Cockpit-cpp/ZjQt/Mqtt/VSmqtt/src-cpp/mqtt/buffer_view.h

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/// @file buffer_view.h
/// Buffer reference type for the Paho MQTT C++ library.
/// @date April 18, 2017
/// @author Frank Pagliughi
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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2017 Frank Pagliughi <fpagliughi@mindspring.com>
 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * and Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which accompany this distribution.
 *
 * The Eclipse Public License is available at
 *    http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
 *   http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Frank Pagliughi - initial implementation and documentation
 *******************************************************************************/

#ifndef __mqtt_buffer_view_h
#define __mqtt_buffer_view_h

#include "mqtt/types.h"

namespace mqtt {

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/**
 * A reference to a contiguous sequence of items, with no ownership.
 * This simply contains a pointer to a const array of items, and a size.
 * This is a similar, but simplified version of the std::string_view
 * class(es) in the C++17 standard.
 */
template <typename T>
class buffer_view
{
public:
	/** The type of items to be held in the queue. */
	using value_type = T;
	/** The type used to specify number of items in the container. */
	using size_type = size_t;

private:
	/** Const pointer to the data array */
	const value_type* data_;
	/** The size of the array */
	size_type sz_;

public:
	/**
	 * Constructs a buffer view.
	 * @param data The data pointer
	 * @param n The number of items
	 */
	buffer_view(const value_type* data, size_type n)
		: data_(data), sz_(n) {}
	/**
	 * Constructs a buffer view to a whole string.
	 * This the starting pointer and length of the whole string.
	 * @param str The string.
	 */
	buffer_view(const std::basic_string<value_type>& str)
		: data_(str.data()), sz_(str.size()) {}
	/**
	 * Gets a pointer the first item in the view.
	 * @return A const pointer the first item in the view.
	 */
	const value_type* data() const { return data_; }
	/**
	 * Gets the number of items in the view.
	 * @return The number of items in the view.
	 */
	size_type size() const { return sz_; }
	/**
	 * Gets the number of items in the view.
	 * @return The number of items in the view.
	 */
	size_type length() const { return sz_; }
	/**
	 * Access an item in the view.
	 * @param i The index of the item.
	 * @return A const reference to the requested item.
	 */
	const value_type& operator[](size_t i) const { return data_[i]; }
	/**
	 * Gets a copy of the view as a string.
	 * @return A copy of the view as a string.
	 */
	std::basic_string<value_type> str() const {
		return std::basic_string<value_type>(data_, sz_);
	}
	/**
	 * Gets a copy of the view as a string.
	 * @return A copy of the view as a string.
	 */
	string to_string() const {
		static_assert(sizeof(char) == sizeof(T), "can only get string for char or byte buffers");
		return string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data_), sz_);
	}
};

/** A buffer view for character string data. */
using string_view = buffer_view<char>;

/** A buffer view for binary data */
using binary_view = buffer_view<char>;


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// end namespace mqtt
}

#endif		// __mqtt_buffer_view_h