AllocatedString.hxx

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#ifndef ALLOCATED_STRING_HXX
#define ALLOCATED_STRING_HXX

#include "StringPointer.hxx"

#include <algorithm>
#include <cstddef>
#include <string_view>

/**
 * A string pointer whose memory is managed by this class.
 *
 * Unlike std::string, this object can hold a "nullptr" special value.
 */
template<typename T=char>
class AllocatedString {
public:
	using value_type = typename StringPointer<T>::value_type;
	using reference = typename StringPointer<T>::reference;
	using const_reference = typename StringPointer<T>::const_reference;
	using pointer = typename StringPointer<T>::pointer;
	using const_pointer = typename StringPointer<T>::const_pointer;
	using string_view = std::basic_string_view<T>;
	using size_type = std::size_t;

	static constexpr value_type SENTINEL = '\0';

private:
	pointer value;

	explicit AllocatedString(pointer _value) noexcept
		:value(_value) {}

public:
	AllocatedString(std::nullptr_t n) noexcept
		:value(n) {}

	AllocatedString(AllocatedString &&src) noexcept
		:value(src.Steal()) {}

	~AllocatedString() noexcept {
		delete[] value;
	}

	static AllocatedString Donate(pointer value) noexcept {
		return AllocatedString(value);
	}

	static AllocatedString Null() noexcept {
		return nullptr;
	}

	static AllocatedString Empty() {
		auto p = new value_type[1];
		p[0] = SENTINEL;
		return Donate(p);
	}

	static AllocatedString Duplicate(string_view src) {
		auto p = new value_type[src.size() + 1];
		*std::copy_n(src.data(), src.size(), p) = SENTINEL;
		return Donate(p);
	}

	AllocatedString &operator=(AllocatedString &&src) noexcept {
		std::swap(value, src.value);
		return *this;
	}

	constexpr bool operator==(std::nullptr_t) const noexcept {
		return value == nullptr;
	}

	constexpr bool operator!=(std::nullptr_t) const noexcept {
		return value != nullptr;
	}

	constexpr bool IsNull() const noexcept {
		return value == nullptr;
	}

	operator string_view() const noexcept {
		return value;
	}

	constexpr const_pointer c_str() const noexcept {
		return value;
	}

	bool empty() const noexcept {
		return *value == SENTINEL;
	}

	constexpr pointer data() const noexcept {
		return value;
	}

	reference operator[](size_type i) noexcept {
		return value[i];
	}

	const reference operator[](size_type i) const noexcept {
		return value[i];
	}

	pointer Steal() noexcept {
		return std::exchange(value, nullptr);
	}

	AllocatedString Clone() const {
		return Duplicate(*this);
	}
};

#endif