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/// \file
/// Define the ustring class, unique strings with efficient storage and
/// very fast copy and comparison.


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// \class ustring
///
/// A ustring is an alternative to char* or std::string for storing
/// strings, in which the character sequence is unique (allowing many
/// speed advantages for assignment, equality testing, and inequality
/// testing).
///
/// The implementation is that behind the scenes there is a hash set of
/// allocated strings, so the characters of each string are unique.  A
/// ustring itself is a pointer to the characters of one of these canonical
/// strings.  Therefore, assignment and equality testing is just a single
/// 32- or 64-bit int operation, the only mutex is when a ustring is
/// created from raw characters, and the only malloc is the first time
/// each canonical ustring is created.
///
/// The internal table also contains a std::string version and the length
/// of the string, so converting a ustring to a std::string (via
/// ustring::string()) or querying the number of characters (via
/// ustring::size() or ustring::length()) is extremely inexpensive, and does
/// not involve creation/allocation of a new std::string or a call to
/// strlen.
///
/// We try very hard to completely mimic the API of std::string,
/// including all the constructors, comparisons, iterations, etc.  Of
/// course, the charaters of a ustring are non-modifiable, so we do not
/// replicate any of the non-const methods of std::string.  But in most
/// other ways it looks and acts like a std::string and so most templated
/// algorthms that would work on a "const std::string &" will also work
/// on a ustring.
///
/// Usage guidelines:
///
/// Compared to standard strings, ustrings have several advantages:
///
///   - Each individual ustring is very small -- in fact, we guarantee that
///     a ustring is the same size and memory layout as an ordinary char*.
///   - Storage is frugal, since there is only one allocated copy of each
///     unique character sequence, throughout the lifetime of the program.
///   - Assignment from one ustring to another is just copy of the pointer;
///     no allocation, no character copying, no reference counting.
///   - Equality testing (do the strings contain the same characters) is
///     a single operation, the comparison of the pointer.
///   - Memory allocation only occurs when a new ustring is construted from
///     raw characters the FIRST time -- subsequent constructions of the
///     same string just finds it in the canonial string set, but doesn't
///     need to allocate new storage.  Destruction of a ustring is trivial,
///     there is no de-allocation because the canonical version stays in
///     the set.  Also, therefore, no user code mistake can lead to
///     memory leaks.
///
/// But there are some problems, too.  Canonical strings are never freed
/// from the table.  So in some sense all the strings "leak", but they
/// only leak one copy for each unique string that the program ever comes
/// across.  Also, creation of unique strings from raw characters is more
/// expensive than for standard strings, due to hashing, table queries,
/// and other overhead.
///
/// On the whole, ustrings are a really great string representation
///   - if you tend to have (relatively) few unique strings, but many
///     copies of those strings;
///   - if the creation of strings from raw characters is relatively
///     rare compared to copying or comparing to existing strings;
///   - if you tend to make the same strings over and over again, and
///     if it's relatively rare that a single unique character sequence
///     is used only once in the entire lifetime of the program;
///   - if your most common string operations are assignment and equality
///     testing and you want them to be as fast as possible;
///   - if you are doing relatively little character-by-character assembly
///     of strings, string concatenation, or other "string manipulation"
///     (other than equality testing).
///
/// ustrings are not so hot
///   - if your program tends to have very few copies of each character
///     sequence over the entire lifetime of the program;
///   - if your program tends to generate a huge variety of unique
///     strings over its lifetime, each of which is used only a short
///     time and then discarded, never to be needed again;
///   - if you don't need to do a lot of string assignment or equality
///     testing, but lots of more complex string manipulation.
///
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


#pragma once
#define OPENIMAGEIO_USTRING_H

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
// Ignore warnings about DLL exported classes with member variables that are template classes.
// This happens with the std::string empty_std_string static member variable of ustring below.
// Also remove a warning about the strncpy function not being safe and deprecated in MSVC.
// There is no equivalent safe and portable function and trying to fix this is more trouble than
// its worth. (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/858252/alternatives-to-ms-strncpy-s)
#    pragma warning(disable : 4251 4996)
#endif

#include <OpenImageIO/dassert.h>
#include <OpenImageIO/export.h>
#include <OpenImageIO/oiioversion.h>
#include <OpenImageIO/string_view.h>
#include <OpenImageIO/strutil.h>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>


OIIO_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class OIIO_API ustring {
public:
    typedef char value_type;
    typedef value_type* pointer;
    typedef value_type& reference;
    typedef const value_type& const_reference;
    typedef size_t size_type;
    static const size_type npos = static_cast<size_type>(-1);
    typedef std::string::const_iterator const_iterator;
    typedef std::string::const_reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;

    /// Default ctr for ustring -- make an empty string.
    ///
    ustring(void)
        : m_chars(nullptr)
    {
    }

    /// Construct a ustring from a null-terminated C string (char *).
    ///
    explicit ustring(const char* str)
    {
        m_chars = str ? make_unique(str) : nullptr;
    }

    /// Construct a ustring from a string_view, which can be auto-converted
    /// from either a null-terminated C string (char *) or a C++
    /// std::string.
    explicit ustring(string_view str)
    {
        m_chars = str.data() ? make_unique(str) : nullptr;
    }

    /// Construct a ustring from at most n characters of str, starting at
    /// position pos.
    ustring(const char* str, size_type pos, size_type n)
        : m_chars(make_unique(std::string(str, pos, n).c_str()))
    {
    }

    /// Construct a ustring from the first n characters of str.
    ///
    ustring(const char* str, size_type n)
        : m_chars(make_unique(string_view(str, n)))
    {
    }

    /// Construct a ustring from n copies of character c.
    ///
    ustring(size_type n, char c)
        : m_chars(make_unique(std::string(n, c).c_str()))
    {
    }

    /// Construct a ustring from an indexed substring of a std::string.
    ///
    ustring(const std::string& str, size_type pos, size_type n = npos)
    {
        string_view sref(str);
        sref    = sref.substr(pos, n);
        m_chars = make_unique(sref);
    }

    /// Copy construct a ustring from another ustring.
    ///
    ustring(const ustring& str)
        : m_chars(str.m_chars)
    {
    }

    /// Construct a ustring from an indexed substring of a ustring.
    ///
    ustring(const ustring& str, size_type pos, size_type n = npos)
    {
        string_view sref(str);
        sref    = sref.substr(pos, n);
        m_chars = make_unique(sref);
    }

    /// ustring destructor.
    ///
    ~ustring() {}

    /// Conversion to string_view
    operator string_view() const { return string_view(c_str(), length()); }

    /// Assign a ustring to *this.
    ///
    const ustring& assign(const ustring& str)
    {
        m_chars = str.m_chars;
        return *this;
    }

    /// Assign a substring of a ustring to *this.
    ///
    const ustring& assign(const ustring& str, size_type pos, size_type n = npos)
    {
        *this = ustring(str, pos, n);
        return *this;
    }

    /// Assign a std::string to *this.
    ///
    const ustring& assign(const std::string& str)
    {
        assign(str.c_str());
        return *this;
    }

    /// Assign a substring of a std::string to *this.
    ///
    const ustring& assign(const std::string& str, size_type pos,
                          size_type n = npos)
    {
        *this = ustring(str, pos, n);
        return *this;
    }

    /// Assign a null-terminated C string (char*) to *this.
    ///
    const ustring& assign(const char* str)
    {
        m_chars = str ? make_unique(str) : nullptr;
        return *this;
    }

    /// Assign the first n characters of str to *this.
    ///
    const ustring& assign(const char* str, size_type n)
    {
        *this = ustring(str, n);
        return *this;
    }

    /// Assign n copies of c to *this.
    ///
    const ustring& assign(size_type n, char c)
    {
        *this = ustring(n, c);
        return *this;
    }

    /// Assign a string_view to *this.
    const ustring& assign(string_view str)
    {
        m_chars = str.length() ? make_unique(str) : nullptr;
        return *this;
    }

    /// Assign a ustring to another ustring.
    ///
    const ustring& operator=(const ustring& str) { return assign(str); }

    /// Assign a null-terminated C string (char *) to a ustring.
    ///
    const ustring& operator=(const char* str) { return assign(str); }

    /// Assign a C++ std::string to a ustring.
    ///
    const ustring& operator=(const std::string& str) { return assign(str); }

    /// Assign a string_view to a ustring.
    ///
    const ustring& operator=(string_view str) { return assign(str); }

    /// Assign a single char to a ustring.
    ///
    const ustring& operator=(char c)
    {
        char s[2];
        s[0]  = c;
        s[1]  = 0;
        *this = ustring(s);
        return *this;
    }

    /// Return a C string representation of a ustring.
    ///
    const char* c_str() const { return m_chars; }

    /// Return a C string representation of a ustring.
    ///
    const char* data() const { return c_str(); }

    /// Return a C++ std::string representation of a ustring.
    ///
    const std::string& string() const
    {
        if (m_chars) {
            const TableRep* rep = (const TableRep*)m_chars - 1;
            return rep->str;
        } else
            return empty_std_string;
    }

    /// Reset to an empty string.
    ///
    void clear(void) { m_chars = nullptr; }

    /// Return the number of characters in the string.
    ///
    size_t length(void) const
    {
        if (!m_chars)
            return 0;
        const TableRep* rep = ((const TableRep*)m_chars) - 1;
        return rep->length;
    }

    /// Return a hashed version of the string
    ///
    size_t hash(void) const
    {
        if (!m_chars)
            return 0;
        const TableRep* rep = ((const TableRep*)m_chars) - 1;
        return rep->hashed;
    }

    /// Return the number of characters in the string.
    ///
    size_t size(void) const { return length(); }

    /// Is the string empty -- i.e., is it nullptr or does it point to an
    /// empty string?
    bool empty(void) const { return (size() == 0); }

    /// Return a const_iterator that references the first character of
    /// the string.
    const_iterator begin() const { return string().begin(); }

    /// Return a const_iterator that references the end of a traversal
    /// of the characters of the string.
    const_iterator end() const { return string().end(); }

    /// Return a const_reverse_iterator that references the last
    /// character of the string.
    const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const { return string().rbegin(); }

    /// Return a const_reverse_iterator that references the end of
    /// a reverse traversal of the characters of the string.
    const_reverse_iterator rend() const { return string().rend(); }

    /// Return a reference to the character at the given position.
    /// Note that it's up to the caller to be sure pos is within the
    /// size of the string.
    const_reference operator[](size_type pos) const { return c_str()[pos]; }

    /// Dump into character array s the characters of this ustring,
    /// beginning with position pos and copying at most n characters.
    size_type copy(char* s, size_type n, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        if (m_chars == nullptr) {
            s[0] = 0;
            return 0;
        }
        char* c = strncpy(s, c_str() + pos, n);
        return (size_type)(c - s);
    }

    /// Returns a substring of the ustring object consisting of n
    /// characters starting at position pos.
    ustring substr(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos) const
    {
        return ustring(*this, pos, n);
    }

    // FIXME: implement compare.

    size_type find(const ustring& str, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find(str.string(), pos);
    }

    size_type find(const std::string& str, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find(str, pos);
    }

    size_type find(const char* s, size_type pos, size_type n) const
    {
        return string().find(s, pos, n);
    }

    size_type find(const char* s, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find(s, pos);
    }

    size_type find(char c, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find(c, pos);
    }

    size_type rfind(const ustring& str, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().rfind(str.string(), pos);
    }

    size_type rfind(const std::string& str, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().rfind(str, pos);
    }

    size_type rfind(const char* s, size_type pos, size_type n) const
    {
        return string().rfind(s, pos, n);
    }

    size_type rfind(const char* s, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().rfind(s, pos);
    }

    size_type rfind(char c, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().rfind(c, pos);
    }

    size_type find_first_of(const ustring& str, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find_first_of(str.string(), pos);
    }

    size_type find_first_of(const std::string& str, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find_first_of(str, pos);
    }

    size_type find_first_of(const char* s, size_type pos, size_type n) const
    {
        return string().find_first_of(s, pos, n);
    }

    size_type find_first_of(const char* s, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find_first_of(s, pos);
    }

    size_type find_first_of(char c, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find_first_of(c, pos);
    }

    size_type find_last_of(const ustring& str, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().find_last_of(str.string(), pos);
    }

    size_type find_last_of(const std::string& str, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().find_last_of(str, pos);
    }

    size_type find_last_of(const char* s, size_type pos, size_type n) const
    {
        return string().find_last_of(s, pos, n);
    }

    size_type find_last_of(const char* s, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().find_last_of(s, pos);
    }

    size_type find_last_of(char c, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().find_last_of(c, pos);
    }

    size_type find_first_not_of(const ustring& str, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find_first_not_of(str.string(), pos);
    }

    size_type find_first_not_of(const std::string& str, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find_first_not_of(str, pos);
    }

    size_type find_first_not_of(const char* s, size_type pos, size_type n) const
    {
        return string().find_first_not_of(s, pos, n);
    }

    size_type find_first_not_of(const char* s, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find_first_not_of(s, pos);
    }

    size_type find_first_not_of(char c, size_type pos = 0) const
    {
        return string().find_first_not_of(c, pos);
    }

    size_type find_last_not_of(const ustring& str, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().find_last_not_of(str.string(), pos);
    }

    size_type find_last_not_of(const std::string& str,
                               size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().find_last_not_of(str, pos);
    }

    size_type find_last_not_of(const char* s, size_type pos, size_type n) const
    {
        return string().find_last_not_of(s, pos, n);
    }

    size_type find_last_not_of(const char* s, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().find_last_not_of(s, pos);
    }

    size_type find_last_not_of(char c, size_type pos = npos) const
    {
        return string().find_last_not_of(c, pos);
    }

    /// Return 0 if *this is lexicographically equal to str, -1 if
    /// *this is lexicographically earlier than str, 1 if *this is
    /// lexicographically after str.

    int compare(const ustring& str) const
    {
        return (c_str() == str.c_str())
                   ? 0
                   : strcmp(c_str() ? c_str() : "",
                            str.c_str() ? str.c_str() : "");
    }

    /// Return 0 if *this is lexicographically equal to str, -1 if
    /// *this is lexicographically earlier than str, 1 if *this is
    /// lexicographically after str.
    int compare(const std::string& str) const
    {
        return strcmp(c_str() ? c_str() : "", str.c_str());
    }

    /// Return 0 if *this is lexicographically equal to str, -1 if
    /// *this is lexicographically earlier than str, 1 if *this is
    /// lexicographically after str.
    int compare(string_view str) const
    {
        return string_view(*this).compare(str);
    }

    /// Return 0 if *this is lexicographically equal to str, -1 if
    /// *this is lexicographically earlier than str, 1 if *this is
    /// lexicographically after str.
    int compare(const char* str) const
    {
        return strcmp(c_str() ? c_str() : "", str ? str : "");
    }

    /// Return 0 if a is lexicographically equal to b, -1 if a is
    /// lexicographically earlier than b, 1 if a is lexicographically
    /// after b.
    friend int compare(const std::string& a, const ustring& b)
    {
        return string_view(a).compare(b);
    }

    /// Test two ustrings for equality -- are they comprised of the same
    /// sequence of characters.  Note that because ustrings are unique,
    /// this is a trivial pointer comparison, not a char-by-char loop as
    /// would be the case with a char* or a std::string.
    bool operator==(const ustring& str) const { return c_str() == str.c_str(); }

    /// Test two ustrings for inequality -- are they comprised of different
    /// sequences of characters.  Note that because ustrings are unique,
    /// this is a trivial pointer comparison, not a char-by-char loop as
    /// would be the case with a char* or a std::string.
    bool operator!=(const ustring& str) const { return c_str() != str.c_str(); }

    /// Test a ustring (*this) for lexicographic equality with std::string
    /// x.
    bool operator==(const std::string& x) const { return compare(x) == 0; }

    /// Test a ustring (*this) for lexicographic equality with string_view
    /// x.
    bool operator==(string_view x) const { return compare(x) == 0; }

    /// Test a ustring (*this) for lexicographic equality with char* x.
    bool operator==(const char* x) const { return compare(x) == 0; }

    /// Test for lexicographic equality between std::string a and ustring
    /// b.
    friend bool operator==(const std::string& a, const ustring& b)
    {
        return b.compare(a) == 0;
    }

    /// Test for lexicographic equality between string_view a and ustring
    /// b.
    friend bool operator==(string_view a, const ustring& b)
    {
        return b.compare(a) == 0;
    }

    /// Test for lexicographic equality between char* a and ustring
    /// b.
    friend bool operator==(const char* a, const ustring& b)
    {
        return b.compare(a) == 0;
    }

    /// Test a ustring (*this) for lexicographic inequality with
    /// std::string x.
    bool operator!=(const std::string& x) const { return compare(x) != 0; }

    /// Test a ustring (*this) for lexicographic inequality with
    /// string_view x.
    bool operator!=(string_view x) const { return compare(x) != 0; }

    /// Test a ustring (*this) for lexicographic inequality with
    /// char* x.
    bool operator!=(const char* x) const { return compare(x) != 0; }

    /// Test for lexicographic inequality between std::string a and
    /// ustring b.
    friend bool operator!=(const std::string& a, const ustring& b)
    {
        return b.compare(a) != 0;
    }

    /// Test for lexicographic inequality between string_view a and
    /// ustring b.
    friend bool operator!=(string_view a, const ustring& b)
    {
        return b.compare(a) != 0;
    }

    /// Test for lexicographic inequality between char* a and
    /// ustring b.
    friend bool operator!=(const char* a, const ustring& b)
    {
        return b.compare(a) != 0;
    }

    /// Test for lexicographic 'less', comes in handy for lots of STL
    /// containers and algorithms.
    bool operator<(const ustring& x) const { return compare(x) < 0; }

    /// Construct a ustring in a printf-like fashion.  In other words,
    /// something like:
    ///    ustring s = ustring::sprintf("blah %d %g", (int)foo, (float)bar);
    /// The argument list is fully typesafe.
    /// The formatting of the string will always use the classic "C" locale
    /// conventions (in particular, '.' as decimal separator for float values).
    template<typename... Args>
    static ustring sprintf(const char* fmt, const Args&... args)
    {
        return ustring(Strutil::sprintf(fmt, args...));
    }

    /// Construct a ustring in a fmt::format-like fashion.  In other words,
    /// something like:
    ///    ustring s = ustring::fmtformat("blah {} {}", (int)foo, (float)bar);
    /// The argument list is fully typesafe.
    /// The formatting of the string will always use the classic "C" locale
    /// conventions (in particular, '.' as decimal separator for float values).
    template<typename... Args>
    static ustring fmtformat(const char* fmt, const Args&... args)
    {
        return ustring(Strutil::fmt::format(fmt, args...));
    }

    /// NOTE: Semi-DEPRECATED! This will someday switch to behave like
    /// fmt::format (or future std::format) but for now, it is back
    /// compatible and equivalent to sprintf.
    template<typename... Args>
    static ustring format(const char* fmt, const Args&... args)
    {
        return ustring(Strutil::format(fmt, args...));
    }

    /// Generic stream output of a ustring.
    ///
    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const ustring& str)
    {
        if (str.c_str() && out.good())
            out.write(str.c_str(), str.size());
        return out;
    }

    /// Return the statistics output as a string.
    ///
    static std::string getstats(bool verbose = true);

    /// Return the amount of memory consumed by the ustring table.
    ///
    static size_t memory();

    /// Given a string_view, return a pointer to the unique
    /// version kept in the internal table (creating a new table entry
    /// if we haven't seen this sequence of characters before).
    /// N.B.: this is equivalent to ustring(str).c_str().  It's also the
    /// routine that is used directly by ustring's internals to generate
    /// the canonical unique copy of the characters.
    static const char* make_unique(string_view str);

    /// Is this character pointer a unique ustring representation of
    /// those characters?  Useful for diagnostics and debugging.
    static bool is_unique(const char* str)
    {
        return str == nullptr || make_unique(str) == str;
    }

    /// Create a ustring from characters guaranteed to already be
    /// ustring-clean, without having to run through the hash yet
    /// again. Use with extreme caution!!!
    static ustring from_unique(const char* unique)
    {
        DASSERT(is_unique(unique));  // DEBUG builds -- check it!
        ustring u;
        u.m_chars = unique;
        return u;
    }

private:
    // Individual ustring internal representation -- the unique characters.
    //
    const char* m_chars;

public:
    // Representation within the hidden string table -- DON'T EVER CREATE
    // ONE OF THESE YOURSELF!
    // The characters are found directly after the rep.  So that means that
    // if you know the rep, the chars are at (char *)(rep+1), and if you
    // know the chars, the rep is at ((TableRep *)chars - 1).
    struct TableRep {
        size_t hashed;    // precomputed Hash value
        std::string str;  // String representation
        size_t length;    // Length of the string; must be right before cap
        size_t dummy_capacity;  // Dummy field! must be right before refcount
        int dummy_refcount;     // Dummy field! must be right before chars
        TableRep(string_view strref, size_t hash);
        ~TableRep();
        const char* c_str() const { return (const char*)(this + 1); }
    };

private:
    static std::string empty_std_string;
};



/// Functor class to use as a hasher when you want to make a hash_map or
/// hash_set using ustring as a key.
class ustringHash {
public:
    size_t operator()(const ustring& s) const { return s.hash(); }
};



/// Functor class to use for comparisons when sorting ustrings, if you
/// want the strings sorted lexicographically.
class ustringLess {
public:
    size_t operator()(ustring a, ustring b) const { return a < b; }
};


/// Functor class to use for comparisons when sorting ustrings, if you
/// don't care if the sort order is lexicographic. This sorts based on
/// the pointers themselves, which is safe because once allocated, a
/// ustring's characters will never be moved. But beware, the resulting
/// sorting order may vary from run to run!
class ustringPtrIsLess {
public:
    size_t operator()(ustring a, ustring b) const
    {
        return size_t(a.data()) < size_t(b.data());
    }
};



/// Case-insensitive comparison of ustrings.  For speed, this always
/// uses a static locale that doesn't require a mutex lock.
inline bool
iequals(ustring a, ustring b)
{
    return a == b || Strutil::iequals(a.string(), b.string());
}

inline bool
iequals(ustring a, const std::string& b)
{
    return Strutil::iequals(a.string(), b);
}

inline bool
iequals(const std::string& a, ustring b)
{
    return Strutil::iequals(a, b.string());
}



// ustring variant stof from OpenImageIO/strutil.h
namespace Strutil {

inline float
stof(ustring s)
{
    return Strutil::stof(s.string());
}

template<>
inline std::string
to_string(const ustring& value)
{
    return value.string();
}

}  // end namespace Strutil

OIIO_NAMESPACE_END