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26<span class="firstname">Marshall</span> <span class="surname">Clow</span>
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28<div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2012 Marshall Clow</p></div>
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39<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p>
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41<dt><span class="section"><a href="string_ref.html#string_ref.overview">Overview</a></span></dt>
42<dt><span class="section"><a href="string_ref.html#string_ref.examples">Examples</a></span></dt>
43<dt><span class="section"><a href="string_ref.html#string_ref.reference">Reference </a></span></dt>
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48<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
49<a name="string_ref.overview"></a><a class="link" href="string_ref.html#string_ref.overview" title="Overview">Overview</a>
50</h2></div></div></div>
51<p>
52      Boost.StringRef is an implementation of Jeffrey Yaskin's <a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2012/n3442.html" target="_top">N3442:
53      string_ref: a non-owning reference to a string</a>.
54    </p>
55<p>
56      When you are parsing/processing strings from some external source, frequently
57      you want to pass a piece of text to a procedure for specialized processing.
58      The canonical way to do this is as a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>,
59      but that has certain drawbacks:
60    </p>
61<p>
62      1) If you are processing a buffer of text (say a HTTP response or the contents
63      of a file), then you have to create the string from the text you want to pass,
64      which involves memory allocation and copying of data.
65    </p>
66<p>
67      2) if a routine receives a constant <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>
68      and wants to pass a portion of that string to another routine, then it must
69      create a new string of that substring.
70    </p>
71<p>
72      3) A routine receives a constant <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>
73      and wants to return a portion of the string, then it must create a new string
74      to return.
75    </p>
76<p>
77      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> is designed to solve
78      these efficiency problems. A <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code>
79      is a read-only reference to a contiguous sequence of characters, and provides
80      much of the functionality of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>.
81      A <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> is cheap to create,
82      copy and pass by value, because it does not actually own the storage that it
83      points to.
84    </p>
85<p>
86      A <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> is implemented
87      as a small struct that contains a pointer to the start of the character data
88      and a count. A <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> is
89      cheap to create and cheap to copy.
90    </p>
91<p>
92      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> acts as a container;
93      it includes all the methods that you would expect in a container, including
94      iteration support, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">[]</span></code>,
95      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">at</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size</span></code>.
96      It can be used with any of the iterator-based algorithms in the STL - as long
97      as you don't need to change the underlying data (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">sort</span></code>
98      and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">remove</span></code>, for example, will
99      not work)
100    </p>
101<p>
102      Besides generic container functionality, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code>
103      provides a subset of the interface of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>.
104      This makes it easy to replace parameters of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">const</span>
105      <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span></code>
106      with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code>. Like <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>,
107      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> has a static member
108      variable named <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">npos</span></code> to denote
109      the result of failed searches, and to mean "the end".
110    </p>
111<p>
112      Because a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> does not
113      own the data that it "points to", it introduces lifetime issues into
114      code that uses it. The programmer must ensure that the data that a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> refers to exists as long as the
115      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> does.
116    </p>
117</div>
118<div class="section">
119<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
120<a name="string_ref.examples"></a><a class="link" href="string_ref.html#string_ref.examples" title="Examples">Examples</a>
121</h2></div></div></div>
122<p>
123      Integrating <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> into
124      your code is fairly simple. Wherever you pass a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">const</span>
125      <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span></code>
126      or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code> as a parameter, that's a candidate
127      for passing a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code>.
128    </p>
129<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">extract_part</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">bar</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
130    <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">bar</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">substr</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">3</span> <span class="special">);</span>
131    <span class="special">}</span>
132
133<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">extract_part</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="string">"ABCDEFG"</span> <span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">front</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="char">'C'</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="comment">/* do something */</span> <span class="special">}</span>
134</pre>
135<p>
136      Let's figure out what happens in this (contrived) example.
137    </p>
138<p>
139      First, a temporary string is created from the string literal <code class="computeroutput"><span class="string">"ABCDEFG"</span></code>, and it is passed (by reference)
140      to the routine <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">extract_part</span></code>.
141      Then a second string is created in the call <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">substr</span></code>
142      and returned to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">extract_part</span></code>
143      (this copy may be elided by RVO). Then <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">extract_part</span></code>
144      returns that string back to the caller (again this copy may be elided). The
145      first temporary string is deallocated, and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">front</span></code>
146      is called on the second string, and then it is deallocated as well.
147    </p>
148<p>
149      Two <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>s are created, and two copy operations.
150      That's (potentially) four memory allocations and deallocations, and the associated
151      copying of data.
152    </p>
153<p>
154      Now let's look at the same code with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code>:
155    </p>
156<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">extract_part</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">bar</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
157    <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">bar</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">substr</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">3</span> <span class="special">);</span>
158    <span class="special">}</span>
159
160<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">extract_part</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="string">"ABCDEFG"</span> <span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">front</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="string">"C"</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="comment">/* do something */</span> <span class="special">}</span>
161</pre>
162<p>
163      No memory allocations. No copying of character data. No changes to the code
164      other than the types. There are two <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code>s
165      created, and two <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code>s
166      copied, but those are cheap operations.
167    </p>
168</div>
169<div class="section">
170<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
171<a name="string_ref.reference"></a><a class="link" href="string_ref.html#string_ref.reference" title="Reference">Reference </a>
172</h2></div></div></div>
173<p>
174      The header file "string_ref.hpp" defines a template <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span></code>,
175      and four specializations - for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code>
176      / <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">wchar_t</span></code> / <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char16_t</span></code>
177      / <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char32_t</span></code> .
178    </p>
179<p>
180      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">utility</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">string_ref</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
181    </p>
182<p>
183      Construction and copying:
184    </p>
185<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="special">();</span>    <span class="comment">// Constructs an empty string_ref</span>
186<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// Constructs from a NULL-terminated string</span>
187<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">len</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// Constructs from a pointer, length pair</span>
188<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
189<span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_string</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">traits</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// Constructs from a std::string</span>
190<span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);</span>
191<span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);</span>
192</pre>
193<p>
194      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> does not define
195      a move constructor nor a move-assignment operator because copying a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> is just a cheap as moving one.
196    </p>
197<p>
198      Basic container-like functions:
199    </p>
200<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span>     <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
201<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">length</span><span class="special">()</span>   <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
202<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">max_size</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
203<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">empty</span><span class="special">()</span>         <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
204
205<span class="comment">// All iterators are const_iterators</span>
206<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">const_iterator</span>  <span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
207<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">const_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">cbegin</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
208<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">const_iterator</span>    <span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
209<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">const_iterator</span>   <span class="identifier">cend</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
210<span class="identifier">const_reverse_iterator</span>         <span class="identifier">rbegin</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
211<span class="identifier">const_reverse_iterator</span>        <span class="identifier">crbegin</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
212<span class="identifier">const_reverse_iterator</span>           <span class="identifier">rend</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
213<span class="identifier">const_reverse_iterator</span>          <span class="identifier">crend</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
214</pre>
215<p>
216      Access to the individual elements (all of which are const):
217    </p>
218<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">[](</span><span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">pos</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
219<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">at</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">pos</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
220<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">front</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
221<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">back</span><span class="special">()</span>  <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
222<span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">charT</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">()</span>  <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
223</pre>
224<p>
225      Modifying the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string_ref</span></code> (but
226      not the underlying data):
227    </p>
228<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">clear</span><span class="special">();</span>
229<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">remove_prefix</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">);</span>
230<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">remove_suffix</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">);</span>
231</pre>
232<p>
233      Searching:
234    </p>
235<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
236<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">charT</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
237<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">rfind</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
238<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">rfind</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">charT</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
239<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find_first_of</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">charT</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
240<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find_last_of</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">charT</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
241
242<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find_first_of</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
243<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find_last_of</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
244<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find_first_not_of</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
245<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find_first_not_of</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">charT</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
246<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find_last_not_of</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
247<span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">find_last_not_of</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">charT</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
248</pre>
249<p>
250      String-like operations:
251    </p>
252<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_CONSTEXPR</span> <span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">substr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">pos</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">size_type</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="identifier">npos</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Creates a new string_ref</span>
253<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">starts_with</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">charT</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
254<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">starts_with</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
255<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">ends_with</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">charT</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
256<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">ends_with</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_ref</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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265      <span class="phrase"><a name="string_ref.history.boost_1_71"></a></span><a class="link" href="string_ref.html#string_ref.history.boost_1_71">boost
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269          Glen Fernandes updated the implementation of the stream insertion operator
270          to write directly to the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">basic_streambuf</span></code>
271          and refactored that functionality into a common utility.
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275      <span class="phrase"><a name="string_ref.history.boost_1_53"></a></span><a class="link" href="string_ref.html#string_ref.history.boost_1_53">boost
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