/*
 * Copyright 2003, Tyler Dauwalder, tyler@dauwalder.net.
 * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
 */
#ifndef _D_STRING_H
#define _D_STRING_H


#include "UdfDebug.h"

#include "UdfString.h"

#include <util/kernel_cpp.h>


/*! \brief Fixed-length d-string class that takes a UdfString as input
        and provides a properly formatted ECMA-167 d-string of the given
        field length as ouput.

        For d-string info, see: ECMA-167 1/7.2.12, UDF-2.50 2.1.3
*/
class DString {
public:
                                                                DString();
                                                                DString(const DString &ref);
                                                                DString(const UdfString &string,
                                                                        uint8 fieldLength);
                                                                DString(const char *utf8, uint8 fieldLength);
                                                                ~DString();

                        uint8                           Length() const { return fLength; }

                        void                            SetTo(const DString &ref);
                        void                            SetTo(const UdfString &string, uint8 fieldLength);
                        void                            SetTo(const char *utf8, uint8 fieldLength);

                        const uint8*            String() const { return fString; }

private:
                        void                            _Clear();

private:
                        uint8                           fLength;
                        uint8                           *fString;
};


#endif  // _D_STRING_H