//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2001-2014.
//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.
//
//  Description : simple string class definition
// ***************************************************************************

#ifndef  CONST_STRING_HPP
#define  CONST_STRING_HPP

// STL
#include <string>
using std::string;

namespace common_layer
{
  
  // ************************************************************************** //
  // **************                 const_string                 ************** //
  // ************************************************************************** //
  
  class const_string
  {
  public:
    // Subtypes
    typedef char const*                                 iterator;
    typedef char const*                                 const_iterator;
    typedef std::reverse_iterator<iterator,char, char const&> reverse_iterator;
    typedef reverse_iterator                            const_reverse_iterator;
    
    // Constructor
    const_string() : 
      m_begin( "" ), 
      m_end( m_begin )
    {}
    
    // Copy constructor is generated by compiler
    
    const_string( const std::string& s ) : 
      m_begin( s.c_str() ),
      m_end( m_begin + s.length() )
    {}
    
    const_string( char const* s );
    
    const_string( char const* s, size_t length ) : 
      m_begin( s ), 
      m_end( m_begin + length )
    { 
      if(length == 0) 
        erase(); 
    }
    
    const_string( char const* first, char const* last ) : 
      m_begin( first ), 
      m_end( last )
    {}
    
    // data access methods
    char operator[]( size_t index ) const { return m_begin[index]; }
    char at( size_t index ) const         { return (*this)[index]; }
    char const* data() const              { return m_begin;}
    
    // length operators
    size_t length() const                 { return m_end - m_begin;}
    bool is_empty() const                 { return m_end == m_begin;}
    
    void erase()                          { m_begin = m_end = ""; }
    void resize( size_t new_len )         { if( m_begin + new_len < m_end ) m_end = m_begin + new_len; }
    void rshorten( size_t shift = 1 )     { m_end  -= shift; if( m_end <= m_begin ) erase(); }
    void lshorten( size_t shift = 1 )     { m_begin += shift; if( m_end <= m_begin ) erase(); }
    
    // Assignment operators
    const_string& operator=( const_string const& s );
    const_string& operator=( string const& s )            { return *this = const_string( s ); }
    const_string& operator=( char const* s )              { return *this = const_string( s ); }
    
    const_string& assign( const_string const& s )         { return *this = s; }
    const_string& assign( string const& s, size_t len )   { return *this = const_string( s.data(), len ); }
    const_string& assign( string const& s )               { return *this = const_string( s ); }
    const_string& assign( char const* s )                 { return *this = const_string( s ); }
    const_string& assign( char const* s, size_t len )     { return *this = const_string( s, len ); }
    const_string& assign( char const* f, char const* l )  { return *this = const_string( f, l ); }
    
    void swap( const_string& s )
    {
      // do not want to include alogrithm
      char const* tmp1 = m_begin;
      char const* tmp2 = m_end;
      
      m_begin     = s.m_begin;
      m_end       = s.m_end;
      
      s.m_begin   = tmp1;
      s.m_end     = tmp2;
    }
    
    // Comparison operators
    friend bool     operator==( const_string const& s1, const_string const& s2 );
    friend bool     operator==( const_string const& s1, char const* s2 )            { return s1 == const_string( s2 ); }
    friend bool     operator==( const_string const& s1, const string& s2 )          { return s1 == const_string( s2 ); }
    
    friend bool     operator!=( const_string const& s1, const_string const& s2 )    { return !(s1 == s2); }
    friend bool     operator!=( const_string const& s1, char const* s2 )            { return !(s1 == s2); }
    friend bool     operator!=( const_string const& s1, const string& s2 )          { return !(s1 == s2); }
    
    friend bool     operator==( char const* s2,         const_string const& s1 )    { return s1 == s2; }
    friend bool     operator==( const string& s2,       const_string const& s1 )    { return s1 == s2; }
    
    friend bool     operator!=( char const* s2,         const_string const& s1 )    { return !(s1 == s2); }
    friend bool     operator!=( const string& s2,       const_string const& s1 )    { return !(s1 == s2); }
    
    // Iterators
    iterator        begin() const                           { return m_begin; }
    iterator        end() const                             { return m_end;   }
    reverse_iterator rbegin() const                         { return m_end;   }
    reverse_iterator rend() const                           { return m_begin; }
    
    // search operation
    iterator        find_first_of( char c );
    iterator        find_first_of( const_string cs );
    iterator        find_last_of( char c );
    iterator        find_last_of( const_string cs );
    
  private:
    
    // Data members
    char const*     m_begin;
    char const*     m_end;
  };
  
  //____________________________________________________________________________//
  
  // first character
  class first_char {
  public:
    char operator()( const_string source, char default_char = '\0' ) const {
      return source.is_empty() ? default_char : *source.data();
    }
  };
  
  //____________________________________________________________________________//
  
  // last character
  class last_char {
  public:
    char operator()( const_string source, char default_char = '\0' ) const {
      return source.is_empty() ? default_char : *source.rbegin();
    }
  };
  
  //____________________________________________________________________________//
  
  inline const_string&
  const_string::operator=( const_string const& s ) {
    if( &s != this ) {
      m_begin = s.m_begin;
      m_end  = s.m_end;
    }
    
    return *this;
  }
  
  //____________________________________________________________________________//
  
  typedef const_string const literal;
  
}; // namespace common_layer

#endif // CONST_STRING_HPP