1 // Copyright 2008 Google Inc. 2 // Author: Lincoln Smith 3 // 4 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 // 8 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 // 10 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 // limitations under the License. 15 16 #ifndef OPEN_VCDIFF_OUTPUT_STRING_H_ 17 #define OPEN_VCDIFF_OUTPUT_STRING_H_ 18 19 #include <stddef.h> // size_t 20 21 namespace open_vcdiff { 22 23 // This interface allows clients of VCDiff[Streaming]Encoder and 24 // VCDiff[Streaming]Decoder to use different string types to receive the output 25 // of those interfaces. 26 // 27 // Only the following operations can be performed on an output string, and their 28 // semantics must be identical to the std::string methods of the same names: 29 // append() 30 // clear() 31 // push_back() 32 // size() 33 // 34 // The versions of these methods that take a std::string argument are not 35 // supported by OutputStringInterface. 36 // 37 // There is one additional operation that can be performed on an output string: 38 // ReserveAdditionalBytes(). This asks the underlying output type to reserve 39 // enough capacity for the number of additional bytes requested in addition to 40 // existing content. The decoder knows the total expected output size in 41 // advance, so one large ReserveAdditionalBytes() operation precedes many small 42 // append() operations. For output types that gain no advantage from knowing in 43 // advance how many bytes will be appended, ReserveAdditionalBytes() can be 44 // defined to do nothing. 45 class OutputStringInterface { 46 public: 47 virtual ~OutputStringInterface() { } 48 49 virtual OutputStringInterface& append(const char* s, size_t n) = 0; 50 51 virtual void clear() = 0; 52 53 virtual void push_back(char c) = 0; 54 55 virtual void ReserveAdditionalBytes(size_t res_arg) = 0; 56 57 virtual size_t size() const = 0; 58 }; 59 60 // This template can be used to wrap any class that supports the operations 61 // needed by OutputStringInterface, including std::string. A class that has 62 // different names or syntax for these operations will need specialized 63 // definitions of OutputString methods -- see output_string_types.h for some 64 // examples of how to do this. 65 template<class StringClass> 66 class OutputString : public OutputStringInterface { 67 public: 68 explicit OutputString(StringClass* impl) : impl_(impl) { } 69 70 virtual ~OutputString() { } 71 72 virtual OutputString& append(const char* s, size_t n) { 73 impl_->append(s, n); 74 return *this; 75 } 76 77 virtual void clear() { 78 impl_->clear(); 79 } 80 81 virtual void push_back(char c) { 82 impl_->push_back(c); 83 } 84 85 virtual void ReserveAdditionalBytes(size_t res_arg) { 86 impl_->reserve(impl_->size() + res_arg); 87 } 88 89 virtual size_t size() const { 90 return impl_->size(); 91 } 92 93 protected: 94 StringClass* impl_; 95 96 private: 97 // Making these private avoids implicit copy constructor & assignment operator 98 OutputString(const OutputString&); 99 void operator=(const OutputString&); 100 }; 101 102 // Don't allow the OutputString template to be based upon a pointer to 103 // OutputStringInterface. Enforce this restriction by defining this class to 104 // lack any functions expected of an OutputString. 105 template<> class OutputString<OutputStringInterface> { }; 106 107 } // namespace open_vcdiff 108 109 #endif // OPEN_VCDIFF_OUTPUT_STRING_H_ 110
