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Src/Wasabi/bfc/string/bigstring.h

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+#ifndef __BIGSTRING_H
+#define __BIGSTRING_H
+
+/*
+
+A class tor concatenate chunks of texts into one big pool. This is much faster than using String if you are adding
+a lot of tiny pieces into one giant block (a typical cases of this is when writing xml). Upon request for the value,
+the class allocates one big block of memory and copies all the strings into it serially (as opposed to String
+reallocating the entire block at each concatenation). Note that because of the type of implementation BigString has
+to use, you cannot get the full block as a return value to your concatenations and assignments (+= and = return void).
+To do this, request the value explicitely (this should be kept to a strict minimum or the advantage of BigString over
+String will disapear)
+
+*/
+
+#include <bfc/string/bfcstring.h>
+#include <bfc/ptrlist.h>
+
+class BigString {
+  public:
+    BigString();
+    virtual ~BigString();
+
+    operator const char *() /*const*/ { return getValue(); }
+    const char *getValue() /*const*/;
+    char *getNonConstVal() { return (char *)getValue(); }
+    void setValue(const char *val);
+    // copy assignment operator
+    BigString& operator =(/*const*/ BigString &s) {
+      if (this != &s)
+        setValue(s);
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+    void operator =(const char *newval) { setValue(newval); }
+    void operator +=(const char *addval) {
+      cat(addval);
+    }
+
+    int isempty();
+
+    void reset();
+
+    void catn(const char *s, int n);
+    void cat(const char *s);
+    char lastChar();
+    char firstChar();
+    int getLineCount();
+
+  private:
+    PtrList<String> strings;
+    char *mem;
+    int m_linecount;
+};
+
+#endif