TXmlEngString Class Reference
#include
<xml/utils/xmlengxestrings.h>
Link against: xmlengineutils.lib
class TXmlEngString : public TXmlEngConstString |
Detailed Description
General-purpose string used in libxml2-based API's.
This class holds a zero-terminated sequence of bytes (c-style string). It is commonly used to represent a sequence of UTF-8 characters.
TXmlEngString objects should be treated as if they were pointers. The destructor for TXmlEngString does nothing. This means that the developer needs to free the memory allocated by TXmlEngString by calling Free() or Close() (Close() is an alias for Free()) and to do so only once.
The reason for this design is that the goal is to have a string class that is as small as a one-pointer sized object that is mostly stored on the stack, not on the heap (and therefore no additional memory allocation is required). It is also as flexible as possible to allow developers to create their own derived classes which may provide auto_ptr-like or reference counting solutions.
The contents of this class can be replaced, destroyed, copied and converted to c strings and Symbian descriptor types.
The contents of TXmlEngString may also be modified with AppendL().
When TXmlEngString is the return type in libxml2 based API's, this usually indicates that a string has been newly allocated, which should be freed by the method caller.
Constructor & Destructor Documentation
TXmlEngString ( char * )
TXmlEngString | ( | char * | aString | ) | [inline] |
Constructs a new string from a given c string. Ownership is transferred and the string must be freed with Free() or Close().
Parameters |
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aString | A heap-based c string |
TXmlEngString ( const TXmlEngConstString & )
Parameters |
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aStr | The string to initialize from |
Member Function Documentation
AllocAndFreeL ( )
IMPORT_C HBufC * | AllocAndFreeL | ( | ) | |
Creates a new UTF-16 HBufC from the UTF-8 string contents and transfers ownership of the string. The string held by this object is freed.
Typical use:
...
HBufC* attrValue = attr.WholeValueCopyL().AllocAndFreeL();
...
See also: AllocAndFreeLC()
- Return Value
- The copied string
Leave Codes |
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KErrNoMemory | Memory allocation failure |
KUriUtilsCannotConvert | String cannot be converted |
AllocAndFreeLC ( )
IMPORT_C HBufC * | AllocAndFreeLC | ( | ) | |
Creates a new UTF-16 HBufC from the UTF-8 string contents and transfers ownership of the string. The result is placed on the cleanup stack. The string held by this object is freed.
Typical use:
...
HBufC* attrValue = attr.WholeValueCopyL().AllocAndFreeL();
...
See also: AllocAndFreeL()
Allocates heap descriptor as AllocLC() and frees internal c-string.
More details in AllocAndFreeL() description.
- Return Value
- The copied string
Leave Codes |
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KErrNoMemory | Memory allocation failure |
KUriUtilsCannotConvert | String cannot be converted |
AppendL ( TXmlEngString )
Appends new text to the string
Parameters |
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aStr | The string to add |
Leave Codes |
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KErrNoMemory | Memory allocation failure |
AppendL ( TXmlEngString, TXmlEngString )
Appends new text to the string.
Parameters |
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aStr1 | The first string to append |
aStr2 | The second string to append |
Leave Codes |
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KErrNoMemory | Memory allocation failure |
PushL ( )
Leave Codes |
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KErrNoMemory | Memory allocation failure |
Set ( char * )
void | Set | ( | char * | aStr | ) | [inline] |
Sets a new value. The old string is freed. Ownership is transferred and the string must be freed with Free() or Close().
Parameters |
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aStr | The new string |
Set ( TXmlEngString & )
Transfers a string and its ownership from another TXmlEngString object. If this object currently stores a string it is freed.
Parameters |
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aSrc | The source string |
SetL ( const TDesC & )
IMPORT_C void | SetL | ( | const TDesC & | aDes | ) | |
Initializes the string, converting from a UTF-16 descriptor to a UTF-8 zero-terminated string.
Parameters |
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aDes | The new value |
SetL ( const TDesC8 & )
IMPORT_C void | SetL | ( | const TDesC8 & | aDes | ) | |
Initializes the string from a descriptor
Parameters |
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aDes | The new value |