#ifndef _COLORER_DSTRING_H_
#define _COLORER_DSTRING_H_

#include<unicode/String.h>

/** Dynamic string class.
    Simple unicode wrapper over any other source.
    @ingroup unicode
*/
class DString : public String{
public:
  /** String clone operator */
  DString &operator=(const DString &cstring);

  /** Creates string from byte stream with encoding autodetecting
      @param stream Input raw byte stream, can't be null.
      @param size Size of input buffer
      @param def_encoding Default encoding to be used, if no other
             variants found.
  */
  DString(const byte *stream, int size, int def_encoding = -1);

  /** String from single-byte character buffer.
      @param string Character buffer, can't be null.
      @param s Start string position. Zero - create from start of buffer.
      @param l Length of created string. If -1, autodetects string length with
             last zero byte.
      @param encoding Encoding, to use for char2unicode transformations.
             If -1, default encoding will be used.
  */
  DString(const char *string, int s = 0, int l = -1, int encoding = -1);

  /** String from unicode two-byte character buffer.
      @param string Unicode character buffer, can't be null.
      @param s Start string position. Zero - create from start of buffer.
      @param l Length of created string. If -1, autodetects string length with
             last zero char.
  */
  DString(const wchar *string, int s = 0, int l = -1);

  /** String from UCS4 four-byte character buffer.
      @param string UCS4 unicode character buffer, can't be null.
      @param s Starting string position. Zero - create from start of buffer.
      @param l Length of created string. If -1, autodetects string length with
             last zero char.
  */
  DString(const w4char *string, int s = 0, int l = -1);

  /** String from any @c String implementing interface.
      @param cstring String class instance, can't be null.
      @param s Starting string position.
      @param l Length of created string. If -1, autodetects string length with
             cstring.length() call.
  */
  DString(const String *cstring, int s = 0, int l = -1);

  /** String from any @c String implementing interface.
      @param cstring String class instance.
      @param s Starting string position.
      @param l Length of created string. If -1, autodetects string length with
             cstring.length() call.
  */
  DString(const String &cstring, int s = 0, int l = -1);

  /** Empty String */
  DString();
  ~DString();

  wchar operator[](int i) const;
  int length() const;

  /** Creates Dynamic string as substring of called object.
      @param s Starting string position.
      @param l Length of created string. If -1, creates string
             till end of current.
  */
  String *substring(int s, int l = -1) const;
protected:
  enum EStreamType{
    ST_CHAR = 0,
    ST_UTF16,
    ST_UTF16_BE,
    ST_CSTRING,
    ST_UTF8,
    ST_UTF32,
    ST_UTF32_BE
  };

  EStreamType type;
  int encodingIdx;
  union{
    const char *str;
    const wchar *wstr;
    const w4char *w4str;
    const String *cstr;
    wchar *stream_wstr;
  };
  int start, len;

};

#endif

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