/*

* Copyright (c) 1997-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).

* All rights reserved.

* This component and the accompanying materials are made available

* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"

* which accompanies this distribution, and is available

* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".

*

* Initial Contributors:

* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.

*

* Contributors:

*

* Description: 

* Header STRNG.H

*

*/

#ifndef __STRNG_H__

#define __STRNG_H__

#include <string.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#if defined(__VC32__) && !defined(__MSVCDOTNET__)

#include <iostream.h>

#else //!__VC32__ || __MSVCDOTNET__

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

#endif //!__VC32__ || __MSVCDOTNET__

#include "GDR.H"

class String	

/**

NB only byte strings supported, no Unicode yet

@publishedAll

WARNING: Class for internal use ONLY.  Compatibility is not guaranteed in future releases.

*/

	{

public:

	inline String();

	inline String(const char* aText);

	inline String(int aLength, char* aText);

	inline String(const String& aString);

	inline String& operator = (const char* aText);

	inline String& operator = (const String& aString);

	inline String& operator += (const char aChar);

	inline String& operator += (const String& aString);

	inline int operator == (const String& aString) const;

	inline char& operator [] (const int aNum) const;

	inline int Length() const;

	inline const char* Text();

	IMPORT_C virtual void Externalize(ostream& out);

protected:

	inline void CopyText(char* aDest, const char* aSource, int aLength) const;

	IMPORT_C int CreateText(const int aLength);

	IMPORT_C void DeleteText(char* aText) const;

public:

	IMPORT_C ~String();

protected:

	int32 iLength;	// length of string

	char* iText;	// data

friend ostream& operator << (ostream& out, const String& aString);

	};

#include "STRNG.INL"

#endif