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