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1 // Copyright (c) 2011 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 #ifndef BASE_WIN_SCOPED_BSTR_H_
6 #define BASE_WIN_SCOPED_BSTR_H_
7 #pragma once
8 
9 #include <windows.h>
10 #include <oleauto.h>
11 
12 #include "base/base_api.h"
13 #include "base/logging.h"
14 #include "base/string16.h"
15 
16 namespace base {
17 namespace win {
18 
19 // Manages a BSTR string pointer.
20 // The class interface is based on scoped_ptr.
21 class BASE_API ScopedBstr {
22  public:
ScopedBstr()23   ScopedBstr() : bstr_(NULL) {
24   }
25 
26   // Constructor to create a new BSTR.
27   //
28   // NOTE: Do not pass a BSTR to this constructor expecting ownership to
29   // be transferred - even though it compiles! ;-)
30   explicit ScopedBstr(const char16* non_bstr);
31   ~ScopedBstr();
32 
33   // Give ScopedBstr ownership over an already allocated BSTR or NULL.
34   // If you need to allocate a new BSTR instance, use |allocate| instead.
35   void Reset(BSTR bstr = NULL);
36 
37   // Releases ownership of the BSTR to the caller.
38   BSTR Release();
39 
40   // Creates a new BSTR from a 16-bit C-style string.
41   //
42   // If you already have a BSTR and want to transfer ownership to the
43   // ScopedBstr instance, call |reset| instead.
44   //
45   // Returns a pointer to the new BSTR, or NULL if allocation failed.
46   BSTR Allocate(const char16* str);
47 
48   // Allocates a new BSTR with the specified number of bytes.
49   // Returns a pointer to the new BSTR, or NULL if allocation failed.
50   BSTR AllocateBytes(size_t bytes);
51 
52   // Sets the allocated length field of the already-allocated BSTR to be
53   // |bytes|.  This is useful when the BSTR was preallocated with e.g.
54   // SysAllocStringLen or SysAllocStringByteLen (call |AllocateBytes|) and then
55   // not all the bytes are being used.
56   //
57   // Note that if you want to set the length to a specific number of
58   // characters, you need to multiply by sizeof(wchar_t).  Oddly, there's no
59   // public API to set the length, so we do this ourselves by hand.
60   //
61   // NOTE: The actual allocated size of the BSTR MUST be >= bytes.  That
62   // responsibility is with the caller.
63   void SetByteLen(size_t bytes);
64 
65   // Swap values of two ScopedBstr's.
66   void Swap(ScopedBstr& bstr2);
67 
68   // Retrieves the pointer address.
69   // Used to receive BSTRs as out arguments (and take ownership).
70   // The function DCHECKs on the current value being NULL.
71   // Usage: GetBstr(bstr.Receive());
72   BSTR* Receive();
73 
74   // Returns number of chars in the BSTR.
75   size_t Length() const;
76 
77   // Returns the number of bytes allocated for the BSTR.
78   size_t ByteLength() const;
79 
BSTR()80   operator BSTR() const {
81     return bstr_;
82   }
83 
84  protected:
85   BSTR bstr_;
86 
87  private:
88   // Forbid comparison of ScopedBstr types.  You should never have the same
89   // BSTR owned by two different scoped_ptrs.
90   bool operator==(const ScopedBstr& bstr2) const;
91   bool operator!=(const ScopedBstr& bstr2) const;
92   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedBstr);
93 };
94 
95 }  // namespace win
96 }  // namespace base
97 
98 #endif  // BASE_SCOPED_BSTR_H_
99