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 * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Geometer Plus <contact@geometerplus.com>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 */

#ifndef __ZLCHARSEQUENCE_H__
#define __ZLCHARSEQUENCE_H__

#include "core_export.h"

#include <string>

class ZLCORE_EXPORT ZLCharSequence {

public:
	ZLCharSequence(); 
	ZLCharSequence(const char *ptr, std::size_t size); 
	ZLCharSequence(const std::string &hexSequence);
	ZLCharSequence(const ZLCharSequence &other);
	~ZLCharSequence();		
 
	std::size_t getSize() const;
	const char &operator [] (std::size_t index) const;
	ZLCharSequence &operator = (const ZLCharSequence& other);
		
	std::string toHexSequence() const; 

	// returns
	//   an integer < 0 if the sequence is less than other
	//   an integer > 0 if the sequence is greater than other
	//   0 if the sequence is equal to other
	int compareTo(const ZLCharSequence &other) const;

private: 
	std::size_t mySize;
	char *myHead;
};

inline ZLCharSequence::ZLCharSequence() : mySize(0), myHead(0) {}

inline const char& ZLCharSequence::operator [] (std::size_t index) const {
	return myHead[index];
}

inline bool operator < (const ZLCharSequence &a, const ZLCharSequence &b) {
	return a.compareTo(b) < 0;
}

inline ZLCharSequence::~ZLCharSequence() {
	if (myHead != 0) {
		delete[] myHead;
	}
}

inline std::size_t ZLCharSequence::getSize() const {
	return mySize;
}

#endif /*__ZLCHARSEQUENCE_H__*/
