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     #define wxUSE_STD_STRING 0
 191
 192     #if (defined(__GNUG__) && (__GNUG__ < 3)) || \
 193         (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER <= 1200))
 194         #define wxSTRING_BASE_HASNT_CLEAR
 195     #endif
 196
 197     typedef wxStdString wxStringBase;
 198 #else // if !wxUSE_STL
 199
 200 #if !defined(HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE) && \
 201     (!defined(__WX_SETUP_H__) || wxUSE_STL == 0)
 202     #define HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
 203 #endif
 204
 205 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 206 // string data prepended with some housekeeping info (used by wxString class),
 207 // is never used directly (but had to be put here to allow inlining)
 208 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 209
 210 struct WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringData
 211 {
 212   int     nRefs;        // reference count
 213   size_t  nDataLength,  // actual string length
 214           nAllocLength; // allocated memory size
 215
 216   // mimics declaration 'wxChar data[nAllocLength]'
 217   wxChar* data() const { return (wxChar*)(this + 1); }
 218
 219   // empty string has a special ref count so it's never deleted
 220   bool  IsEmpty()   const { return (nRefs == -1); }
 221   bool  IsShared()  const { return (nRefs > 1);   }
 222
 223   // lock/unlock
 224   void  Lock()   { if ( !IsEmpty() ) nRefs++;                    }
 225
 226   // VC++ will refuse to inline Unlock but profiling shows that it is wrong
 227 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 228   __forceinline
 229 #endif
 230   // VC++ free must take place in same DLL as allocation when using non dll
 231   // run-time library (e.g. Multithreaded instead of Multithreaded DLL)
 232 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && defined(_MT) && !defined(_DLL)
 233   void  Unlock() { if ( !IsEmpty() && --nRefs == 0) Free();  }
 234   // we must not inline deallocation since allocation is not inlined
 235   void  Free();
 236 #else
 237   void  Unlock() { if ( !IsEmpty() && --nRefs == 0) free(this);  }
 238 #endif
 239
 240   // if we had taken control over string memory (GetWriteBuf), it's
 241   // intentionally put in invalid state
 242   void  Validate(bool b)  { nRefs = (b ? 1 : 0); }
 243   bool  IsValid() const   { return (nRefs != 0); }
 244 };
 245
 246 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBase
 247 {
 248 #if !wxUSE_STL
 249 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
 250 #endif
 251 public :
 252   // an 'invalid' value for string index, moved to this place due to a CW bug
 253   static const size_t npos;
 254 protected:
 255   // points to data preceded by wxStringData structure with ref count info
 256   wxChar *m_pchData;
 257
 258   // accessor to string data
 259   wxStringData* GetStringData() const { return (wxStringData*)m_pchData - 1; }
 260
 261   // string (re)initialization functions
 262     // initializes the string to the empty value (must be called only from
 263     // ctors, use Reinit() otherwise)
 264   void Init() { m_pchData = (wxChar *)wxEmptyString; }
 265     // initializes the string with (a part of) C-string
 266   void InitWith(const wxChar *psz, size_t nPos = 0, size_t nLen = npos);
 267     // as Init, but also frees old data
 268   void Reinit() { GetStringData()->Unlock(); Init(); }
 269
 270   // memory allocation
 271     // allocates memory for string of length nLen
 272   bool AllocBuffer(size_t nLen);
 273     // copies data to another string
 274   bool AllocCopy(wxString&, int, int) const;
 275     // effectively copies data to string
 276   bool AssignCopy(size_t, const wxChar *);
 277
 278   // append a (sub)string
 279   bool ConcatSelf(size_t nLen, const wxChar *src, size_t nMaxLen);
 280   bool ConcatSelf(size_t nLen, const wxChar *src)
 281     { return ConcatSelf(nLen, src, nLen); }
 282
 283   // functions called before writing to the string: they copy it if there
 284   // are other references to our data (should be the only owner when writing)
 285   bool CopyBeforeWrite();
 286   bool AllocBeforeWrite(size_t);
 287
 288     // compatibility with wxString
 289   bool Alloc(size_t nLen);
 290 public:
 291   // standard types
 292   typedef wxChar value_type;
 293   typedef wxChar char_type;
 294   typedef size_t size_type;
 295   typedef value_type& reference;
 296   typedef const value_type& const_reference;
 297   typedef value_type* pointer;
 298   typedef const value_type* const_pointer;
 299   typedef value_type *iterator;
 300   typedef const value_type *const_iterator;
 301
 302 #define wxSTRING_REVERSE_ITERATOR(name, const_or_not)                         \
 303   class name                                                                  \
 304   {                                                                           \
 305   public:                                                                     \
 306       typedef wxChar value_type;                                              \
 307       typedef const_or_not value_type& reference;                             \
 308       typedef const_or_not value_type *pointer;                               \
 309       typedef const_or_not value_type *iterator_type;                         \
 310                                                                               \
 311       name(iterator_type i) : m_cur(i) { }                                    \
 312       name(const name& ri) : m_cur(ri.m_cur) { }                              \
 313                                                                               \
 314       iterator_type base() const { return m_cur; }                            \
 315                                                                               \
 316       reference operator*() const { return *(m_cur - 1); }                    \
 317                                                                               \
 318       name& operator++() { --m_cur; return *this; }                           \
 319       name operator++(int) { name tmp = *this; --m_cur; return tmp; }         \
 320       name& operator--() { ++m_cur; return *this; }                           \
 321       name operator--(int) { name tmp = *this; ++m_cur; return tmp; }         \
 322                                                                               \
 323       bool operator==(name ri) const { return m_cur == ri.m_cur; }            \
 324       bool operator!=(name ri) const { return !(*this == ri); }               \
 325                                                                               \
 326   private:                                                                    \
 327       iterator_type m_cur;                                                    \
 328   }
 329
 330   wxSTRING_REVERSE_ITERATOR(const_reverse_iterator, const);
 331
 332   #define wxSTRING_CONST
 333   wxSTRING_REVERSE_ITERATOR(reverse_iterator, wxSTRING_CONST);
 334   #undef wxSTRING_CONST
 335
 336   #undef wxSTRING_REVERSE_ITERATOR
 337
 338
 339   // constructors and destructor
 340     // ctor for an empty string
 341   wxStringBase() { Init(); }
 342     // copy ctor
 343   wxStringBase(const wxStringBase& stringSrc)
 344   {
 345     wxASSERT_MSG( stringSrc.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 346                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 347
 348     if ( stringSrc.empty() ) {
 349       // nothing to do for an empty string
 350       Init();
 351     }
 352     else {
 353       m_pchData = stringSrc.m_pchData;            // share same data
 354       GetStringData()->Lock();                    // => one more copy
 355     }
 356   }
 357     // string containing nRepeat copies of ch
 358   wxStringBase(size_type nRepeat, wxChar ch);
 359     // ctor takes first nLength characters from C string
 360     // (default value of npos means take all the string)
 361   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz)
 362       { InitWith(psz, 0, npos); }
 363   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz, size_t nLength)
 364       { InitWith(psz, 0, nLength); }
 365   wxStringBase(const wxChar *psz,
 366                const wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv),
 367                size_t nLength = npos)
 368       { InitWith(psz, 0, nLength); }
 369     // take nLen chars starting at nPos
 370   wxStringBase(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nPos, size_t nLen)
 371   {
 372     wxASSERT_MSG( str.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 373                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 374     Init();
 375     size_t strLen = str.length() - nPos; nLen = strLen < nLen ? strLen : nLen;
 376     InitWith(str.c_str(), nPos, nLen);
 377   }
 378     // take all characters from pStart to pEnd
 379   wxStringBase(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd);
 380
 381     // dtor is not virtual, this class must not be inherited from!
 382   ~wxStringBase()
 383   {
 384 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 385       //RN - according to the above VC++ does indeed inline this,
 386       //even though it spits out two warnings
 387       #pragma warning (disable:4714)
 388 #endif
 389
 390       GetStringData()->Unlock();
 391   }
 392
 393 #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
 394     //re-enable inlining warning
 395     #pragma warning (default:4714)
 396 #endif
 397   // overloaded assignment
 398     // from another wxString
 399   wxStringBase& operator=(const wxStringBase& stringSrc);
 400     // from a character
 401   wxStringBase& operator=(wxChar ch);
 402     // from a C string
 403   wxStringBase& operator=(const wxChar *psz);
 404
 405     // return the length of the string
 406   size_type length() const { return GetStringData()->nDataLength; }
 407     // return the length of the string
 408   size_type size() const { return length(); }
 409     // return the maximum size of the string
 410   size_type max_size() const { return wxSTRING_MAXLEN; }
 411     // resize the string, filling the space with c if c != 0
 412   void resize(size_t nSize, wxChar ch = wxT('\0'));
 413     // delete the contents of the string
 414   void clear() { erase(0, npos); }
 415     // returns true if the string is empty
 416   bool empty() const { return length() == 0; }
 417     // inform string about planned change in size
 418   void reserve(size_t sz) { Alloc(sz); }
 419   size_type capacity() const { return GetStringData()->nAllocLength; }
 420
 421   // lib.string.access
 422     // return the character at position n
 423   value_type at(size_type n) const
 424     { wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX( n ); return m_pchData[n]; }
 425     // returns the writable character at position n
 426   reference at(size_type n)
 427     { wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX( n ); CopyBeforeWrite(); return m_pchData[n]; }
 428
 429   // lib.string.modifiers
 430     // append elements str[pos], ..., str[pos+n]
 431   wxStringBase& append(const wxStringBase& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
 432   {
 433     wxASSERT(pos <= str.length());
 434     ConcatSelf(n, str.c_str() + pos, str.length() - pos);
 435     return *this;
 436   }
 437     // append a string
 438   wxStringBase& append(const wxStringBase& str)
 439     { ConcatSelf(str.length(), str.c_str()); return *this; }
 440     // append first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
 441   wxStringBase& append(const wxChar *sz)
 442     { ConcatSelf(wxStrlen(sz), sz); return *this; }
 443   wxStringBase& append(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
 444     { ConcatSelf(n, sz); return *this; }
 445     // append n copies of ch
 446   wxStringBase& append(size_t n, wxChar ch);
 447     // append from first to last
 448   wxStringBase& append(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 449     { ConcatSelf(last - first, first); return *this; }
 450
 451     // same as `this_string = str'
 452   wxStringBase& assign(const wxStringBase& str)
 453     { return *this = str; }
 454     // same as ` = str[pos..pos + n]
 455   wxStringBase& assign(const wxStringBase& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
 456     { clear(); return append(str, pos, n); }
 457     // same as `= first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz'
 458   wxStringBase& assign(const wxChar *sz)
 459     { clear(); return append(sz, wxStrlen(sz)); }
 460   wxStringBase& assign(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
 461     { clear(); return append(sz, n); }
 462     // same as `= n copies of ch'
 463   wxStringBase& assign(size_t n, wxChar ch)
 464     { clear(); return append(n, ch); }
 465     // assign from first to last
 466   wxStringBase& assign(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 467     { clear(); return append(first, last); }
 468
 469     // first valid index position
 470   const_iterator begin() const { return m_pchData; }
 471   iterator begin();
 472     // position one after the last valid one
 473   const_iterator end() const { return m_pchData + length(); }
 474   iterator end();
 475
 476     // first element of the reversed string
 477   const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const { return const_reverse_iterator(end()); }
 478   reverse_iterator rbegin() { return reverse_iterator(end()); }
 479     // one beyond the end of the reversed string
 480   const_reverse_iterator rend() const { return const_reverse_iterator(begin()); }
 481   reverse_iterator rend() { return reverse_iterator(begin()); }
 482
 483     // insert another string
 484   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxStringBase& str)
 485   {
 486     wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 487     return insert(nPos, str.c_str(), str.length());
 488   }
 489     // insert n chars of str starting at nStart (in str)
 490   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart, size_t n)
 491   {
 492     wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 493     wxASSERT( nStart < str.length() );
 494     size_t strLen = str.length() - nStart;
 495     n = strLen < n ? strLen : n;
 496     return insert(nPos, str.c_str() + nStart, n);
 497   }
 498     // insert first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
 499   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz, size_t n = npos);
 500     // insert n copies of ch
 501   wxStringBase& insert(size_t nPos, size_t n, wxChar ch)
 502     { return insert(nPos, wxStringBase(n, ch)); }
 503   iterator insert(iterator it, wxChar ch)
 504     { size_t idx = it - begin(); insert(idx, 1, ch); return begin() + idx; }
 505   void insert(iterator it, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
 506     { insert(it - begin(), first, last - first); }
 507   void insert(iterator it, size_type n, wxChar ch)
 508     { insert(it - begin(), n, ch); }
 509
 510     // delete characters from nStart to nStart + nLen
 511   wxStringBase& erase(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos);
 512   iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last)
 513   {
 514     size_t idx = first - begin();
 515     erase(idx, last - first);
 516     return begin() + idx;
 517   }
 518   iterator erase(iterator first);
 519
 520   // explicit conversion to C string (use this with printf()!)
 521   const wxChar* c_str() const { return m_pchData; }
 522   const wxChar* data() const { return m_pchData; }
 523
 524     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
 525   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxChar* sz);
 526     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
 527   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str)
 528     { return replace(nStart, nLen, str.c_str()); }
 529     // replaces the substring with nCount copies of ch
 530   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, wxChar ch);
 531     // replaces a substring with another substring
 532   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 533                         const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2);
 534     // replaces the substring with first nCount chars of sz
 535   wxStringBase& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 536                         const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount);
 537   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s)
 538     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s); }
 539   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s,
 540                         size_type n)
 541     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s, n); }
 542   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const wxStringBase& s)
 543     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, s); }
 544   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last, size_type n, wxChar c)
 545     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, n, c); }
 546   wxStringBase& replace(iterator first, iterator last,
 547                         const_iterator first1, const_iterator last1)
 548     { return replace(first - begin(), last - first, first1, last1 - first1); }
 549
 550     // swap two strings
 551   void swap(wxStringBase& str);
 552
 553     // All find() functions take the nStart argument which specifies the
 554     // position to start the search on, the default value is 0. All functions
 555     // return npos if there were no match.
 556
 557     // find a substring
 558   size_t find(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 559
 560     // find first n characters of sz
 561   size_t find(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0, size_t n = npos) const;
 562
 563     // find the first occurence of character ch after nStart
 564   size_t find(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 565
 566     // rfind() family is exactly like find() but works right to left
 567
 568     // as find, but from the end
 569   size_t rfind(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 570
 571     // as find, but from the end
 572   size_t rfind(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos,
 573                size_t n = npos) const;
 574     // as find, but from the end
 575   size_t rfind(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 576
 577     // find first/last occurence of any character in the set
 578
 579     // as strpbrk() but starts at nStart, returns npos if not found
 580   size_t find_first_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const
 581     { return find_first_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 582     // same as above
 583   size_t find_first_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 584   size_t find_first_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 585     // same as find(char, size_t)
 586   size_t find_first_of(wxChar c, size_t nStart = 0) const
 587     { return find(c, nStart); }
 588     // find the last (starting from nStart) char from str in this string
 589   size_t find_last_of (const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const
 590     { return find_last_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 591     // same as above
 592   size_t find_last_of (const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 593   size_t find_last_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 594     // same as above
 595   size_t find_last_of(wxChar c, size_t nStart = npos) const
 596     { return rfind(c, nStart); }
 597
 598     // find first/last occurence of any character not in the set
 599
 600     // as strspn() (starting from nStart), returns npos on failure
 601   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = 0) const
 602     { return find_first_not_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 603     // same as above
 604   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 605   size_t find_first_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 606     // same as above
 607   size_t find_first_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = 0) const;
 608     //  as strcspn()
 609   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart = npos) const
 610     { return find_last_not_of(str.c_str(), nStart); }
 611     // same as above
 612   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 613   size_t find_last_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const;
 614     // same as above
 615   size_t find_last_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart = npos) const;
 616
 617     // All compare functions return -1, 0 or 1 if the [sub]string is less,
 618     // equal or greater than the compare() argument.
 619
 620     // comparison with another string
 621   int compare(const wxStringBase& str) const;
 622     // comparison with a substring
 623   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str) const;
 624     // comparison of 2 substrings
 625   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 626               const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2) const;
 627     // comparison with a c string
 628   int compare(const wxChar* sz) const;
 629     // substring comparison with first nCount characters of sz
 630   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
 631               const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount = npos) const;
 632
 633   size_type copy(wxChar* s, size_type n, size_type pos = 0);
 634
 635   // substring extraction
 636   wxStringBase substr(size_t nStart = 0, size_t nLen = npos) const;
 637
 638       // string += string
 639   wxStringBase& operator+=(const wxStringBase& s) { return append(s); }
 640       // string += C string
 641   wxStringBase& operator+=(const wxChar *psz) { return append(psz); }
 642       // string += char
 643   wxStringBase& operator+=(wxChar ch) { return append(1, ch); }
 644 };
 645
 646 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
 647
 648 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 649 // wxString: string class trying to be compatible with std::string, MFC
 650 //           CString and wxWindows 1.x wxString all at once
 651 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 652
 653 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString : public wxStringBase
 654 {
 655 #if !wxUSE_STL
 656 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
 657 #endif
 658
 659   // NB: special care was taken in arranging the member functions in such order
 660   //     that all inline functions can be effectively inlined, verify that all
 661   //     performance critical functions are still inlined if you change order!
 662 private:
 663   // if we hadn't made these operators private, it would be possible to
 664   // compile "wxString s; s = 17;" without any warnings as 17 is implicitly
 665   // converted to char in C and we do have operator=(char)
 666   //
 667   // NB: we don't need other versions (short/long and unsigned) as attempt
 668   //     to assign another numeric type to wxString will now result in
 669   //     ambiguity between operator=(char) and operator=(int)
 670   wxString& operator=(int);
 671
 672   // these methods are not implemented - there is _no_ conversion from int to
 673   // string, you're doing something wrong if the compiler wants to call it!
 674   //
 675   // try `s << i' or `s.Printf("%d", i)' instead
 676   wxString(int);
 677
 678 public:
 679   // constructors and destructor
 680     // ctor for an empty string
 681   wxString() : wxStringBase() { }
 682     // copy ctor
 683   wxString(const wxStringBase& stringSrc) : wxStringBase(stringSrc) { }
 684   wxString(const wxString& stringSrc) : wxStringBase(stringSrc) { }
 685     // string containing nRepeat copies of ch
 686   wxString(wxChar ch, size_t nRepeat = 1)
 687       : wxStringBase(nRepeat, ch) { }
 688   wxString(size_t nRepeat, wxChar ch)
 689       : wxStringBase(nRepeat, ch) { }
 690     // ctor takes first nLength characters from C string
 691     // (default value of npos means take all the string)
 692   wxString(const wxChar *psz)
 693       : wxStringBase(psz ? psz : wxT("")) { }
 694   wxString(const wxChar *psz, size_t nLength)
 695       : wxStringBase(psz, nLength) { }
 696   wxString(const wxChar *psz,
 697            const wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv),
 698            size_t nLength = npos)
 699       : wxStringBase(psz, nLength == npos ? wxStrlen(psz) : nLength) { }
 700
 701   // even if we're not built with wxUSE_STL == 1 it is very convenient to allow
 702   // implicit conversions from std::string to wxString as this allows to use
 703   // the same strings in non-GUI and GUI code, however we don't want to
 704   // unconditionally add this ctor as it would make wx lib dependent on
 705   // libstdc++ on some Linux versions which is bad, so instead we ask the
 706   // client code to define this wxUSE_STD_STRING symbol if they need it
 707 #if wxUSE_STD_STRING
 708   wxString(const wxStdString& s)
 709       : wxStringBase(s.c_str()) { }
 710 #endif // wxUSE_STD_STRING
 711
 712 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 713     // from multibyte string
 714   wxString(const char *psz, const wxMBConv& conv, size_t nLength = npos);
 715     // from wxWCharBuffer (i.e. return from wxGetString)
 716   wxString(const wxWCharBuffer& psz) : wxStringBase(psz.data()) { }
 717 #else // ANSI
 718     // from C string (for compilers using unsigned char)
 719   wxString(const unsigned char* psz)
 720       : wxStringBase((const char*)psz) { }
 721     // from part of C string (for compilers using unsigned char)
 722   wxString(const unsigned char* psz, size_t nLength)
 723       : wxStringBase((const char*)psz, nLength) { }
 724
 725 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 726     // from wide (Unicode) string
 727   wxString(const wchar_t *pwz,
 728            const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc,
 729            size_t nLength = npos);
 730 #endif // !wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 731
 732     // from wxCharBuffer
 733   wxString(const wxCharBuffer& psz)
 734       : wxStringBase(psz) { }
 735 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 736
 737   // generic attributes & operations
 738     // as standard strlen()
 739   size_t Len() const { return length(); }
 740     // string contains any characters?
 741   bool IsEmpty() const { return empty(); }
 742     // empty string is "false", so !str will return true
 743   bool operator!() const { return empty(); }
 744     // truncate the string to given length
 745   wxString& Truncate(size_t uiLen);
 746     // empty string contents
 747   void Empty()
 748   {
 749     Truncate(0);
 750
 751     wxASSERT_MSG( empty(), _T("string not empty after call to Empty()?") );
 752   }
 753     // empty the string and free memory
 754   void Clear()
 755   {
 756     wxString tmp(wxEmptyString);
 757     swap(tmp);
 758   }
 759
 760   // contents test
 761     // Is an ascii value
 762   bool IsAscii() const;
 763     // Is a number
 764   bool IsNumber() const;
 765     // Is a word
 766   bool IsWord() const;
 767
 768   // data access (all indexes are 0 based)
 769     // read access
 770     wxChar  GetChar(size_t n) const
 771       { return at(n); }
 772     // read/write access
 773     wxChar& GetWritableChar(size_t n)
 774       { return at(n); }
 775     // write access
 776     void  SetChar(size_t n, wxChar ch)
 777       { at(n) = ch; }
 778
 779     // get last character
 780     wxChar  Last() const
 781       {
 782           wxASSERT_MSG( !empty(), _T("wxString: index out of bounds") );
 783
 784           return at(length() - 1);
 785       }
 786
 787     // get writable last character
 788     wxChar& Last()
 789       {
 790           wxASSERT_MSG( !empty(), _T("wxString: index out of bounds") );
 791           return at(length() - 1);
 792       }
 793
 794     /*
 795        Note that we we must define all of the overloads below to avoid
 796        ambiguity when using str[0]. Also note that for a conforming compiler we
 797        don't need const version of operatorp[] at all as indexed access to
 798        const string is provided by implicit conversion to "const wxChar *"
 799        below and defining them would only result in ambiguities, but some other
 800        compilers refuse to compile "str[0]" without them.
 801      */
 802
 803 #if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) || defined(__MWERKS__)
 804     wxChar operator[](int n) const
 805       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 806     wxChar operator[](size_type n) const
 807       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 808 #ifndef wxSIZE_T_IS_UINT
 809     wxChar operator[](unsigned int n) const
 810       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 811 #endif // size_t != unsigned int
 812 #endif // broken compiler
 813
 814
 815     // operator versions of GetWriteableChar()
 816     wxChar& operator[](int n)
 817       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 818     wxChar& operator[](size_type n)
 819       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 820 #ifndef wxSIZE_T_IS_UINT
 821     wxChar& operator[](unsigned int n)
 822       { return wxStringBase::at(n); }
 823 #endif // size_t != unsigned int
 824
 825     // implicit conversion to C string
 826     operator const wxChar*() const { return c_str(); }
 827
 828     // identical to c_str(), for wxWin 1.6x compatibility
 829     const wxChar* wx_str()  const { return c_str(); }
 830     // identical to c_str(), for MFC compatibility
 831     const wxChar* GetData() const { return c_str(); }
 832
 833     // conversion to/from plain (i.e. 7 bit) ASCII: this is useful for
 834     // converting numbers or strings which are certain not to contain special
 835     // chars (typically system functions, X atoms, environment variables etc.)
 836     //
 837     // the behaviour of these functions with the strings containing anything
 838     // else than 7 bit ASCII characters is undefined, use at your own risk.
 839 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 840     static wxString FromAscii(const char *ascii);  // string
 841     static wxString FromAscii(const char ascii);   // char
 842     const wxCharBuffer ToAscii() const;
 843 #else // ANSI
 844     static wxString FromAscii(const char *ascii) { return wxString( ascii ); }
 845     static wxString FromAscii(const char ascii) { return wxString( ascii ); }
 846     const char *ToAscii() const { return c_str(); }
 847 #endif // Unicode/!Unicode
 848
 849     // conversions with (possible) format conversions: have to return a
 850     // buffer with temporary data
 851     //
 852     // the functions defined (in either Unicode or ANSI) mode are mb_str() to
 853     // return an ANSI (multibyte) string, wc_str() to return a wide string and
 854     // fn_str() to return a string which should be used with the OS APIs
 855     // accepting the file names. The return value is always the same, but the
 856     // type differs because a function may either return pointer to the buffer
 857     // directly or have to use intermediate buffer for translation.
 858 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 859     const wxCharBuffer mb_str(const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvLibc) const;
 860
 861     const wxWX2MBbuf mbc_str() const { return mb_str(*wxConvCurrent); }
 862
 863     const wxChar* wc_str() const { return c_str(); }
 864
 865     // for compatibility with !wxUSE_UNICODE version
 866     const wxChar* wc_str(const wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv)) const { return c_str(); }
 867
 868 #if wxMBFILES
 869     const wxCharBuffer fn_str() const { return mb_str(wxConvFile); }
 870 #else // !wxMBFILES
 871     const wxChar* fn_str() const { return c_str(); }
 872 #endif // wxMBFILES/!wxMBFILES
 873 #else // ANSI
 874     const wxChar* mb_str() const { return c_str(); }
 875
 876     // for compatibility with wxUSE_UNICODE version
 877     const wxChar* mb_str(const wxMBConv& WXUNUSED(conv)) const { return c_str(); }
 878
 879     const wxWX2MBbuf mbc_str() const { return mb_str(); }
 880
 881 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 882     const wxWCharBuffer wc_str(const wxMBConv& conv) const;
 883 #endif // wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 884 #ifdef __WXOSX__
 885     const wxCharBuffer fn_str() const { return wxConvFile.cWC2WX( wc_str( wxConvLocal ) ); }
 886 #else
 887     const wxChar* fn_str() const { return c_str(); }
 888 #endif
 889 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 890
 891   // overloaded assignment
 892     // from another wxString
 893   wxString& operator=(const wxStringBase& stringSrc)
 894     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(stringSrc); }
 895     // from a character
 896   wxString& operator=(wxChar ch)
 897     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(ch); }
 898     // from a C string - STL probably will crash on NULL,
 899     // so we need to compensate in that case
 900 #if wxUSE_STL
 901   wxString& operator=(const wxChar *psz)
 902     { if(psz) wxStringBase::operator=(psz); else Clear(); return *this; }
 903 #else
 904   wxString& operator=(const wxChar *psz)
 905     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator=(psz); }
 906 #endif
 907
 908 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 909     // from wxWCharBuffer
 910   wxString& operator=(const wxWCharBuffer& psz)
 911     { (void) operator=((const wchar_t *)psz); return *this; }
 912 #else // ANSI
 913     // from another kind of C string
 914   wxString& operator=(const unsigned char* psz);
 915 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 916     // from a wide string
 917   wxString& operator=(const wchar_t *pwz);
 918 #endif
 919     // from wxCharBuffer
 920   wxString& operator=(const wxCharBuffer& psz)
 921     { (void) operator=((const char *)psz); return *this; }
 922 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 923
 924   // string concatenation
 925     // in place concatenation
 926     /*
 927         Concatenate and return the result. Note that the left to right
 928         associativity of << allows to write things like "str << str1 << str2
 929         << ..." (unlike with +=)
 930      */
 931       // string += string
 932   wxString& operator<<(const wxString& s)
 933   {
 934 #if !wxUSE_STL
 935     wxASSERT_MSG( s.GetStringData()->IsValid(),
 936                   _T("did you forget to call UngetWriteBuf()?") );
 937 #endif
 938
 939     append(s);
 940     return *this;
 941   }
 942       // string += C string
 943   wxString& operator<<(const wxChar *psz)
 944     { append(psz); return *this; }
 945       // string += char
 946   wxString& operator<<(wxChar ch) { append(1, ch); return *this; }
 947
 948       // string += buffer (i.e. from wxGetString)
 949 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 950   wxString& operator<<(const wxWCharBuffer& s)
 951     { (void)operator<<((const wchar_t *)s); return *this; }
 952   void operator+=(const wxWCharBuffer& s)
 953     { (void)operator<<((const wchar_t *)s); }
 954 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
 955   wxString& operator<<(const wxCharBuffer& s)
 956     { (void)operator<<((const char *)s); return *this; }
 957   void operator+=(const wxCharBuffer& s)
 958     { (void)operator<<((const char *)s); }
 959 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
 960
 961     // string += C string
 962   wxString& Append(const wxString& s)
 963     {
 964         // test for empty() to share the string if possible
 965         if ( empty() )
 966             *this = s;
 967         else
 968             append(s);
 969         return *this;
 970     }
 971   wxString& Append(const wxChar* psz)
 972     { append(psz); return *this; }
 973     // append count copies of given character
 974   wxString& Append(wxChar ch, size_t count = 1u)
 975     { append(count, ch); return *this; }
 976   wxString& Append(const wxChar* psz, size_t nLen)
 977     { append(psz, nLen); return *this; }
 978
 979     // prepend a string, return the string itself
 980   wxString& Prepend(const wxString& str)
 981     { *this = str + *this; return *this; }
 982
 983     // non-destructive concatenation
 984       // two strings
 985   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string1,
 986                                              const wxString& string2);
 987       // string with a single char
 988   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch);
 989       // char with a string
 990   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string);
 991       // string with C string
 992   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string,
 993                                              const wxChar *psz);
 994       // C string with string
 995   friend wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxChar *psz,
 996                                              const wxString& string);
 997
 998   // stream-like functions
 999       // insert an int into string
1000   wxString& operator<<(int i)
1001     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%d"), i); }
1002       // insert an unsigned int into string
1003   wxString& operator<<(unsigned int ui)
1004     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%u"), ui); }
1005       // insert a long into string
1006   wxString& operator<<(long l)
1007     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%ld"), l); }
1008       // insert an unsigned long into string
1009   wxString& operator<<(unsigned long ul)
1010     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%lu"), ul); }
1011 #if defined wxLongLong_t && !defined wxLongLongIsLong
1012       // insert a long long if they exist and aren't longs
1013   wxString& operator<<(wxLongLong_t ll)
1014     {
1015       const wxChar *fmt = _T("%") wxLongLongFmtSpec _T("d");
1016       return (*this) << Format(fmt, ll);
1017     }
1018       // insert an unsigned long long
1019   wxString& operator<<(wxULongLong_t ull)
1020     {
1021       const wxChar *fmt = _T("%") wxLongLongFmtSpec _T("u");
1022       return (*this) << Format(fmt , ull);
1023     }
1024 #endif
1025       // insert a float into string
1026   wxString& operator<<(float f)
1027     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%f"), f); }
1028       // insert a double into string
1029   wxString& operator<<(double d)
1030     { return (*this) << Format(_T("%g"), d); }
1031
1032   // string comparison
1033     // case-sensitive comparison (returns a value < 0, = 0 or > 0)
1034   int Cmp(const wxChar *psz) const;
1035   int Cmp(const wxString& s) const;
1036     // same as Cmp() but not case-sensitive
1037   int CmpNoCase(const wxChar *psz) const;
1038   int CmpNoCase(const wxString& s) const;
1039     // test for the string equality, either considering case or not
1040     // (if compareWithCase then the case matters)
1041   bool IsSameAs(const wxChar *psz, bool compareWithCase = true) const
1042     { return (compareWithCase ? Cmp(psz) : CmpNoCase(psz)) == 0; }
1043     // comparison with a single character: returns true if equal
1044   bool IsSameAs(wxChar c, bool compareWithCase = true) const
1045     {
1046       return (length() == 1) && (compareWithCase ? GetChar(0u) == c
1047                               : wxToupper(GetChar(0u)) == wxToupper(c));
1048     }
1049
1050   // simple sub-string extraction
1051       // return substring starting at nFirst of length nCount (or till the end
1052       // if nCount = default value)
1053   wxString Mid(size_t nFirst, size_t nCount = npos) const;
1054
1055       // operator version of Mid()
1056   wxString  operator()(size_t start, size_t len) const
1057     { return Mid(start, len); }
1058
1059       // check if the string starts with the given prefix and return the rest
1060       // of the string in the provided pointer if it is not NULL; otherwise
1061       // return false
1062   bool StartsWith(const wxChar *prefix, wxString *rest = NULL) const;
1063       // check if the string ends with the given suffix and return the
1064       // beginning of the string before the suffix in the provided pointer if
1065       // it is not NULL; otherwise return false
1066   bool EndsWith(const wxChar *suffix, wxString *rest = NULL) const;
1067
1068       // get first nCount characters
1069   wxString Left(size_t nCount) const;
1070       // get last nCount characters
1071   wxString Right(size_t nCount) const;
1072       // get all characters before the first occurance of ch
1073       // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
1074   wxString BeforeFirst(wxChar ch) const;
1075       // get all characters before the last occurence of ch
1076       // (returns empty string if ch not found)
1077   wxString BeforeLast(wxChar ch) const;
1078       // get all characters after the first occurence of ch
1079       // (returns empty string if ch not found)
1080   wxString AfterFirst(wxChar ch) const;
1081       // get all characters after the last occurence of ch
1082       // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
1083   wxString AfterLast(wxChar ch) const;
1084
1085     // for compatibility only, use more explicitly named functions above
1086   wxString Before(wxChar ch) const { return BeforeLast(ch); }
1087   wxString After(wxChar ch) const { return AfterFirst(ch); }
1088
1089   // case conversion
1090       // convert to upper case in place, return the string itself
1091   wxString& MakeUpper();
1092       // convert to upper case, return the copy of the string
1093       // Here's something to remember: BC++ doesn't like returns in inlines.
1094   wxString Upper() const ;
1095       // convert to lower case in place, return the string itself
1096   wxString& MakeLower();
1097       // convert to lower case, return the copy of the string
1098   wxString Lower() const ;
1099
1100   // trimming/padding whitespace (either side) and truncating
1101       // remove spaces from left or from right (default) side
1102   wxString& Trim(bool bFromRight = true);
1103       // add nCount copies chPad in the beginning or at the end (default)
1104   wxString& Pad(size_t nCount, wxChar chPad = wxT(' '), bool bFromRight = true);
1105
1106   // searching and replacing
1107       // searching (return starting index, or -1 if not found)
1108   int Find(wxChar ch, bool bFromEnd = false) const;   // like strchr/strrchr
1109       // searching (return starting index, or -1 if not found)
1110   int Find(const wxChar *pszSub) const;               // like strstr
1111       // replace first (or all of bReplaceAll) occurences of substring with
1112       // another string, returns the number of replacements made
1113   size_t Replace(const wxChar *szOld,
1114                  const wxChar *szNew,
1115                  bool bReplaceAll = true);
1116
1117     // check if the string contents matches a mask containing '*' and '?'
1118   bool Matches(const wxChar *szMask) const;
1119
1120     // conversion to numbers: all functions return true only if the whole
1121     // string is a number and put the value of this number into the pointer
1122     // provided, the base is the numeric base in which the conversion should be
1123     // done and must be comprised between 2 and 36 or be 0 in which case the
1124     // standard C rules apply (leading '0' => octal, "0x" => hex)
1125         // convert to a signed integer
1126     bool ToLong(long *val, int base = 10) const;
1127         // convert to an unsigned integer
1128     bool ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base = 10) const;
1129         // convert to a double
1130     bool ToDouble(double *val) const;
1131
1132   // formatted input/output
1133     // as sprintf(), returns the number of characters written or < 0 on error
1134     // (take 'this' into account in attribute parameter count)
1135   int Printf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
1136     // as vprintf(), returns the number of characters written or < 0 on error
1137   int PrintfV(const wxChar* pszFormat, va_list argptr);
1138
1139     // returns the string containing the result of Printf() to it
1140   static wxString Format(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_1;
1141     // the same as above, but takes a va_list
1142   static wxString FormatV(const wxChar *pszFormat, va_list argptr);
1143
1144   // raw access to string memory
1145     // ensure that string has space for at least nLen characters
1146     // only works if the data of this string is not shared
1147   bool Alloc(size_t nLen) { reserve(nLen); /*return capacity() >= nLen;*/ return true; }
1148     // minimize the string's memory
1149     // only works if the data of this string is not shared
1150   bool Shrink();
1151 #if !wxUSE_STL
1152     // get writable buffer of at least nLen bytes. Unget() *must* be called
1153     // a.s.a.p. to put string back in a reasonable state!
1154   wxChar *GetWriteBuf(size_t nLen);
1155     // call this immediately after GetWriteBuf() has been used
1156   void UngetWriteBuf();
1157   void UngetWriteBuf(size_t nLen);
1158 #endif
1159
1160   // wxWidgets version 1 compatibility functions
1161
1162   // use Mid()
1163   wxString SubString(size_t from, size_t to) const
1164       { return Mid(from, (to - from + 1)); }
1165     // values for second parameter of CompareTo function
1166   enum caseCompare {exact, ignoreCase};
1167     // values for first parameter of Strip function
1168   enum stripType {leading = 0x1, trailing = 0x2, both = 0x3};
1169
1170   // use Printf()
1171   // (take 'this' into account in attribute parameter count)
1172   int sprintf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
1173
1174     // use Cmp()
1175   inline int CompareTo(const wxChar* psz, caseCompare cmp = exact) const
1176     { return cmp == exact ? Cmp(psz) : CmpNoCase(psz); }
1177
1178     // use Len
1179   size_t Length() const { return length(); }
1180     // Count the number of characters
1181   int Freq(wxChar ch) const;
1182     // use MakeLower
1183   void LowerCase() { MakeLower(); }
1184     // use MakeUpper
1185   void UpperCase() { MakeUpper(); }
1186     // use Trim except that it doesn't change this string
1187   wxString Strip(stripType w = trailing) const;
1188
1189     // use Find (more general variants not yet supported)
1190   size_t Index(const wxChar* psz) const { return Find(psz); }
1191   size_t Index(wxChar ch)         const { return Find(ch);  }
1192     // use Truncate
1193   wxString& Remove(size_t pos) { return Truncate(pos); }
1194   wxString& RemoveLast(size_t n = 1) { return Truncate(length() - n); }
1195
1196   wxString& Remove(size_t nStart, size_t nLen)
1197       { return (wxString&)erase( nStart, nLen ); }
1198
1199     // use Find()
1200   int First( const wxChar ch ) const { return Find(ch); }
1201   int First( const wxChar* psz ) const { return Find(psz); }
1202   int First( const wxString &str ) const { return Find(str); }
1203   int Last( const wxChar ch ) const { return Find(ch, true); }
1204   bool Contains(const wxString& str) const { return Find(str) != wxNOT_FOUND; }
1205
1206     // use empty()
1207   bool IsNull() const { return empty(); }
1208
1209   // std::string compatibility functions
1210
1211     // take nLen chars starting at nPos
1212   wxString(const wxString& str, size_t nPos, size_t nLen)
1213       : wxStringBase(str, nPos, nLen) { }
1214     // take all characters from pStart to pEnd
1215   wxString(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd)
1216       : wxStringBase((const wxChar*)pStart, (const wxChar*)pEnd) { }
1217 #if wxUSE_STL
1218   wxString(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1219       : wxStringBase(first, last) { }
1220 #endif
1221
1222   // lib.string.modifiers
1223     // append elements str[pos], ..., str[pos+n]
1224   wxString& append(const wxString& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
1225     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(str, pos, n); }
1226     // append a string
1227   wxString& append(const wxString& str)
1228     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(str); }
1229     // append first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
1230   wxString& append(const wxChar *sz)
1231     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(sz); }
1232   wxString& append(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1233     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(sz, n); }
1234     // append n copies of ch
1235   wxString& append(size_t n, wxChar ch)
1236     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(n, ch); }
1237     // append from first to last
1238   wxString& append(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1239     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::append(first, last); }
1240
1241     // same as `this_string = str'
1242   wxString& assign(const wxString& str)
1243     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(str); }
1244     // same as ` = str[pos..pos + n]
1245   wxString& assign(const wxString& str, size_t pos, size_t n)
1246     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(str, pos, n); }
1247     // same as `= first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz'
1248   wxString& assign(const wxChar *sz)
1249     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(sz); }
1250   wxString& assign(const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1251     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(sz, n); }
1252     // same as `= n copies of ch'
1253   wxString& assign(size_t n, wxChar ch)
1254     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(n, ch); }
1255     // assign from first to last
1256   wxString& assign(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1257     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::assign(first, last); }
1258
1259     // string comparison
1260 #if !defined(HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE)
1261   int compare(const wxStringBase& str) const;
1262     // comparison with a substring
1263   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxStringBase& str) const;
1264     // comparison of 2 substrings
1265   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1266               const wxStringBase& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2) const;
1267     // just like strcmp()
1268   int compare(const wxChar* sz) const;
1269     // substring comparison with first nCount characters of sz
1270   int compare(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1271               const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount = npos) const;
1272 #endif // !defined HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE
1273
1274     // insert another string
1275   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str)
1276     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, str); }
1277     // insert n chars of str starting at nStart (in str)
1278   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str, size_t nStart, size_t n)
1279     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, str, nStart, n); }
1280     // insert first n (or all if n == npos) characters of sz
1281   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz)
1282     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, sz); }
1283   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, const wxChar *sz, size_t n)
1284     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, sz, n); }
1285     // insert n copies of ch
1286   wxString& insert(size_t nPos, size_t n, wxChar ch)
1287     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::insert(nPos, n, ch); }
1288   iterator insert(iterator it, wxChar ch)
1289     { return wxStringBase::insert(it, ch); }
1290   void insert(iterator it, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
1291     { wxStringBase::insert(it, first, last); }
1292   void insert(iterator it, size_type n, wxChar ch)
1293     { wxStringBase::insert(it, n, ch); }
1294
1295     // delete characters from nStart to nStart + nLen
1296   wxString& erase(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos)
1297     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::erase(pos, n); }
1298   iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last)
1299     { return wxStringBase::erase(first, last); }
1300   iterator erase(iterator first)
1301     { return wxStringBase::erase(first); }
1302
1303 #ifdef wxSTRING_BASE_HASNT_CLEAR
1304   void clear() { erase(); }
1305 #endif
1306
1307     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
1308   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxChar* sz)
1309     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, sz); }
1310     // replaces the substring of length nLen starting at nStart
1311   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxString& str)
1312     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, str); }
1313     // replaces the substring with nCount copies of ch
1314   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, wxChar ch)
1315     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, nCount, ch); }
1316     // replaces a substring with another substring
1317   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1318                     const wxString& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2)
1319     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, str,
1320                                               nStart2, nLen2); }
1321      // replaces the substring with first nCount chars of sz
1322   wxString& replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1323                     const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount)
1324     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(nStart, nLen, sz, nCount); }
1325   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s)
1326     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s); }
1327   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const_pointer s,
1328                     size_type n)
1329     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s, n); }
1330   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, const wxString& s)
1331     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, s); }
1332   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last, size_type n, wxChar c)
1333     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, n, c); }
1334   wxString& replace(iterator first, iterator last,
1335                     const_iterator first1, const_iterator last1)
1336     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::replace(first, last, first1, last1); }
1337
1338       // string += string
1339   wxString& operator+=(const wxString& s)
1340     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(s); }
1341       // string += C string
1342   wxString& operator+=(const wxChar *psz)
1343     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(psz); }
1344       // string += char
1345   wxString& operator+=(wxChar ch)
1346     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(ch); }
1347 };
1348
1349 // notice that even though for many compilers the friend declarations above are
1350 // enough, from the point of view of C++ standard we must have the declarations
1351 // here as friend ones are not injected in the enclosing namespace and without
1352 // them the code fails to compile with conforming compilers such as xlC or g++4
1353 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string1,  const wxString& string2);
1354 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch);
1355 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string);
1356 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, const wxChar *psz);
1357 wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxChar *psz, const wxString& string);
1358
1359
1360 // define wxArrayString, for compatibility
1361 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 && !wxUSE_STL
1362     #include "wx/arrstr.h"
1363 #endif
1364
1365 #if wxUSE_STL
1366     // return an empty wxString (not very useful with wxUSE_STL == 1)
1367     inline const wxString wxGetEmptyString() { return wxString(); }
1368 #else // !wxUSE_STL
1369     // return an empty wxString (more efficient than wxString() here)
1370     inline const wxString& wxGetEmptyString()
1371     {
1372         return *(wxString *)&wxEmptyString;
1373     }
1374 #endif // wxUSE_STL/!wxUSE_STL
1375
1376 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1377 // wxStringBuffer: a tiny class allowing to get a writable pointer into string
1378 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1379
1380 #if wxUSE_STL
1381
1382 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBuffer
1383 {
1384 public:
1385     wxStringBuffer(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1386         : m_str(str), m_buf(lenWanted)
1387         { }
1388
1389     ~wxStringBuffer() { m_str.assign(m_buf.data(), wxStrlen(m_buf.data())); }
1390
1391     operator wxChar*() { return m_buf.data(); }
1392
1393 private:
1394     wxString& m_str;
1395 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1396     wxWCharBuffer m_buf;
1397 #else
1398     wxCharBuffer m_buf;
1399 #endif
1400
1401     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBuffer)
1402 };
1403
1404 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBufferLength
1405 {
1406 public:
1407     wxStringBufferLength(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1408         : m_str(str), m_buf(lenWanted), m_len(0), m_lenSet(false)
1409         { }
1410
1411     ~wxStringBufferLength()
1412     {
1413         wxASSERT(m_lenSet);
1414         m_str.assign(m_buf.data(), m_len);
1415     }
1416
1417     operator wxChar*() { return m_buf.data(); }
1418     void SetLength(size_t length) { m_len = length; m_lenSet = true; }
1419
1420 private:
1421     wxString& m_str;
1422 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1423     wxWCharBuffer m_buf;
1424 #else
1425     wxCharBuffer  m_buf;
1426 #endif
1427     size_t        m_len;
1428     bool          m_lenSet;
1429
1430     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBufferLength)
1431 };
1432
1433 #else // if !wxUSE_STL
1434
1435 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBuffer
1436 {
1437 public:
1438     wxStringBuffer(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1439         : m_str(str), m_buf(NULL)
1440         { m_buf = m_str.GetWriteBuf(lenWanted); }
1441
1442     ~wxStringBuffer() { m_str.UngetWriteBuf(); }
1443
1444     operator wxChar*() const { return m_buf; }
1445
1446 private:
1447     wxString& m_str;
1448     wxChar   *m_buf;
1449
1450     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBuffer)
1451 };
1452
1453 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringBufferLength
1454 {
1455 public:
1456     wxStringBufferLength(wxString& str, size_t lenWanted = 1024)
1457         : m_str(str), m_buf(NULL), m_len(0), m_lenSet(false)
1458     {
1459         m_buf = m_str.GetWriteBuf(lenWanted);
1460         wxASSERT(m_buf != NULL);
1461     }
1462
1463     ~wxStringBufferLength()
1464     {
1465         wxASSERT(m_lenSet);
1466         m_str.UngetWriteBuf(m_len);
1467     }
1468
1469     operator wxChar*() const { return m_buf; }
1470     void SetLength(size_t length) { m_len = length; m_lenSet = true; }
1471
1472 private:
1473     wxString& m_str;
1474     wxChar   *m_buf;
1475     size_t    m_len;
1476     bool      m_lenSet;
1477
1478     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxStringBufferLength)
1479 };
1480
1481 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
1482
1483 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1484 // wxString comparison functions: operator versions are always case sensitive
1485 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1486
1487 // note that when wxUSE_STL == 1 the comparison operators taking std::string
1488 // are used and defining them also for wxString would only result in
1489 // compilation ambiguities when comparing std::string and wxString
1490 #if !wxUSE_STL
1491
1492 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1493     { return (s1.Len() == s2.Len()) && (s1.Cmp(s2) == 0); }
1494 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1495     { return s1.Cmp(s2) == 0; }
1496 inline bool operator==(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1497     { return s2.Cmp(s1) == 0; }
1498 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1499     { return (s1.Len() != s2.Len()) || (s1.Cmp(s2) != 0); }
1500 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1501     { return s1.Cmp(s2) != 0; }
1502 inline bool operator!=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1503     { return s2.Cmp(s1) != 0; }
1504 inline bool operator< (const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1505     { return s1.Cmp(s2) < 0; }
1506 inline bool operator< (const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1507     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <  0; }
1508 inline bool operator< (const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1509     { return s2.Cmp(s1) >  0; }
1510 inline bool operator> (const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1511     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >  0; }
1512 inline bool operator> (const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1513     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >  0; }
1514 inline bool operator> (const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1515     { return s2.Cmp(s1) <  0; }
1516 inline bool operator<=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1517     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <= 0; }
1518 inline bool operator<=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1519     { return s1.Cmp(s2) <= 0; }
1520 inline bool operator<=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1521     { return s2.Cmp(s1) >= 0; }
1522 inline bool operator>=(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
1523     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >= 0; }
1524 inline bool operator>=(const wxString& s1, const wxChar  * s2)
1525     { return s1.Cmp(s2) >= 0; }
1526 inline bool operator>=(const wxChar  * s1, const wxString& s2)
1527     { return s2.Cmp(s1) <= 0; }
1528
1529 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1530 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxWCharBuffer& s2)
1531     { return (s1.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s2) == 0); }
1532 inline bool operator==(const wxWCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1533     { return (s2.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s1) == 0); }
1534 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxWCharBuffer& s2)
1535     { return (s1.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s2) != 0); }
1536 inline bool operator!=(const wxWCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1537     { return (s2.Cmp((const wchar_t *)s1) != 0); }
1538 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
1539 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s1, const wxCharBuffer& s2)
1540     { return (s1.Cmp((const char *)s2) == 0); }
1541 inline bool operator==(const wxCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1542     { return (s2.Cmp((const char *)s1) == 0); }
1543 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s1, const wxCharBuffer& s2)
1544     { return (s1.Cmp((const char *)s2) != 0); }
1545 inline bool operator!=(const wxCharBuffer& s1, const wxString& s2)
1546     { return (s2.Cmp((const char *)s1) != 0); }
1547 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
1548
1549 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1550 inline wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const wxWCharBuffer& buf)
1551     { return string + (const wchar_t *)buf; }
1552 inline wxString operator+(const wxWCharBuffer& buf, const wxString& string)
1553     { return (const wchar_t *)buf + string; }
1554 #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
1555 inline wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const wxCharBuffer& buf)
1556     { return string + (const char *)buf; }
1557 inline wxString operator+(const wxCharBuffer& buf, const wxString& string)
1558     { return (const char *)buf + string; }
1559 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE/!wxUSE_UNICODE
1560
1561 #endif // !wxUSE_STL
1562
1563 // comparison with char (those are not defined by std::[w]string and so should
1564 // be always available)
1565 inline bool operator==(wxChar c, const wxString& s) { return s.IsSameAs(c); }
1566 inline bool operator==(const wxString& s, wxChar c) { return s.IsSameAs(c); }
1567 inline bool operator!=(wxChar c, const wxString& s) { return !s.IsSameAs(c); }
1568 inline bool operator!=(const wxString& s, wxChar c) { return !s.IsSameAs(c); }
1569
1570 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1571 // Implementation only from here until the end of file
1572 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1573
1574 // don't pollute the library user's name space
1575 #undef wxASSERT_VALID_INDEX
1576
1577 #if wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM
1578
1579 #include "wx/iosfwrap.h"
1580
1581 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxSTD ostream& operator<<(wxSTD ostream&, const wxString&);
1582
1583 #endif  // wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
1584
1585 #endif  // _WX_WXSTRINGH__