Create libbase.

Move StringPrintf and the string based file I/O from libutils to
libbase.

Change-Id: I0297a6063874b9d92100e0dd5123fddfbda932fe
diff --git a/base/stringprintf.cpp b/base/stringprintf.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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.
+ */
+
+#include "base/stringprintf.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace base {
+
+void StringAppendV(std::string* dst, const char* format, va_list ap) {
+  // First try with a small fixed size buffer
+  char space[1024];
+
+  // It's possible for methods that use a va_list to invalidate
+  // the data in it upon use.  The fix is to make a copy
+  // of the structure before using it and use that copy instead.
+  va_list backup_ap;
+  va_copy(backup_ap, ap);
+  int result = vsnprintf(space, sizeof(space), format, backup_ap);
+  va_end(backup_ap);
+
+  if (result < static_cast<int>(sizeof(space))) {
+    if (result >= 0) {
+      // Normal case -- everything fit.
+      dst->append(space, result);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (result < 0) {
+      // Just an error.
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Increase the buffer size to the size requested by vsnprintf,
+  // plus one for the closing \0.
+  int length = result + 1;
+  char* buf = new char[length];
+
+  // Restore the va_list before we use it again
+  va_copy(backup_ap, ap);
+  result = vsnprintf(buf, length, format, backup_ap);
+  va_end(backup_ap);
+
+  if (result >= 0 && result < length) {
+    // It fit
+    dst->append(buf, result);
+  }
+  delete[] buf;
+}
+
+std::string StringPrintf(const char* fmt, ...) {
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  std::string result;
+  StringAppendV(&result, fmt, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+  return result;
+}
+
+void StringAppendF(std::string* dst, const char* format, ...) {
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start(ap, format);
+  StringAppendV(dst, format, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+}
+
+}  // namespace base
+}  // namespace android