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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_STRING16_H
+#define ANDROID_STRING16_H
+
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/SharedBuffer.h>
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+extern "C" {
+
+typedef uint16_t char16_t;
+
+// Standard string functions on char16 strings.
+int strcmp16(const char16_t *, const char16_t *);
+int strncmp16(const char16_t *s1, const char16_t *s2, size_t n);
+size_t strlen16(const char16_t *);
+size_t strnlen16(const char16_t *, size_t);
+char16_t *strcpy16(char16_t *, const char16_t *);
+char16_t *strncpy16(char16_t *, const char16_t *, size_t);
+
+// Version of comparison that supports embedded nulls.
+// This is different than strncmp() because we don't stop
+// at a nul character and consider the strings to be different
+// if the lengths are different (thus we need to supply the
+// lengths of both strings).  This can also be used when
+// your string is not nul-terminated as it will have the
+// equivalent result as strcmp16 (unlike strncmp16).
+int strzcmp16(const char16_t *s1, size_t n1, const char16_t *s2, size_t n2);
+
+// Version of strzcmp16 for comparing strings in different endianness.
+int strzcmp16_h_n(const char16_t *s1H, size_t n1, const char16_t *s2N, size_t n2);
+
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace android {
+
+class String8;
+class TextOutput;
+
+//! This is a string holding UTF-16 characters.
+class String16
+{
+public:
+                                String16();
+                                String16(const String16& o);
+                                String16(const String16& o,
+                                         size_t len,
+                                         size_t begin=0);
+    explicit                    String16(const char16_t* o);
+    explicit                    String16(const char16_t* o, size_t len);
+    explicit                    String16(const String8& o);
+    explicit                    String16(const char* o);
+    explicit                    String16(const char* o, size_t len);
+
+                                ~String16();
+    
+    inline  const char16_t*     string() const;
+    inline  size_t              size() const;
+    
+    inline  const SharedBuffer* sharedBuffer() const;
+    
+            void                setTo(const String16& other);
+            status_t            setTo(const char16_t* other);
+            status_t            setTo(const char16_t* other, size_t len);
+            status_t            setTo(const String16& other,
+                                      size_t len,
+                                      size_t begin=0);
+    
+            status_t            append(const String16& other);
+            status_t            append(const char16_t* other, size_t len);
+            
+    inline  String16&           operator=(const String16& other);
+    
+    inline  String16&           operator+=(const String16& other);
+    inline  String16            operator+(const String16& other) const;
+
+            status_t            insert(size_t pos, const char16_t* chrs);
+            status_t            insert(size_t pos,
+                                       const char16_t* chrs, size_t len);
+
+            ssize_t             findFirst(char16_t c) const;
+            ssize_t             findLast(char16_t c) const;
+
+            bool                startsWith(const String16& prefix) const;
+            bool                startsWith(const char16_t* prefix) const;
+            
+            status_t            makeLower();
+
+            status_t            replaceAll(char16_t replaceThis,
+                                           char16_t withThis);
+
+            status_t            remove(size_t len, size_t begin=0);
+
+    inline  int                 compare(const String16& other) const;
+
+    inline  bool                operator<(const String16& other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator<=(const String16& other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator==(const String16& other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator!=(const String16& other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator>=(const String16& other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator>(const String16& other) const;
+    
+    inline  bool                operator<(const char16_t* other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator<=(const char16_t* other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator==(const char16_t* other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator!=(const char16_t* other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator>=(const char16_t* other) const;
+    inline  bool                operator>(const char16_t* other) const;
+    
+    inline                      operator const char16_t*() const;
+    
+private:
+            const char16_t*     mString;
+};
+
+TextOutput& operator<<(TextOutput& to, const String16& val);
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// No user servicable parts below.
+
+inline int compare_type(const String16& lhs, const String16& rhs)
+{
+    return lhs.compare(rhs);
+}
+
+inline int strictly_order_type(const String16& lhs, const String16& rhs)
+{
+    return compare_type(lhs, rhs) < 0;
+}
+
+inline const char16_t* String16::string() const
+{
+    return mString;
+}
+
+inline size_t String16::size() const
+{
+    return SharedBuffer::sizeFromData(mString)/sizeof(char16_t)-1;
+}
+
+inline const SharedBuffer* String16::sharedBuffer() const
+{
+    return SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString);
+}
+
+inline String16& String16::operator=(const String16& other)
+{
+    setTo(other);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+inline String16& String16::operator+=(const String16& other)
+{
+    append(other);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+inline String16 String16::operator+(const String16& other) const
+{
+    String16 tmp;
+    tmp += other;
+    return tmp;
+}
+
+inline int String16::compare(const String16& other) const
+{
+    return strzcmp16(mString, size(), other.mString, other.size());
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator<(const String16& other) const
+{
+    return strzcmp16(mString, size(), other.mString, other.size()) < 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator<=(const String16& other) const
+{
+    return strzcmp16(mString, size(), other.mString, other.size()) <= 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator==(const String16& other) const
+{
+    return strzcmp16(mString, size(), other.mString, other.size()) == 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator!=(const String16& other) const
+{
+    return strzcmp16(mString, size(), other.mString, other.size()) != 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator>=(const String16& other) const
+{
+    return strzcmp16(mString, size(), other.mString, other.size()) >= 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator>(const String16& other) const
+{
+    return strzcmp16(mString, size(), other.mString, other.size()) > 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator<(const char16_t* other) const
+{
+    return strcmp16(mString, other) < 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator<=(const char16_t* other) const
+{
+    return strcmp16(mString, other) <= 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator==(const char16_t* other) const
+{
+    return strcmp16(mString, other) == 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator!=(const char16_t* other) const
+{
+    return strcmp16(mString, other) != 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator>=(const char16_t* other) const
+{
+    return strcmp16(mString, other) >= 0;
+}
+
+inline bool String16::operator>(const char16_t* other) const
+{
+    return strcmp16(mString, other) > 0;
+}
+
+inline String16::operator const char16_t*() const
+{
+    return mString;
+}
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#endif // ANDROID_STRING16_H