= 1200))
 193         #define wxSTRING_BASE_HASNT_CLEAR
 194     #endif
 195
 196     typedef wxStdString wxStringBase;
 197 #else // if !wxUSE_STL
 198
 199 #if !defined(HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE) && \
 200     (!defined(__WX_SETUP_H__) || wxUSE_STL == 0)
 201     #define HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
 202 #endif
 203
 204 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 205 // string data prepended with some housekeeping info (used by wxString class),
 206 // is never used directly (but had to be put here to allow inlining)
 207 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 208
 209 struct WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringData
 210 {
 211   int     nRefs;        // reference count
 212   size_t  nDataLength,  // actual string length
 213           nAllocLength; // allocated memory size
 214
 215   // mimics declaration 'wxChar data[nAllocLength]'
 216   wxChar* data() const { return (wxChar*)(this + 1); }
 217
 218   // empty string has a special ref count so it's never deleted
 219   bool  IsEmpty()   const { return (nRefs == -1); }
 220   bool  IsShared()  const { return (nRefs > 1);   }
 221
 222   // lock/unlock
 223   void  Lock()   { if ( !IsEmpty() ) nRefs++;                    }
 224
 225   // VC++ will refuse to inline Unlock but profiling shows that it is wrong
 226 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 227   __forceinline
 228 #endif
 229   // VC++ free must take place in same DLL as allocation when using non dll
 230   // run-time library (e.g. Multithreaded instead of Multithreaded DLL)
 231 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && defined(_MT) && !defined(_DLL)
 232   void  Unlock() { if ( !IsEmpty() && --nRefs == 0) Free();  }
 233   // we must not inline deallocation since allocation is not inlined
 234   void  Free();
 235 #else
 236   void  Unlock() { if ( !IsEmpty() && --nRefs == 0) free(this);  }
 237 #endif
 238
 239   // if we had taken control over string memory (GetWriteBuf), it's
 240   // intentionally put in invalid state
 241   void  Validate(bool b)  { nRefs = (b ? 1 : 0); }
 242   bool  IsValid() const   { return (nRefs != 0); }
 243 };
 244
 245 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBase
 246 {
 247 #if !wxUSE_STL
 248 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
 249 #endif
 250 public :
 251   // an 'invalid' value for string index, moved to this place due to a CW bug
 252   static const size_t npos;
 253 protected:
 254   // points to data preceded by wxStringData structure with ref count info
 255   wxChar *m_pchData;
 256
 257   // accessor to string data
 258   wxStringData* GetStringData() const { return (wxStringData*)m_pchData - 1; }
 259
 260   // string (re)initialization functions
 261     // initializes the string to the empty value (must be called only from
 262     // ctors, use Reinit() otherwise)
 263   void Init() { m_pchData = (wxChar *)wxEmptyString; }
 264     // initializaes the string with (a part of) C-string
 265   void InitWith(const wxChar *psz, size_t nPos = 0, size_t nLen = npos);
 266     // as Init, but also frees old data
 267   void Reinit() { GetStringData()->Unlock(); Init(); }
 268
 269   // memory allocation
 270     // allocates memory for string of length nLen
 271   bool AllocBuffer(size_t nLen);
 272     // copies data to another string
 273   bool AllocCopy(wxString&, int, int) const;
 274     // effectively copies data to string
 275   bool AssignCopy(size_t, const wxChar *);
 276
 277   // append a (sub)string
 278   bool ConcatSelf(size_t nLen, const wxChar *src, size_t nMaxLen);
 279   bool ConcatSelf(size_t nLen, const wxChar *src)
 280     { return ConcatSelf(nLen, src, nLen); }
 281
 282   // functions called before writing to the string: they copy it if there
 283   // are other references to our data (should be the only owner when writing)
 284   bool CopyBeforeWrite();
 285   bool AllocBeforeWrite(size_t);
 286
 287     // compatibility with wxString
 288   bool Alloc(size_t nLen);
 289 public:
 290   // standard types
 291   typedef wxChar value_type;
 292   typedef wxChar char_type;
 293   typedef size_t size_type;
 294   typedef value_type& reference;
 295   typedef const value_type& const_reference;
 296   typedef value_type* pointer;
 297   typedef const value_type* const_pointer;
 298   typedef value_type *iterator;
 299   typedef const value_type *const_iterator;
 300
 301   // constructors and destructor
 302     // ctor for an empty string
 303   wxStringBase() { Init(); }
 304     // copy ctor
 305   wxStringBase(const wxStringBase& stringSrc)
 306   {
 307     wxASSERT_MSG( stringSrc.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 308                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 309
 310     if ( stringSrc.empty() ) {
 311       // nothing to do for an empty string
 312       Init();
 313     }
 314     else {
 315       m_pchData = stringSrc.m_pchData;            // share same data
 316       GetStringData()->Lock();                    // => one more copy
 317     }
 318   }
 319     // string containing nRepeat copies of ch
 320   wxStringBase(size_type nRepeat, wxChar ch);
 321     // ctor takes first nLength characters from C string
 322     // (default value of npos means take all the string)
 323   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz)
 324       { InitWith(psz, 0, npos); }
 325   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz, size_t nLength)
 326       { InitWith(psz, 0, nLength); }
 327   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz, wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv), size_t nLength = npos)
 328       { InitWith(psz, 0, nLength); }
 329     // take nLen chars starting at nPos
 330   wxStringBase(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nPos, size_t nLen)
 331   {
 332     wxASSERT_MSG( str.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 333                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 334     Init();
 335     size_t strLen = str.length() - nPos; nLen = strLen < nLen ? strLen : nLen;
 336     InitWith(str.c_str(), nPos, nLen);
 337   }
 338     // take all characters from pStart to pEnd
 339   wxStringBase(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd);
 340
 341     // dtor is not virtual, this class must not be inherited from!
 342   ~wxStringBase()
 343   {
 344 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 345       //RN - according to the above VC++ does indeed inline this,
 346       //even though it spits out two warnings
 347       #pragma warning (disable:4714)
 348 #endif
 349
 350       GetStringData()->Unlock();
 351   }
 352
 353 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 354     //re-enable inlining warning
 355     #pragma warning (default:4714)
 356 #endif
 357   // overloaded assignment
 358     // from another wxString
 359   wxStringBase& operator=(const wxStringBase& stringSrc);
 360     // from a character
 361   wxStringBase& operator=(wxChar ch);
 362     // from a C string
 363   wxStringBase& operator=(const wxChar *psz);
 364
 365     // return the length of the string
 366   size_type size() const { return GetStringData()->nDataLength; }
 367     // return the length of the string
 368   size_type length() const { return size(); }
 369     // return the maximum size of the string
 370   size_type max_size() const { return wxSTRING_MAXLEN; }
 371     // resize the string, filling the space with c if c != 0
 372   void resize(size_t nSize, wxChar ch = wxT('\0'));
 373     // delete the contents of the string
 374   void clear() { erase(0, npos); }
 375     // returns true if the string is empty
 376   bool empty() const { return size() == 0; }
 377     // inform string about planned change in size
 378   void reserve(size_t sz) { Alloc(sz); }
 379   size_type capacity() const { return GetStringData()->nAllocLength; }
 380
 381   // lib.string.access
 382     // return the character at position n
 383   value_type at(size_type n) const
 384     { wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX( n ); return m_pchData[n]; }
 385     // returns the writable character at position n
 386   reference at(size_type n)
 387     { wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX( n ); CopyBeforeWrite(); return m_pchData[n]; }
 388
 389   // lib.string.modifiers
 390     // append elements str[pos], ..., str[pos+n]
 391   wxStringBase& append(const wxStringBase& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
 392   {
 393     wxASSERT(pos <= str.length());
 394     ConcatSelf(n, str.c_str() + pos, str.length() - pos);
 395     return *this;
 396   }
 397     // append a string
 398   wxStringBase& append(const wxStringBase& str)
 399     { ConcatSelf(str.length(), str.c_str()); return *this; }
 400     // append first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
 401   wxStringBase& append(const wxChar *sz)
 402     { ConcatSelf(wxStrlen(sz), sz); return *this; }
 403   wxStringBase& append(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
 404     { ConcatSelf(n, sz); return *this; }
 405     // append n copies of ch
 406   wxStringBase& append(size_t n, wxChar ch);
 407     // append from first to last
 408   wxStringBase& append(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 409     { ConcatSelf(last - first, first); return *this; }
 410
 411     // same as `this_string = str'
 412   wxStringBase& assign(const wxStringBase& str)
 413     { return *this = str; }
 414     // same as ` = str[pos..pos + n]
 415   wxStringBase& assign(const wxStringBase& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
 416     { clear(); return append(str, pos, n); }
 417     // same as `= first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz'
 418   wxStringBase& assign(const wxChar *sz)
 419     { clear(); return append(sz, wxStrlen(sz)); }
 420   wxStringBase& assign(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
 421     { clear(); return append(sz, n); }
 422     // same as `= n copies of ch'
 423   wxStringBase& assign(size_t n, wxChar ch)
 424     { clear(); return append(n, ch); }
 425     // assign from first to last
 426   wxStringBase& assign(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 427     { clear(); return append(first, last); }
 428
 429     // first valid index position
 430   const_iterator begin() const { return m_pchData; }
 431     // position one after the last valid one
 432   const_iterator end() const { return m_pchData + length(); }
 433
 434   // first valid index position
 435   iterator begin();
 436   // position one after the last valid one
 437   iterator end();
 438
 439     // insert another string
 440   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxStringBase& str)
 441   {
 442     wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 443     return insert(nPos, str.c_str(), str.length());
 444   }
 445     // insert n chars of str starting at nStart (in str)
 446   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart, size_t n)
 447   {
 448     wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 449     wxASSERT( nStart < str.length() );
 450     size_t strLen = str.length() - nStart;
 451     n = strLen < n ? strLen : n;
 452     return insert(nPos, str.c_str() + nStart, n);
 453   }
 454     // insert first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
 455   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz, size_t n = npos);
 456     // insert n copies of ch
 457   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, size_t n, wxChar ch)
 458     { return insert(nPos, wxStringBase(n, ch)); }
 459   iterator insert(iterator it, wxChar ch)
 460     { size_t idx = it - begin(); insert(idx, 1, ch); return begin() + idx; }
 461   void insert(iterator it, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 462     { insert(it - begin(), first, last - first); }
 463   void insert(iterator it, size_type n, wxChar ch)
 464     { insert(it - begin(), n, ch); }
 465
 466     // delete characters from nStart to nStart + nLen
 467   wxStringBase& erase(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos);
 468   iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last)
 469   {
 470     size_t idx = first - begin();
 471     erase(idx, last - first);
 472     return begin() + idx;
 473   }
 474   iterator erase(iterator first);
 475
 476   // explicit conversion to C string (use this with printf()!)
 477   const wxChar* c_str() const { return m_pchData; }
 478   const wxChar* data() const { return m_pchData; }
 479
 480     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
 481   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxChar* sz);
 482     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
 483   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str)
 484     { return replace(nStart, nLen, str.c_str()); }
 485     // replaces the substring with nCount copies of ch
 486   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, wxChar ch);
 487     // replaces a substring with another substring
 488   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 489                         const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2);
 490     // replaces the substring with first nCount chars of sz
 491   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 492                         const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount);
 493   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s)
 494     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s); }
 495   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s,
 496                         size_type n)
 497     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s, n); }
 498   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const wxStringBase& s)
 499     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s); }
 500   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, size_type n, wxChar c)
 501     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, n, c); }
 502   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last,
 503                         const_iterator first1, const_iterator last1)
 504     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, first1, last1 - first1); }
 505
 506     // swap two strings
 507   void swap(wxStringBase& str);
 508
 509     // All find() functions take the nStart argument which specifies the
 510     // position to start the search on, the default value is 0. All functions
 511     // return npos if there were no match.
 512
 513     // find a substring
 514   size_t find(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 515
 516     // find first n characters of sz
 517   size_t find(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0, size_t n = npos) const;
 518
 519     // find the first occurence of character ch after nStart
 520   size_t find(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 521
 522     // rfind() family is exactly like find() but works right to left
 523
 524     // as find, but from the end
 525   size_t rfind(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 526
 527     // as find, but from the end
 528   size_t rfind(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos,
 529                size_t n = npos) const;
 530     // as find, but from the end
 531   size_t rfind(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 532
 533     // find first/last occurence of any character in the set
 534
 535     // as strpbrk() but starts at nStart, returns npos if not found
 536   size_t find_first_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const
 537     { return find_first_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 538     // same as above
 539   size_t find_first_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 540   size_t find_first_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 541     // same as find(char, size_t)
 542   size_t find_first_of(wxChar c, size_t nStart = 0) const
 543     { return find(c, nStart); }
 544     // find the last (starting from nStart) char from str in this string
 545   size_t find_last_of (const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const
 546     { return find_last_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 547     // same as above
 548   size_t find_last_of (const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 549   size_t find_last_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 550     // same as above
 551   size_t find_last_of(wxChar c, size_t nStart = npos) const
 552     { return rfind(c, nStart); }
 553
 554     // find first/last occurence of any character not in the set
 555
 556     // as strspn() (starting from nStart), returns npos on failure
 557   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const
 558     { return find_first_not_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 559     // same as above
 560   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 561   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 562     // same as above
 563   size_t find_first_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 564     //  as strcspn()
 565   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const
 566     { return find_last_not_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 567     // same as above
 568   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 569   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 570     // same as above
 571   size_t find_last_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 572
 573     // All compare functions return -1, 0 or 1 if the [sub]string is less,
 574     // equal or greater than the compare() argument.
 575
 576     // comparison with another string
 577   int compare(const wxStringBase& str) const;
 578     // comparison with a substring
 579   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str) const;
 580     // comparison of 2 substrings
 581   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 582               const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2) const;
 583     // comparison with a c string
 584   int compare(const wxChar* sz) const;
 585     // substring comparison with first nCount characters of sz
 586   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 587               const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount = npos) const;
 588
 589   size_type copy(wxChar* s, size_type n, size_type pos = 0);
 590
 591   // substring extraction
 592   wxStringBase substr(size_t nStart = 0, size_t nLen = npos) const;
 593
 594       // string += string
 595   wxStringBase& operator+=(const wxStringBase& s) { return append(s); }
 596       // string += C string
 597   wxStringBase& operator+=(const wxChar *psz) { return append(psz); }
 598       // string += char
 599   wxStringBase& operator+=(wxChar ch) { return append(1, ch); }
 600 };
 601
 602 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
 603
 604 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 605 // wxString: string class trying to be compatible with std::string, MFC
 606 //           CString and wxWindows 1.x wxString all at once
 607 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 608
 609 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString : public wxStringBase
 610 {
 611 #if !wxUSE_STL
 612 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
 613 #endif
 614
 615   // NB: special care was taken in arranging the member functions in such order
 616   //     that all inline functions can be effectively inlined, verify that all
 617   //     performace critical functions are still inlined if you change order!
 618 private:
 619   // if we hadn't made these operators private, it would be possible to
 620   // compile "wxString s; s = 17;" without any warnings as 17 is implicitly
 621   // converted to char in C and we do have operator=(char)
 622   //
 623   // NB: we don't need other versions (short/long and unsigned) as attempt
 624   //     to assign another numeric type to wxString will now result in
 625   //     ambiguity between operator=(char) and operator=(int)
 626   wxString& operator=(int);
 627
 628   // these methods are not implemented - there is _no_ conversion from int to
 629   // string, you're doing something wrong if the compiler wants to call it!
 630   //
 631   // try `s << i' or `s.Printf("%d", i)' instead
 632   wxString(int);
 633
 634 public:
 635   // constructors and destructor
 636     // ctor for an empty string
 637   wxString() : wxStringBase() { }
 638     // copy ctor
 639   wxString(const wxStringBase& stringSrc) : wxStringBase(stringSrc) { }
 640   wxString(const wxString& stringSrc) : wxStringBase(stringSrc) { }
 641     // string containing nRepeat copies of ch
 642   wxString(wxChar ch, size_t nRepeat = 1)
 643       : wxStringBase(nRepeat, ch) { }
 644   wxString(size_t nRepeat, wxChar ch)
 645       : wxStringBase(nRepeat, ch) { }
 646     // ctor takes first nLength characters from C string
 647     // (default value of npos means take all the string)
 648   wxString(const wxChar *psz)
 649       : wxStringBase(psz ? psz : wxT("")) { }
 650   wxString(const wxChar *psz, size_t nLength)
 651       : wxStringBase(psz, nLength) { }
 652   wxString(const wxChar *psz, wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv), size_t nLength = npos)
 653       : wxStringBase(psz, nLength == npos ? wxStrlen(psz) : nLength) { }
 654
 655   // even we're not build with wxUSE_STL == 1 it is very convenient to allow
 656   // implicit conversions from std::string to wxString as this allows to use
 657   // the same strings in non-GUI and GUI code, however we don't want to
 658   // unconditionally add this ctor as it would make wx lib dependent on
 659   // libstdc++ on some Linux versions which is bad, so instead we ask the
 660   // client code to define this wxUSE_STD_STRING symbol if they need it
 661 #if wxUSE_STD_STRING
 662   wxString(const wxStdString& s)
 663       : wxStringBase(s.c_str()) { }
 664 #endif // wxUSE_STD_STRING
 665
 666 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 667     // from multibyte string
 668   wxString(const char *psz, wxMBConv& conv, size_t nLength = npos);
 669     // from wxWCharBuffer (i.e. return from wxGetString)
 670   wxString(const wxWCharBuffer& psz) : wxStringBase(psz.data()) { }
 671 #else // ANSI
 672     // from C string (for compilers using unsigned char)
 673   wxString(const unsigned char* psz, size_t nLength = npos)
 674       : wxStringBase((const char*)psz, nLength) { }
 675
 676 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 677     // from wide (Unicode) string
 678   wxString(const wchar_t *pwz, wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc, size_t nLength = npos);
 679 #endif // !wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 680
 681     // from wxCharBuffer
 682   wxString(const wxCharBuffer& psz)
 683       : wxStringBase(psz) { }
 684 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 685
 686   // generic attributes & operations
 687     // as standard strlen()
 688   size_t Len() const { return length(); }
 689     // string contains any characters?
 690   bool IsEmpty() const { return empty(); }
 691     // empty string is "false", so !str will return true
 692   bool operator!() const { return IsEmpty(); }
 693     // truncate the string to given length
 694   wxString& Truncate(size_t uiLen);
 695     // empty string contents
 696   void Empty()
 697   {
 698     Truncate(0);
 699
 700     wxASSERT_MSG( empty(), _T("string not empty after call to Empty()?") );
 701   }
 702     // empty the string and free memory
 703   void Clear()
 704   {
 705     wxString tmp(wxEmptyString);
 706     swap(tmp);
 707   }
 708
 709   // contents test
 710     // Is an ascii value
 711   bool IsAscii() const;
 712     // Is a number
 713   bool IsNumber() const;
 714     // Is a word
 715   bool IsWord() const;
 716
 717   // data access (all indexes are 0 based)
 718     // read access
 719     wxChar  GetChar(size_t n) const
 720       { return at(n); }
 721     // read/write access
 722     wxChar& GetWritableChar(size_t n)
 723       { return at(n); }
 724     // write access
 725     void  SetChar(size_t n, wxChar ch)
 726       { at(n) = ch; }
 727
 728     // get last character
 729     wxChar  Last() const
 730       {
 731           wxASSERT_MSG( !empty(), _T("wxString: index out of bounds") );
 732
 733           return at(length() - 1);
 734       }
 735
 736     // get writable last character
 737     wxChar& Last()
 738       {
 739           wxASSERT_MSG( !empty(), _T("wxString: index out of bounds") );
 740           return at(length() - 1);
 741       }
 742
 743     /*
 744        Note that we we must define all of the overloads below to avoid
 745        ambiguity when using str[0]. Also note that for a conforming compiler we
 746        don't need const version of operatorp[] at all as indexed access to
 747        const string is provided by implicit conversion to "const wxChar *"
 748        below and defining them would only result in ambiguities, but some other
 749        compilers refuse to compile "str[0]" without them.
 750      */
 751
 752 #if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) || defined(__MWERKS__)
 753     wxChar operator[](int n) const
 754       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 755     wxChar operator[](size_type n) const
 756       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 757 #ifndef wxSIZE_T_IS_UINT
 758     wxChar operator[](unsigned int n) const
 759       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 760 #endif // size_t != unsigned int
 761 #endif // broken compiler
 762
 763
 764     // operator versions of GetWriteableChar()
 765     wxChar& operator[](int n)
 766       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 767     wxChar& operator[](size_type n)
 768       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 769 #ifndef wxSIZE_T_IS_UINT
 770     wxChar& operator[](unsigned int n)
 771       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 772 #endif // size_t != unsigned int
 773
 774     // implicit conversion to C string
 775     operator const wxChar*() const { return c_str(); }
 776
 777     // identical to c_str(), for wxWin 1.6x compatibility
 778     const wxChar* wx_str()  const { return c_str(); }
 779     // identical to c_str(), for MFC compatibility
 780     const wxChar* GetData() const { return c_str(); }
 781
 782     // conversion to/from plain (i.e. 7 bit) ASCII: this is useful for
 783     // converting numbers or strings which are certain not to contain special
 784     // chars (typically system functions, X atoms, environment variables etc.)
 785     //
 786     // the behaviour of these functions with the strings containing anything
 787     // else than 7 bit ASCII characters is undefined, use at your own risk.
 788 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 789     static wxString FromAscii(const char *ascii);  // string
 790     static wxString FromAscii(const char ascii);   // char
 791     const wxCharBuffer ToAscii() const;
 792 #else // ANSI
 793     static wxString FromAscii(const char *ascii) { return wxString( ascii ); }
 794     static wxString FromAscii(const char ascii) { return wxString( ascii ); }
 795     const char *ToAscii() const { return c_str(); }
 796 #endif // Unicode/!Unicode
 797
 798     // conversions with (possible) format conversions: have to return a
 799     // buffer with temporary data
 800     //
 801     // the functions defined (in either Unicode or ANSI) mode are mb_str() to
 802     // return an ANSI (multibyte) string, wc_str() to return a wide string and
 803     // fn_str() to return a string which should be used with the OS APIs
 804     // accepting the file names. The return value is always the same, but the
 805     // type differs because a function may either return pointer to the buffer
 806     // directly or have to use intermediate buffer for translation.
 807 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 808     const wxCharBuffer mb_str(wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc) const;
 809
 810     const wxWX2MBbuf mbc_str() const { return mb_str(*wxConvCurrent); }
 811
 812     const wxChar* wc_str() const { return c_str(); }
 813
 814     // for compatibility with !wxUSE_UNICODE version
 815     const wxChar* wc_str(wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv)) const { return c_str(); }
 816
 817 #if wxMBFILES
 818     const wxCharBuffer fn_str() const { return mb_str(wxConvFile); }
 819 #else // !wxMBFILES
 820     const wxChar* fn_str() const { return c_str(); }
 821 #endif // wxMBFILES/!wxMBFILES
 822 #else // ANSI
 823     const wxChar* mb_str() const { return c_str(); }
 824
 825     // for compatibility with wxUSE_UNICODE version
 826     const wxChar* mb_str(wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv)) const { return c_str(); }
 827
 828     const wxWX2MBbuf mbc_str() const { return mb_str(); }
 829
 830 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 831     const wxWCharBuffer wc_str(wxMBConv& conv) const;
 832 #endif // wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 833 #ifdef __WXOSX__
 834     const wxCharBuffer fn_str() const { return wxConvFile.cWC2WX( wc_str( wxConvLocal ) ); }
 835 #else
 836     const wxChar* fn_str() const { return c_str(); }
 837 #endif
 838 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 839
 840   // overloaded assignment
 841     // from another wxString
 842   wxString& operator=(const wxStringBase& stringSrc)
 843     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(stringSrc); }
 844     // from a character
 845   wxString& operator=(wxChar ch)
 846     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(ch); }
 847     // from a C string - STL probably will crash on NULL,
 848     // so we need to compensate in that case
 849 #if wxUSE_STL
 850   wxString& operator=(const wxChar *psz)
 851     { if(psz) wxStringBase::operator=(psz); else Clear(); return *this; }
 852 #else
 853   wxString& operator=(const wxChar *psz)
 854     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(psz); }
 855 #endif
 856
 857 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 858     // from wxWCharBuffer
 859   wxString& operator=(const wxWCharBuffer& psz)
 860     { (void) operator=((const wchar_t *)psz); return *this; }
 861 #else // ANSI
 862     // from another kind of C string
 863   wxString& operator=(const unsigned char* psz);
 864 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 865     // from a wide string
 866   wxString& operator=(const wchar_t *pwz);
 867 #endif
 868     // from wxCharBuffer
 869   wxString& operator=(const wxCharBuffer& psz)
 870     { (void) operator=((const char *)psz); return *this; }
 871 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 872
 873   // string concatenation
 874     // in place concatenation
 875     /*
 876         Concatenate and return the result. Note that the left to right
 877         associativity of << allows to write things like "str << str1 << str2
 878         << ..." (unlike with +=)
 879      */
 880       // string += string
 881   wxString& operator<<(const wxString& s)
 882   {
 883 #if !wxUSE_STL
 884     wxASSERT_MSG( s.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 885                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 886 #endif
 887
 888     append(s);
 889     return *this;
 890   }
 891       // string += C string
 892   wxString& operator<<(const wxChar *psz)
 893     { append(psz); return *this; }
 894       // string += char
 895   wxString& operator<<(wxChar ch) { append(1, ch); return *this; }
 896
 897       // string += buffer (i.e. from wxGetString)
 898 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 899   wxString& operator<<(const wxWCharBuffer& s)
 900     { (void)operator<<((const wchar_t *)s); return *this; }
 901   void operator+=(const wxWCharBuffer& s)
 902     { (void)operator<<((const wchar_t *)s); }
 903 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
 904   wxString& operator<<(const wxCharBuffer& s)
 905     { (void)operator<<((const char *)s); return *this; }
 906   void operator+=(const wxCharBuffer& s)
 907     { (void)operator<<((const char *)s); }
 908 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
 909
 910     // string += C string
 911   wxString& Append(const wxString& s)
 912     {
 913         // test for empty() to share the string if possible
 914         if ( empty() )
 915             *this = s;
 916         else
 917             append(s);
 918         return *this;
 919     }
 920   wxString& Append(const wxChar* psz)
 921     { append(psz); return *this; }
 922     // append count copies of given character
 923   wxString& Append(wxChar ch, size_t count = 1u)
 924     { append(count, ch); return *this; }
 925   wxString& Append(const wxChar* psz, size_t nLen)
 926     { append(psz, nLen); return *this; }
 927
 928     // prepend a string, return the string itself
 929   wxString& Prepend(const wxString& str)
 930     { *this = str + *this; return *this; }
 931
 932     // non-destructive concatenation
 933       //
 934   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string1,  const wxString& string2);
 935       //
 936   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch);
 937       //
 938   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string);
 939       //
 940   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, const wxChar *psz);
 941       //
 942   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxChar *psz, const wxString& string);
 943
 944   // stream-like functions
 945       // insert an int into string
 946   wxString& operator<<(int i)
 947     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%d"), i); }
 948       // insert an unsigned int into string
 949   wxString& operator<<(unsigned int ui)
 950     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%u"), ui); }
 951       // insert a long into string
 952   wxString& operator<<(long l)
 953     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%ld"), l); }
 954       // insert an unsigned long into string
 955   wxString& operator<<(unsigned long ul)
 956     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%lu"), ul); }
 957       // insert a float into string
 958   wxString& operator<<(float f)
 959     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%f"), f); }
 960       // insert a double into string
 961   wxString& operator<<(double d)
 962     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%g"), d); }
 963
 964   // string comparison
 965     // case-sensitive comparison (returns a value < 0, = 0 or > 0)
 966   int Cmp(const wxChar *psz) const;
 967   int Cmp(const wxString& s) const;
 968     // same as Cmp() but not case-sensitive
 969   int CmpNoCase(const wxChar *psz) const;
 970   int CmpNoCase(const wxString& s) const;
 971     // test for the string equality, either considering case or not
 972     // (if compareWithCase then the case matters)
 973   bool IsSameAs(const wxChar *psz, bool compareWithCase = true) const
 974     { return (compareWithCase ? Cmp(psz) : CmpNoCase(psz)) == 0; }
 975     // comparison with a signle character: returns true if equal
 976   bool IsSameAs(wxChar c, bool compareWithCase = true) const
 977     {
 978       return (length() == 1) && (compareWithCase ? GetChar(0u) == c
 979                               : wxToupper(GetChar(0u)) == wxToupper(c));
 980     }
 981
 982   // simple sub-string extraction
 983       // return substring starting at nFirst of length nCount (or till the end
 984       // if nCount = default value)
 985   wxString Mid(size_t nFirst, size_t nCount = npos) const;
 986
 987       // operator version of Mid()
 988   wxString  operator()(size_t start, size_t len) const
 989     { return Mid(start, len); }
 990
 991       // check that the string starts with prefix and return the rest of the
 992       // string in the provided pointer if it is not NULL, otherwise return
 993       // false
 994   bool StartsWith(const wxChar *prefix, wxString *rest = NULL) const;
 995
 996       // get first nCount characters
 997   wxString Left(size_t nCount) const;
 998       // get last nCount characters
 999   wxString Right(size_t nCount) const;
1000       // get all characters before the first occurance of ch
1001       // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
1002   wxString BeforeFirst(wxChar ch) const;
1003       // get all characters before the last occurence of ch
1004       // (returns empty string if ch not found)
1005   wxString BeforeLast(wxChar ch) const;
1006       // get all characters after the first occurence of ch
1007       // (returns empty string if ch not found)
1008   wxString AfterFirst(wxChar ch) const;
1009       // get all characters after the last occurence of ch
1010       // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
1011   wxString AfterLast(wxChar ch) const;
1012
1013     // for compatibility only, use more explicitly named functions above
1014   wxString Before(wxChar ch) const { return BeforeLast(ch); }
1015   wxString After(wxChar ch) const { return AfterFirst(ch); }
1016
1017   // case conversion
1018       // convert to upper case in place, return the string itself
1019   wxString& MakeUpper();
1020       // convert to upper case, return the copy of the string
1021       // Here's something to remember: BC++ doesn't like returns in inlines.
1022   wxString Upper() const ;
1023       // convert to lower case in place, return the string itself
1024   wxString& MakeLower();
1025       // convert to lower case, return the copy of the string
1026   wxString Lower() const ;
1027
1028   // trimming/padding whitespace (either side) and truncating
1029       // remove spaces from left or from right (default) side
1030   wxString& Trim(bool bFromRight = true);
1031       // add nCount copies chPad in the beginning or at the end (default)
1032   wxString& Pad(size_t nCount, wxChar chPad = wxT(' '), bool bFromRight = true);
1033
1034   // searching and replacing
1035       // searching (return starting index, or -1 if not found)
1036   int Find(wxChar ch, bool bFromEnd = false) const;   // like strchr/strrchr
1037       // searching (return starting index, or -1 if not found)
1038   int Find(const wxChar *pszSub) const;               // like strstr
1039       // replace first (or all of bReplaceAll) occurences of substring with
1040       // another string, returns the number of replacements made
1041   size_t Replace(const wxChar *szOld,
1042                  const wxChar *szNew,
1043                  bool bReplaceAll = true);
1044
1045     // check if the string contents matches a mask containing '*' and '?'
1046   bool Matches(const wxChar *szMask) const;
1047
1048     // conversion to numbers: all functions return true only if the whole
1049     // string is a number and put the value of this number into the pointer
1050     // provided, the base is the numeric base in which the conversion should be
1051     // done and must be comprised between 2 and 36 or be 0 in which case the
1052     // standard C rules apply (leading '0' => octal, "0x" => hex)
1053         // convert to a signed integer
1054     bool ToLong(long *val, int base = 10) const;
1055         // convert to an unsigned integer
1056     bool ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base = 10) const;
1057         // convert to a double
1058     bool ToDouble(double *val) const;
1059
1060   // formated input/output
1061     // as sprintf(), returns the number of characters written or < 0 on error
1062     // (take 'this' into account in attribute parameter count)
1063   int Printf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
1064     // as vprintf(), returns the number of characters written or < 0 on error
1065   int PrintfV(const wxChar* pszFormat, va_list argptr);
1066
1067     // returns the string containing the result of Printf() to it
1068   static wxString Format(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_1;
1069     // the same as above, but takes a va_list
1070   static wxString FormatV(const wxChar *pszFormat, va_list argptr);
1071
1072   // raw access to string memory
1073     // ensure that string has space for at least nLen characters
1074     // only works if the data of this string is not shared
1075   bool Alloc(size_t nLen) { reserve(nLen); /*return capacity() >= nLen;*/ return true; }
1076     // minimize the string's memory
1077     // only works if the data of this string is not shared
1078   bool Shrink();
1079 #if !wxUSE_STL
1080     // get writable buffer of at least nLen bytes. Unget() *must* be called
1081     // a.s.a.p. to put string back in a reasonable state!
1082   wxChar *GetWriteBuf(size_t nLen);
1083     // call this immediately after GetWriteBuf() has been used
1084   void UngetWriteBuf();
1085   void UngetWriteBuf(size_t nLen);
1086 #endif
1087
1088   // wxWidgets version 1 compatibility functions
1089
1090   // use Mid()
1091   wxString SubString(size_t from, size_t to) const
1092       { return Mid(from, (to - from + 1)); }
1093     // values for second parameter of CompareTo function
1094   enum caseCompare {exact, ignoreCase};
1095     // values for first parameter of Strip function
1096   enum stripType {leading = 0x1, trailing = 0x2, both = 0x3};
1097
1098   // use Printf()
1099   // (take 'this' into account in attribute parameter count)
1100   int sprintf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
1101
1102     // use Cmp()
1103   inline int CompareTo(const wxChar* psz, caseCompare cmp = exact) const
1104     { return cmp == exact ? Cmp(psz) : CmpNoCase(psz); }
1105
1106     // use Len
1107   size_t Length() const { return length(); }
1108     // Count the number of characters
1109   int Freq(wxChar ch) const;
1110     // use MakeLower
1111   void LowerCase() { MakeLower(); }
1112     // use MakeUpper
1113   void UpperCase() { MakeUpper(); }
1114     // use Trim except that it doesn't change this string
1115   wxString Strip(stripType w = trailing) const;
1116
1117     // use Find (more general variants not yet supported)
1118   size_t Index(const wxChar* psz) const { return Find(psz); }
1119   size_t Index(wxChar ch)         const { return Find(ch);  }
1120     // use Truncate
1121   wxString& Remove(size_t pos) { return Truncate(pos); }
1122   wxString& RemoveLast(size_t n = 1) { return Truncate(length() - n); }
1123
1124   wxString& Remove(size_t nStart, size_t nLen)
1125       { return (wxString&)erase( nStart, nLen ); }
1126
1127     // use Find()
1128   int First( const wxChar ch ) const { return Find(ch); }
1129   int First( const wxChar* psz ) const { return Find(psz); }
1130   int First( const wxString &str ) const { return Find(str); }
1131   int Last( const wxChar ch ) const { return Find(ch, true); }
1132   bool Contains(const wxString& str) const { return Find(str) != wxNOT_FOUND; }
1133
1134     // use empty()
1135   bool IsNull() const { return empty(); }
1136
1137   // std::string compatibility functions
1138
1139     // take nLen chars starting at nPos
1140   wxString(const wxString& str, size_t nPos, size_t nLen)
1141       : wxStringBase(str, nPos, nLen) { }
1142     // take all characters from pStart to pEnd
1143   wxString(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd)
1144       : wxStringBase((const wxChar*)pStart, (const wxChar*)pEnd) { }
1145 #if wxUSE_STL
1146   wxString(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1147       : wxStringBase(first, last) { }
1148 #endif
1149
1150   // lib.string.modifiers
1151     // append elements str[pos], ..., str[pos+n]
1152   wxString& append(const wxString& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
1153     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(str, pos, n); }
1154     // append a string
1155   wxString& append(const wxString& str)
1156     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(str); }
1157     // append first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
1158   wxString& append(const wxChar *sz)
1159     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(sz); }
1160   wxString& append(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1161     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(sz, n); }
1162     // append n copies of ch
1163   wxString& append(size_t n, wxChar ch)
1164     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(n, ch); }
1165     // append from first to last
1166   wxString& append(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1167     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(first, last); }
1168
1169     // same as `this_string = str'
1170   wxString& assign(const wxString& str)
1171     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(str); }
1172     // same as ` = str[pos..pos + n]
1173   wxString& assign(const wxString& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
1174     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(str, pos, n); }
1175     // same as `= first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz'
1176   wxString& assign(const wxChar *sz)
1177     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(sz); }
1178   wxString& assign(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1179     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(sz, n); }
1180     // same as `= n copies of ch'
1181   wxString& assign(size_t n, wxChar ch)
1182     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(n, ch); }
1183     // assign from first to last
1184   wxString& assign(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1185     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(first, last); }
1186
1187     // string comparison
1188 #if !defined(HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE)
1189   int compare(const wxStringBase& str) const;
1190     // comparison with a substring
1191   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str) const;
1192     // comparison of 2 substrings
1193   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1194               const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2) const;
1195     // just like strcmp()
1196   int compare(const wxChar* sz) const;
1197     // substring comparison with first nCount characters of sz
1198   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1199               const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount = npos) const;
1200 #endif // !defined HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
1201
1202     // insert another string
1203   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str)
1204     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, str); }
1205     // insert n chars of str starting at nStart (in str)
1206   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str, size_t nStart, size_t n)
1207     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, str, nStart, n); }
1208     // insert first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
1209   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz)
1210     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, sz); }
1211   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1212     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, sz, n); }
1213     // insert n copies of ch
1214   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, size_t n, wxChar ch)
1215     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, n, ch); }
1216   iterator insert(iterator it, wxChar ch)
1217     { return wxStringBase::insert(it, ch); }
1218   void insert(iterator it, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1219     { wxStringBase::insert(it, first, last); }
1220   void insert(iterator it, size_type n, wxChar ch)
1221     { wxStringBase::insert(it, n, ch); }
1222
1223     // delete characters from nStart to nStart + nLen
1224   wxString& erase(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos)
1225     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::erase(pos, n); }
1226   iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last)
1227     { return wxStringBase::erase(first, last); }
1228   iterator erase(iterator first)
1229     { return wxStringBase::erase(first); }
1230
1231 #ifdef wxSTRING_BASE_HASNT_CLEAR
1232   void clear() { erase(); }
1233 #endif
1234
1235     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
1236   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxChar* sz)
1237     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, sz); }
1238     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
1239   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxString& str)
1240     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, str); }
1241     // replaces the substring with nCount copies of ch
1242   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, wxChar ch)
1243     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, nCount, ch); }
1244     // replaces a substring with another substring
1245   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1246                     const wxString& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2)
1247     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, str,
1248                                               nStart2, nLen2); }
1249      // replaces the substring with first nCount chars of sz
1250   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1251                     const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount)
1252     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, sz, nCount); }
1253   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s)
1254     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s); }
1255   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s,
1256                     size_type n)
1257     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s, n); }
1258   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const wxString& s)
1259     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s); }
1260   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, size_type n, wxChar c)
1261     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, n, c); }
1262   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last,
1263                     const_iterator first1, const_iterator last1)
1264     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, first1, last1); }
1265
1266       // string += string
1267   wxString& operator+=(const wxString& s)
1268     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(s); }
1269       // string += C string
1270   wxString& operator+=(const wxChar *psz)
1271     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(psz); }
1272       // string += char
1273   wxString& operator+=(wxChar ch)
1274     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(ch); }
1275 };
1276
1277 // define wxArrayString, for compatibility
1278 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 && !wxUSE_STL
1279     #include "wx/arrstr.h"
1280 #endif
1281
1282 #if wxUSE_STL
1283     // return an empty wxString (not very useful with wxUSE_STL == 1)
1284     inline const wxString wxGetEmptyString() { return wxString(); }
1285 #else // !wxUSE_STL
1286     // return an empty wxString (more efficient than wxString() here)
1287     inline const wxString& wxGetEmptyString()
1288     {
1289         return *(wxString *)&wxEmptyString;
1290     }
1291 #endif // wxUSE_STL/!wxUSE_STL
1292
1293 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1294 // wxStringBuffer: a tiny class allowing to get a writable pointer into string
1295 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1296
1297 #if wxUSE_STL
1298
1299 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBuffer
1300 {
1301 public:
1302     wxStringBuffer(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1303         : m_str(str), m_buf(lenWanted)
1304         { }
1305
1306     ~wxStringBuffer() { m_str.assign(m_buf.data(), wxStrlen(m_buf.data())); }
1307
1308     operator wxChar*() { return m_buf.data(); }
1309
1310 private:
1311     wxString& m_str;
1312 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1313     wxWCharBuffer m_buf;
1314 #else
1315     wxCharBuffer m_buf;
1316 #endif
1317
1318     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBuffer)
1319 };
1320
1321 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBufferLength
1322 {
1323 public:
1324     wxStringBufferLength(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1325         : m_str(str), m_buf(lenWanted), m_len(0), m_lenSet(false)
1326         { }
1327
1328     ~wxStringBufferLength()
1329     {
1330         wxASSERT(m_lenSet);
1331         m_str.assign(m_buf.data(), m_len);
1332     }
1333
1334     operator wxChar*() { return m_buf.data(); }
1335     void SetLength(size_t length) { m_len = length; m_lenSet = true; }
1336
1337 private:
1338     wxString& m_str;
1339 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1340     wxWCharBuffer m_buf;
1341 #else
1342     wxCharBuffer  m_buf;
1343 #endif
1344     size_t        m_len;
1345     bool          m_lenSet;
1346
1347     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBufferLength)
1348 };
1349
1350 #else // if !wxUSE_STL
1351
1352 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBuffer
1353 {
1354 public:
1355     wxStringBuffer(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1356         : m_str(str), m_buf(NULL)
1357         { m_buf = m_str.GetWriteBuf(lenWanted); }
1358
1359     ~wxStringBuffer() { m_str.UngetWriteBuf(); }
1360
1361     operator wxChar*() const { return m_buf; }
1362
1363 private:
1364     wxString& m_str;
1365     wxChar   *m_buf;
1366
1367     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBuffer)
1368 };
1369
1370 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBufferLength
1371 {
1372 public:
1373     wxStringBufferLength(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1374         : m_str(str), m_buf(NULL), m_len(0), m_lenSet(false)
1375     {
1376         m_buf = m_str.GetWriteBuf(lenWanted);
1377         wxASSERT(m_buf != NULL);
1378     }
1379
1380     ~wxStringBufferLength()
1381     {
1382         wxASSERT(m_lenSet);
1383         m_str.UngetWriteBuf(m_len);
1384     }
1385
1386     operator wxChar*() const { return m_buf; }
1387     void SetLength(size_t length) { m_len = length; m_lenSet = true; }
1388
1389 private:
1390     wxString& m_str;
1391     wxChar   *m_buf;
1392     size_t    m_len;
1393     bool      m_lenSet;
1394
1395     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBufferLength)
1396 };
1397
1398 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
1399
1400 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1401 // wxString comparison functions: operator versions are always case sensitive
1402 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1403
1404 // note that when wxUSE_STL == 1 the comparison operators taking std::string
1405 // are used and defining them also for wxString would only result in
1406 // compilation ambiguities when comparing std::string and wxString
1407 #if !wxUSE_STL
1408
1409 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1410     { return (s1.Len() == s2.Len()) && (s1.Cmp(s2) == 0); }
1411 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1412     { return s1.Cmp(s2) == 0; }
1413 inline bool operator==(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1414     { return s2.Cmp(s1) == 0; }
1415 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1416     { return (s1.Len() != s2.Len()) || (s1.Cmp(s2) != 0); }
1417 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1418     { return s1.Cmp(s2) != 0; }
1419 inline bool operator!=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1420     { return s2.Cmp(s1) != 0; }
1421 inline bool operator< (const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1422     { return s1.Cmp(s2) < 0; }
1423 inline bool operator< (const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1424     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <  0; }
1425 inline bool operator< (const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1426     { return s2.Cmp(s1) >  0; }
1427 inline bool operator> (const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1428     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >  0; }
1429 inline bool operator> (const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1430     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >  0; }
1431 inline bool operator> (const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1432     { return s2.Cmp(s1) <  0; }
1433 inline bool operator<=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1434     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <= 0; }
1435 inline bool operator<=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1436     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <= 0; }
1437 inline bool operator<=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1438     { return s2.Cmp(s1) >= 0; }
1439 inline bool operator>=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1440     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >= 0; }
1441 inline bool operator>=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1442     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >= 0; }
1443 inline bool operator>=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1444     { return s2.Cmp(s1) <= 0; }
1445
1446 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1447 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxWCharBuffer& s2)
1448     { return (s1.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s2) == 0); }
1449 inline bool operator==(const wxWCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1450     { return (s2.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s1) == 0); }
1451 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxWCharBuffer& s2)
1452     { return (s1.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s2) != 0); }
1453 inline bool operator!=(const wxWCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1454     { return (s2.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s1) != 0); }
1455 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
1456 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxCharBuffer& s2)
1457     { return (s1.Cmp((const char *)s2) == 0); }
1458 inline bool operator==(const wxCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1459     { return (s2.Cmp((const char *)s1) == 0); }
1460 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxCharBuffer& s2)
1461     { return (s1.Cmp((const char *)s2) != 0); }
1462 inline bool operator!=(const wxCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1463     { return (s2.Cmp((const char *)s1) != 0); }
1464 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
1465
1466 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string1,  const wxString& string2);
1467 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch);
1468 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string);
1469 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, const wxChar *psz);
1470 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxChar *psz, const wxString& string);
1471
1472 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1473 inline wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const wxWCharBuffer& buf)
1474     { return string + (const wchar_t *)buf; }
1475 inline wxString operator+(const wxWCharBuffer& buf, const wxString& string)
1476     { return (const wchar_t *)buf + string; }
1477 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
1478 inline wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const wxCharBuffer& buf)
1479     { return string + (const char *)buf; }
1480 inline wxString operator+(const wxCharBuffer& buf, const wxString& string)
1481     { return (const char *)buf + string; }
1482 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
1483
1484 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
1485
1486 // comparison with char (those are not defined by std::[w]string and so should
1487 // be always available)
1488 inline bool operator==(wxChar c, const wxString& s) { return s.IsSameAs(c); }
1489 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s, wxChar c) { return s.IsSameAs(c); }
1490 inline bool operator!=(wxChar c, const wxString& s) { return !s.IsSameAs(c); }
1491 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s, wxChar c) { return !s.IsSameAs(c); }
1492
1493 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1494 // Implementation only from here until the end of file
1495 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1496
1497 // don't pollute the library user's name space
1498 #undef wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX
1499
1500 #if wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM
1501
1502 #include "wx/iosfwrap.h"
1503
1504 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxSTD istream& operator>>(wxSTD istream&, wxString&);
1505 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxSTD ostream& operator<<(wxSTD ostream&, const wxString&);
1506
1507 #endif  // wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
1508
1509 #endif  // _WX_WXSTRINGH__