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      1 // Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 //
      5 // This file defines utility functions for working with strings.
      6 
      7 #ifndef BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
      8 #define BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
      9 
     10 #include <ctype.h>
     11 #include <stdarg.h>   // va_list
     12 #include <stddef.h>
     13 #include <stdint.h>
     14 
     15 #include <string>
     16 #include <vector>
     17 
     18 #include "base/base_export.h"
     19 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
     20 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
     21 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"  // For implicit conversions.
     22 #include "build/build_config.h"
     23 
     24 #if defined(ANDROID)
     25 // On Android, bionic's stdio.h defines an snprintf macro when being built with
     26 // clang. Undefine it here so it won't collide with base::snprintf().
     27 #undef snprintf
     28 #endif  // defined(ANDROID)
     29 
     30 namespace base {
     31 
     32 // C standard-library functions that aren't cross-platform are provided as
     33 // "base::...", and their prototypes are listed below. These functions are
     34 // then implemented as inline calls to the platform-specific equivalents in the
     35 // platform-specific headers.
     36 
     37 // Wrapper for vsnprintf that always null-terminates and always returns the
     38 // number of characters that would be in an untruncated formatted
     39 // string, even when truncation occurs.
     40 int vsnprintf(char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, va_list arguments)
     41     PRINTF_FORMAT(3, 0);
     42 
     43 // Some of these implementations need to be inlined.
     44 
     45 // We separate the declaration from the implementation of this inline
     46 // function just so the PRINTF_FORMAT works.
     47 inline int snprintf(char* buffer,
     48                     size_t size,
     49                     _Printf_format_string_ const char* format,
     50                     ...) PRINTF_FORMAT(3, 4);
     51 inline int snprintf(char* buffer,
     52                     size_t size,
     53                     _Printf_format_string_ const char* format,
     54                     ...) {
     55   va_list arguments;
     56   va_start(arguments, format);
     57   int result = vsnprintf(buffer, size, format, arguments);
     58   va_end(arguments);
     59   return result;
     60 }
     61 
     62 // BSD-style safe and consistent string copy functions.
     63 // Copies |src| to |dst|, where |dst_size| is the total allocated size of |dst|.
     64 // Copies at most |dst_size|-1 characters, and always NULL terminates |dst|, as
     65 // long as |dst_size| is not 0.  Returns the length of |src| in characters.
     66 // If the return value is >= dst_size, then the output was truncated.
     67 // NOTE: All sizes are in number of characters, NOT in bytes.
     68 BASE_EXPORT size_t strlcpy(char* dst, const char* src, size_t dst_size);
     69 BASE_EXPORT size_t wcslcpy(wchar_t* dst, const wchar_t* src, size_t dst_size);
     70 
     71 // Scan a wprintf format string to determine whether it's portable across a
     72 // variety of systems.  This function only checks that the conversion
     73 // specifiers used by the format string are supported and have the same meaning
     74 // on a variety of systems.  It doesn't check for other errors that might occur
     75 // within a format string.
     76 //
     77 // Nonportable conversion specifiers for wprintf are:
     78 //  - 's' and 'c' without an 'l' length modifier.  %s and %c operate on char
     79 //     data on all systems except Windows, which treat them as wchar_t data.
     80 //     Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data instead.
     81 //  - 'S' and 'C', which operate on wchar_t data on all systems except Windows,
     82 //     which treat them as char data.  Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data
     83 //     instead.
     84 //  - 'F', which is not identified by Windows wprintf documentation.
     85 //  - 'D', 'O', and 'U', which are deprecated and not available on all systems.
     86 //     Use %ld, %lo, and %lu instead.
     87 //
     88 // Note that there is no portable conversion specifier for char data when
     89 // working with wprintf.
     90 //
     91 // This function is intended to be called from base::vswprintf.
     92 BASE_EXPORT bool IsWprintfFormatPortable(const wchar_t* format);
     93 
     94 // ASCII-specific tolower.  The standard library's tolower is locale sensitive,
     95 // so we don't want to use it here.
     96 inline char ToLowerASCII(char c) {
     97   return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ? (c + ('a' - 'A')) : c;
     98 }
     99 inline char16 ToLowerASCII(char16 c) {
    100   return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ? (c + ('a' - 'A')) : c;
    101 }
    102 
    103 // ASCII-specific toupper.  The standard library's toupper is locale sensitive,
    104 // so we don't want to use it here.
    105 inline char ToUpperASCII(char c) {
    106   return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') ? (c + ('A' - 'a')) : c;
    107 }
    108 inline char16 ToUpperASCII(char16 c) {
    109   return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') ? (c + ('A' - 'a')) : c;
    110 }
    111 
    112 // Converts the given string to it's ASCII-lowercase equivalent.
    113 BASE_EXPORT std::string ToLowerASCII(StringPiece str);
    114 BASE_EXPORT string16 ToLowerASCII(StringPiece16 str);
    115 
    116 // Converts the given string to it's ASCII-uppercase equivalent.
    117 BASE_EXPORT std::string ToUpperASCII(StringPiece str);
    118 BASE_EXPORT string16 ToUpperASCII(StringPiece16 str);
    119 
    120 // Functor for case-insensitive ASCII comparisons for STL algorithms like
    121 // std::search.
    122 //
    123 // Note that a full Unicode version of this functor is not possible to write
    124 // because case mappings might change the number of characters, depend on
    125 // context (combining accents), and require handling UTF-16. If you need
    126 // proper Unicode support, use base::i18n::ToLower/FoldCase and then just
    127 // use a normal operator== on the result.
    128 template<typename Char> struct CaseInsensitiveCompareASCII {
    129  public:
    130   bool operator()(Char x, Char y) const {
    131     return ToLowerASCII(x) == ToLowerASCII(y);
    132   }
    133 };
    134 
    135 // Like strcasecmp for case-insensitive ASCII characters only. Returns:
    136 //   -1  (a < b)
    137 //    0  (a == b)
    138 //    1  (a > b)
    139 // (unlike strcasecmp which can return values greater or less than 1/-1). For
    140 // full Unicode support, use base::i18n::ToLower or base::i18h::FoldCase
    141 // and then just call the normal string operators on the result.
    142 BASE_EXPORT int CompareCaseInsensitiveASCII(StringPiece a, StringPiece b);
    143 BASE_EXPORT int CompareCaseInsensitiveASCII(StringPiece16 a, StringPiece16 b);
    144 
    145 // Equality for ASCII case-insensitive comparisons. For full Unicode support,
    146 // use base::i18n::ToLower or base::i18h::FoldCase and then compare with either
    147 // == or !=.
    148 BASE_EXPORT bool EqualsCaseInsensitiveASCII(StringPiece a, StringPiece b);
    149 BASE_EXPORT bool EqualsCaseInsensitiveASCII(StringPiece16 a, StringPiece16 b);
    150 
    151 // These threadsafe functions return references to globally unique empty
    152 // strings.
    153 //
    154 // It is likely faster to construct a new empty string object (just a few
    155 // instructions to set the length to 0) than to get the empty string singleton
    156 // returned by these functions (which requires threadsafe singleton access).
    157 //
    158 // Therefore, DO NOT USE THESE AS A GENERAL-PURPOSE SUBSTITUTE FOR DEFAULT
    159 // CONSTRUCTORS. There is only one case where you should use these: functions
    160 // which need to return a string by reference (e.g. as a class member
    161 // accessor), and don't have an empty string to use (e.g. in an error case).
    162 // These should not be used as initializers, function arguments, or return
    163 // values for functions which return by value or outparam.
    164 BASE_EXPORT const std::string& EmptyString();
    165 BASE_EXPORT const string16& EmptyString16();
    166 
    167 // Contains the set of characters representing whitespace in the corresponding
    168 // encoding. Null-terminated. The ASCII versions are the whitespaces as defined
    169 // by HTML5, and don't include control characters.
    170 BASE_EXPORT extern const wchar_t kWhitespaceWide[];  // Includes Unicode.
    171 BASE_EXPORT extern const char16 kWhitespaceUTF16[];  // Includes Unicode.
    172 BASE_EXPORT extern const char kWhitespaceASCII[];
    173 BASE_EXPORT extern const char16 kWhitespaceASCIIAs16[];  // No unicode.
    174 
    175 // Null-terminated string representing the UTF-8 byte order mark.
    176 BASE_EXPORT extern const char kUtf8ByteOrderMark[];
    177 
    178 // Removes characters in |remove_chars| from anywhere in |input|.  Returns true
    179 // if any characters were removed.  |remove_chars| must be null-terminated.
    180 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
    181 BASE_EXPORT bool RemoveChars(const string16& input,
    182                              const StringPiece16& remove_chars,
    183                              string16* output);
    184 BASE_EXPORT bool RemoveChars(const std::string& input,
    185                              const StringPiece& remove_chars,
    186                              std::string* output);
    187 
    188 // Replaces characters in |replace_chars| from anywhere in |input| with
    189 // |replace_with|.  Each character in |replace_chars| will be replaced with
    190 // the |replace_with| string.  Returns true if any characters were replaced.
    191 // |replace_chars| must be null-terminated.
    192 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
    193 BASE_EXPORT bool ReplaceChars(const string16& input,
    194                               const StringPiece16& replace_chars,
    195                               const string16& replace_with,
    196                               string16* output);
    197 BASE_EXPORT bool ReplaceChars(const std::string& input,
    198                               const StringPiece& replace_chars,
    199                               const std::string& replace_with,
    200                               std::string* output);
    201 
    202 enum TrimPositions {
    203   TRIM_NONE     = 0,
    204   TRIM_LEADING  = 1 << 0,
    205   TRIM_TRAILING = 1 << 1,
    206   TRIM_ALL      = TRIM_LEADING | TRIM_TRAILING,
    207 };
    208 
    209 // Removes characters in |trim_chars| from the beginning and end of |input|.
    210 // The 8-bit version only works on 8-bit characters, not UTF-8.
    211 //
    212 // It is safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output| (this is
    213 // the normal usage to trim in-place).
    214 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const string16& input,
    215                             StringPiece16 trim_chars,
    216                             string16* output);
    217 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const std::string& input,
    218                             StringPiece trim_chars,
    219                             std::string* output);
    220 
    221 // StringPiece versions of the above. The returned pieces refer to the original
    222 // buffer.
    223 BASE_EXPORT StringPiece16 TrimString(StringPiece16 input,
    224                                      const StringPiece16& trim_chars,
    225                                      TrimPositions positions);
    226 BASE_EXPORT StringPiece TrimString(StringPiece input,
    227                                    const StringPiece& trim_chars,
    228                                    TrimPositions positions);
    229 
    230 // Truncates a string to the nearest UTF-8 character that will leave
    231 // the string less than or equal to the specified byte size.
    232 BASE_EXPORT void TruncateUTF8ToByteSize(const std::string& input,
    233                                         const size_t byte_size,
    234                                         std::string* output);
    235 
    236 // Trims any whitespace from either end of the input string.
    237 //
    238 // The StringPiece versions return a substring referencing the input buffer.
    239 // The ASCII versions look only for ASCII whitespace.
    240 //
    241 // The std::string versions return where whitespace was found.
    242 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both input and output.
    243 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespace(const string16& input,
    244                                          TrimPositions positions,
    245                                          string16* output);
    246 BASE_EXPORT StringPiece16 TrimWhitespace(StringPiece16 input,
    247                                          TrimPositions positions);
    248 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespaceASCII(const std::string& input,
    249                                               TrimPositions positions,
    250                                               std::string* output);
    251 BASE_EXPORT StringPiece TrimWhitespaceASCII(StringPiece input,
    252                                             TrimPositions positions);
    253 
    254 // Searches  for CR or LF characters.  Removes all contiguous whitespace
    255 // strings that contain them.  This is useful when trying to deal with text
    256 // copied from terminals.
    257 // Returns |text|, with the following three transformations:
    258 // (1) Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed.
    259 // (2) If |trim_sequences_with_line_breaks| is true, any other whitespace
    260 //     sequences containing a CR or LF are trimmed.
    261 // (3) All other whitespace sequences are converted to single spaces.
    262 BASE_EXPORT string16 CollapseWhitespace(
    263     const string16& text,
    264     bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
    265 BASE_EXPORT std::string CollapseWhitespaceASCII(
    266     const std::string& text,
    267     bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
    268 
    269 // Returns true if |input| is empty or contains only characters found in
    270 // |characters|.
    271 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const StringPiece& input,
    272                                    const StringPiece& characters);
    273 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const StringPiece16& input,
    274                                    const StringPiece16& characters);
    275 
    276 // Returns true if the specified string matches the criteria. How can a wide
    277 // string be 8-bit or UTF8? It contains only characters that are < 256 (in the
    278 // first case) or characters that use only 8-bits and whose 8-bit
    279 // representation looks like a UTF-8 string (the second case).
    280 //
    281 // Note that IsStringUTF8 checks not only if the input is structurally
    282 // valid but also if it doesn't contain any non-character codepoint
    283 // (e.g. U+FFFE). It's done on purpose because all the existing callers want
    284 // to have the maximum 'discriminating' power from other encodings. If
    285 // there's a use case for just checking the structural validity, we have to
    286 // add a new function for that.
    287 //
    288 // IsStringASCII assumes the input is likely all ASCII, and does not leave early
    289 // if it is not the case.
    290 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringUTF8(const StringPiece& str);
    291 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const StringPiece& str);
    292 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const StringPiece16& str);
    293 // A convenience adaptor for WebStrings, as they don't convert into
    294 // StringPieces directly.
    295 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const string16& str);
    296 #if defined(WCHAR_T_IS_UTF32)
    297 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const std::wstring& str);
    298 #endif
    299 
    300 // Compare the lower-case form of the given string against the given
    301 // previously-lower-cased ASCII string (typically a constant).
    302 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(StringPiece str,
    303                                       StringPiece lowecase_ascii);
    304 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(StringPiece16 str,
    305                                       StringPiece lowecase_ascii);
    306 
    307 // Performs a case-sensitive string compare of the given 16-bit string against
    308 // the given 8-bit ASCII string (typically a constant). The behavior is
    309 // undefined if the |ascii| string is not ASCII.
    310 BASE_EXPORT bool EqualsASCII(StringPiece16 str, StringPiece ascii);
    311 
    312 // Indicates case sensitivity of comparisons. Only ASCII case insensitivity
    313 // is supported. Full Unicode case-insensitive conversions would need to go in
    314 // base/i18n so it can use ICU.
    315 //
    316 // If you need to do Unicode-aware case-insensitive StartsWith/EndsWith, it's
    317 // best to call base::i18n::ToLower() or base::i18n::FoldCase() (see
    318 // base/i18n/case_conversion.h for usage advice) on the arguments, and then use
    319 // the results to a case-sensitive comparison.
    320 enum class CompareCase {
    321   SENSITIVE,
    322   INSENSITIVE_ASCII,
    323 };
    324 
    325 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWith(StringPiece str,
    326                             StringPiece search_for,
    327                             CompareCase case_sensitivity);
    328 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWith(StringPiece16 str,
    329                             StringPiece16 search_for,
    330                             CompareCase case_sensitivity);
    331 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(StringPiece str,
    332                           StringPiece search_for,
    333                           CompareCase case_sensitivity);
    334 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(StringPiece16 str,
    335                           StringPiece16 search_for,
    336                           CompareCase case_sensitivity);
    337 
    338 // Determines the type of ASCII character, independent of locale (the C
    339 // library versions will change based on locale).
    340 template <typename Char>
    341 inline bool IsAsciiWhitespace(Char c) {
    342   return c == ' ' || c == '\r' || c == '\n' || c == '\t';
    343 }
    344 template <typename Char>
    345 inline bool IsAsciiAlpha(Char c) {
    346   return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z');
    347 }
    348 template <typename Char>
    349 inline bool IsAsciiUpper(Char c) {
    350   return c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z';
    351 }
    352 template <typename Char>
    353 inline bool IsAsciiLower(Char c) {
    354   return c >= 'a' && c <= 'z';
    355 }
    356 template <typename Char>
    357 inline bool IsAsciiDigit(Char c) {
    358   return c >= '0' && c <= '9';
    359 }
    360 
    361 template <typename Char>
    362 inline bool IsHexDigit(Char c) {
    363   return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') ||
    364          (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') ||
    365          (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f');
    366 }
    367 
    368 // Returns the integer corresponding to the given hex character. For example:
    369 //    '4' -> 4
    370 //    'a' -> 10
    371 //    'B' -> 11
    372 // Assumes the input is a valid hex character. DCHECKs in debug builds if not.
    373 BASE_EXPORT char HexDigitToInt(wchar_t c);
    374 
    375 // Returns true if it's a Unicode whitespace character.
    376 BASE_EXPORT bool IsUnicodeWhitespace(wchar_t c);
    377 
    378 // Return a byte string in human-readable format with a unit suffix. Not
    379 // appropriate for use in any UI; use of FormatBytes and friends in ui/base is
    380 // highly recommended instead. TODO(avi): Figure out how to get callers to use
    381 // FormatBytes instead; remove this.
    382 BASE_EXPORT string16 FormatBytesUnlocalized(int64_t bytes);
    383 
    384 // Starting at |start_offset| (usually 0), replace the first instance of
    385 // |find_this| with |replace_with|.
    386 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(
    387     base::string16* str,
    388     size_t start_offset,
    389     StringPiece16 find_this,
    390     StringPiece16 replace_with);
    391 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(
    392     std::string* str,
    393     size_t start_offset,
    394     StringPiece find_this,
    395     StringPiece replace_with);
    396 
    397 // Starting at |start_offset| (usually 0), look through |str| and replace all
    398 // instances of |find_this| with |replace_with|.
    399 //
    400 // This does entire substrings; use std::replace in <algorithm> for single
    401 // characters, for example:
    402 //   std::replace(str.begin(), str.end(), 'a', 'b');
    403 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(
    404     string16* str,
    405     size_t start_offset,
    406     StringPiece16 find_this,
    407     StringPiece16 replace_with);
    408 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(
    409     std::string* str,
    410     size_t start_offset,
    411     StringPiece find_this,
    412     StringPiece replace_with);
    413 
    414 // Reserves enough memory in |str| to accommodate |length_with_null| characters,
    415 // sets the size of |str| to |length_with_null - 1| characters, and returns a
    416 // pointer to the underlying contiguous array of characters.  This is typically
    417 // used when calling a function that writes results into a character array, but
    418 // the caller wants the data to be managed by a string-like object.  It is
    419 // convenient in that is can be used inline in the call, and fast in that it
    420 // avoids copying the results of the call from a char* into a string.
    421 //
    422 // |length_with_null| must be at least 2, since otherwise the underlying string
    423 // would have size 0, and trying to access &((*str)[0]) in that case can result
    424 // in a number of problems.
    425 //
    426 // Internally, this takes linear time because the resize() call 0-fills the
    427 // underlying array for potentially all
    428 // (|length_with_null - 1| * sizeof(string_type::value_type)) bytes.  Ideally we
    429 // could avoid this aspect of the resize() call, as we expect the caller to
    430 // immediately write over this memory, but there is no other way to set the size
    431 // of the string, and not doing that will mean people who access |str| rather
    432 // than str.c_str() will get back a string of whatever size |str| had on entry
    433 // to this function (probably 0).
    434 BASE_EXPORT char* WriteInto(std::string* str, size_t length_with_null);
    435 BASE_EXPORT char16* WriteInto(string16* str, size_t length_with_null);
    436 #ifndef OS_WIN
    437 BASE_EXPORT wchar_t* WriteInto(std::wstring* str, size_t length_with_null);
    438 #endif
    439 
    440 // Does the opposite of SplitString().
    441 BASE_EXPORT std::string JoinString(const std::vector<std::string>& parts,
    442                                    StringPiece separator);
    443 BASE_EXPORT string16 JoinString(const std::vector<string16>& parts,
    444                                 StringPiece16 separator);
    445 
    446 // Replace $1-$2-$3..$9 in the format string with values from |subst|.
    447 // Additionally, any number of consecutive '$' characters is replaced by that
    448 // number less one. Eg $$->$, $$$->$$, etc. The offsets parameter here can be
    449 // NULL. This only allows you to use up to nine replacements.
    450 BASE_EXPORT string16 ReplaceStringPlaceholders(
    451     const string16& format_string,
    452     const std::vector<string16>& subst,
    453     std::vector<size_t>* offsets);
    454 
    455 BASE_EXPORT std::string ReplaceStringPlaceholders(
    456     const StringPiece& format_string,
    457     const std::vector<std::string>& subst,
    458     std::vector<size_t>* offsets);
    459 
    460 // Single-string shortcut for ReplaceStringHolders. |offset| may be NULL.
    461 BASE_EXPORT string16 ReplaceStringPlaceholders(const string16& format_string,
    462                                                const string16& a,
    463                                                size_t* offset);
    464 
    465 }  // namespace base
    466 
    467 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    468 #include "base/strings/string_util_win.h"
    469 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
    470 #include "base/strings/string_util_posix.h"
    471 #else
    472 #error Define string operations appropriately for your platform
    473 #endif
    474 
    475 #endif  // BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
    476