refcountedstring/String.h

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#pragma once
#include <iostream>
#include "StringValue.h"
#include "Char.h"
class Char;
// TODO: think about making ctors explict
/* Design decisions:
* - Everything related to ref-counting is the responsibility of the StringValue class
* - Anything dynamically allocated is owned (and thus once deleted) by the StringValue class
* (including itself -- this is possible because of the reference counting mechanism) */
class String
{
private:
StringValue* _str;
public:
String();
String(const char*);
String(const String&);
String& operator=(String);
String(String&&);
~String();
friend void swap(String&, String&) noexcept;
String operator+(const String&) const;
String& operator+=(const String&);
String operator+(char) const;
String& operator+=(char);
bool operator==(const String&) const;
const char& operator[](size_t) const;
Char operator[](size_t);
size_t size() const; // does not include null-terminator
const char* c_str() const;
friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream&, String&);
friend class Char;
};
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const String&);