String.h

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///
/// Copyright (C) 2026 Ultralight, Inc. All rights reserved.
/// A license is required for commercial use. https://ultralig.ht
///
#pragma once
#include <Ultralight/Defines.h>
#include <Ultralight/String8.h>
#include <Ultralight/String16.h>
#include <Ultralight/String32.h>
 
namespace ultralight {
 
///
/// Unicode string container with conversions for UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32.
///
/// This class is used to represent strings in Ultralight. It can be created from a variety of
/// string types and converted to a number of unicode string types.
///
/// ## Accessing string data
///
/// Strings are natively stored in a null-terminated UTF-8 format. You can access the UTF-8 bytes
/// using the `utf8()` method:
///
/// ```
/// String str("Hello, world!");
///
/// // Print the UTF-8 data (guaranteed to be null-terminated)
/// printf("%s\n", str.utf8().data());
/// ```
///
class UExport String {
 public:
  ///
  /// Create empty string
  ///
  String();
 
  ///
  /// Create from null-terminated UTF-8 C-string
  ///
  String(const char* str);
 
  ///
  /// Create from raw, UTF-8 string with certain length
  ///
  String(const char* str, size_t len);
 
  ///
  /// Create from existing String8 (UTF-8).
  ///
  String(const String8& str);
 
  ///
  /// Create from raw UTF-16 string with certain length
  ///
  String(const Char16* str, size_t len);
 
  ///
  /// Create from existing String16 (UTF-16)
  ///
  String(const String16& str);
 
  ///
  /// Create from existing String32 (UTF-32)
  ///
  String(const String32& str);
 
  ///
  /// Copy constructor
  ///
  String(const String& other);
 
  ///
  /// Move constructor
  ///
  String(String&& other);
 
  ///
  /// Destructor
  ///
  ~String();
 
  ///
  /// Assign string from another, copy is made
  ///
  String& operator=(const String& other);
 
  ///
  /// Move assignment operator
  ///
  String& operator=(String&& other);
 
  ///
  /// Append string with another
  ///
  String& operator+=(const String& other);
 
  ///
  /// Concatenation operator
  ///
  inline friend String operator+(String lhs, const String& rhs) {
    lhs += rhs;
    return lhs;
  }
 
  ///
  /// Get native UTF-8 string
  ///
  String8& utf8() { return str_; }
 
  ///
  /// Get native UTF-8 string
  ///
  const String8& utf8() const { return str_; }
 
  ///
  /// Convert to UTF-16 string
  ///
  String16 utf16() const;
 
  ///
  /// Convert to UTF-32 string
  ///
  String32 utf32() const;
 
  ///
  /// Check if string is empty or not
  ///
  bool empty() const { return str_.empty(); }
 
  ///
  /// Hash function
  ///
  size_t Hash() const;
 
  ///
  /// Comparison operator
  ///
  bool operator<(const String& other) const;
 
  ///
  /// Equality operator
  ///
  bool operator==(const String& other) const;
 
  ///
  /// Inequality operator
  ///
  bool operator!=(const String& other) const;
 
 private:
  String8 str_;
};
 
} // namespace ultralight