#include <BALL/DATATYPE/string.h>

Classes
class	InvalidSubstring

class	UnboundSubstring

Public Member Functions
Constructors and Destructors
	Substring ()

	Substring (const Substring &substring, bool deep=true)

	Substring (const String &string, Index from=0, Size len=String::EndPos)

virtual	~Substring ()

void	destroy ()

virtual void	clear ()

Converters
	operator String () const

String	toString () const

Binding and Unbinding Substrings
Substring &	bind (const String &string, Index from=0, Size len=String::EndPos)

Substring &	bind (const Substring &substring, Index from=0, Size len=String::EndPos)

void	unbind ()
	unbinds the substring from the string it is bound to More...

String *	getBoundString ()
	Return a pointer to the bound String. More...

const String *	getBoundString () const
	Retunrs a const pointer to the bound String. More...

Assignment
void	set (const String &string)

void	set (const Substring &s)

void	set (const char *char_ptr, Size size=String::EndPos)

const Substring &	operator= (const String &string)

const Substring &	operator= (const Substring &substring)

const Substring &	operator= (const char *char_ptr)

Accessors and Mutators
char *	c_str ()

const char *	c_str () const

Index	getFirstIndex () const

Index	getLastIndex () const

Size	size () const
	Return the substring size. More...

char &	operator[] (Index index)

char	operator[] (Index index) const

Substring &	toLower ()

Substring &	toUpper ()

Predicates
bool	isBound () const
	Return true, if the substring is bound to a String. More...

bool	isEmpty () const
	Return true, if the substring is empty or unbound. More...

Debugging and Diagnostics
bool	isValid () const

void	dump (std::ostream &s=std::cout, Size depth=0) const

Protected Member Functions
void	validateRange_ (Index &from, Size &len) const

Friends
class	String

Stream I/O
BALL_EXPORT friend std::ostream &	operator<< (std::ostream &s, const Substring &substring)
	Writes the substring to a stream. More...

Comparison Operators
BALL_EXPORT friend bool	operator== (const String &string, const Substring &substring)

BALL_EXPORT friend bool	operator!= (const String &string, const Substring &substring)

bool	operator== (const Substring &substring) const

bool	operator!= (const Substring &substring) const

bool	operator== (const String &string) const

bool	operator!= (const String &string) const

bool	operator== (const char *char_ptr) const

bool	operator!= (const char *char_ptr) const

bool	operator== (char c) const

bool	operator!= (char c) const

Detailed Description

A substring class. The Substring class represents an efficient way to deal with substrings of String . Each Substring is bound to an instance of String and is defined by a start and end index. It can be used like a String (with several restrictions) but only affects the given range of the string it is bount to.

Definition at line 1417 of file string.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BALL::Substring::Substring ( )

Default constructor. Create an empty string.

BALL::Substring::Substring	(	const Substring &	substring,
		bool	deep = `true`
	)

Copy constructor. Create a substring from another substring.

Parameters

substring	the substring to be copied
deep	ignored

BALL::Substring::Substring	(	const String &	string,
		Index	from = `0`,
		Size	len = `String::EndPos`
	)

Create a substring from a string and two indices.

Parameters

string	the string the substring is bound to.
from	the start index of the substring
len	the length of the substring (default `EndPos`: to the end of the string)

Exceptions

Exception::IndexUnderflow	if `from < 0`
Exception::IndexOverflow	if `from \|\| len >= size()`

virtual BALL::Substring::~Substring ( )

virtual

Destructor. Destruct the substring.

Member Function Documentation

Substring& BALL::Substring::bind	(	const String &	string,
		Index	from = `0`,
		Size	len = `String::EndPos`
	)

Bind the substring to a string.

Parameters

string	the string to bind to
from	the start position in the string (default is the beginning of the string)
len	the substring's length (default is to the end of the string)

Exceptions

Exception::IndexUnderflow	if `index < 0`
Exception::IndexOverflow	if `index >= size()`

Substring& BALL::Substring::bind	(	const Substring &	substring,
		Index	from = `0`,
		Size	len = `String::EndPos`
	)

Bind the substring to the same string another substring is bound to.

Parameters

substring the substring that is bound to a string

Exceptions

Exception::IndexUnderflow	if `index < 0`
Exception::IndexOverflow	if `index >= size()`

char* BALL::Substring::c_str ( )

Return a pointer to the substring's contents

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

const char* BALL::Substring::c_str ( ) const

Return a const pointer to the substring's contents

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

virtual void BALL::Substring::clear ( )

virtual

Clear the substrings contents. Unbind the substring from its string and set the start and the end position to 0.

void BALL::Substring::destroy ( )

Clear the substrings contents. Unbind the substring from its string and set the start and the end position to 0.

void BALL::Substring::dump	(	std::ostream &	s = `std::cout`,
		Size	depth = `0`
	)		const

Dumps the substring object (including the values of its private members)

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

String* BALL::Substring::getBoundString ( )

Return a pointer to the bound String.

const String* BALL::Substring::getBoundString ( ) const

Retunrs a const pointer to the bound String.

Index BALL::Substring::getFirstIndex ( ) const

Return the first index of the substring. This means the starting point in the bound string.

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

Index BALL::Substring::getLastIndex ( ) const

Return the last index of the substring This means the end point in the bound string.

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

bool BALL::Substring::isBound ( ) const

Return true, if the substring is bound to a String.

bool BALL::Substring::isEmpty ( ) const

Return true, if the substring is empty or unbound.

bool BALL::Substring::isValid ( ) const

Return true, if the string is bound to a string and its indices are valid. Valid indices means that the first index is not greater than the last index, both indices are non-negative and lesser than the size of the bound string.

BALL::Substring::operator String ( ) const

Convert a substring to a String. Return a copy of the substring's contents.

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

bool BALL::Substring::operator!= ( const Substring & substring ) const

Return true, if the contents of the two substrings are not equal

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

bool BALL::Substring::operator!= ( const String & string ) const

Return true, if the contents of the substring and the string are not equal

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

bool BALL::Substring::operator!= ( const char * char_ptr ) const

Return true, if the contents of the substring are not equal to the contents of the C-string

Exceptions

Exception::NullPointer	if `delimiters == NULL`
Substring::UnboundSubstring	if this Substring is not correctly bound

bool BALL::Substring::operator!= ( char c ) const

Return true, if the substring is differnet from the given char

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

const Substring& BALL::Substring::operator= ( const String & string )

String assignment operator

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

const Substring& BALL::Substring::operator= ( const Substring & substring )

Substring assignment operator

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

const Substring& BALL::Substring::operator= ( const char * char_ptr )

char pointer assignment operator

Exceptions

Exception::NullPointer	if `char_ptr == NULL`
Substring::UnboundSubstring	if this Substring is not correctly bound

bool BALL::Substring::operator== ( const Substring & substring ) const

returns true, if the contents of the two substrings are equal

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

bool BALL::Substring::operator== ( const String & string ) const

Return true, if the contents of the substring and the string are equal

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

bool BALL::Substring::operator== ( const char * char_ptr ) const

Return true, if the contents of the substring are equal to the contents of the C-string

Exceptions

Exception::NullPointer	if `delimiters == NULL`
Substring::UnboundSubstring	if this Substring is not correctly bound

bool BALL::Substring::operator== ( char c ) const

Return true, if the substring has length 1 and contains the given char

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

char& BALL::Substring::operator[] ( Index index )

Mutable random access to a character of the substring

Exceptions

Exception::IndexUnderflow	if `index < 0`
Exception::IndexOverflow	if `index >= size()`
Substring::UnboundSubstring	if this Substring is not correctly bound

char BALL::Substring::operator[] ( Index index ) const

Random access to a character of the substring (const method).

Exceptions

Exception::IndexUnderflow	if `index < 0`
Exception::IndexOverflow	if `index >= size()`
Substring::UnboundSubstring	if this Substring is not correctly bound

void BALL::Substring::set ( const String & string )

Sets the substring to a certain string

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

void BALL::Substring::set ( const Substring & s )

Copies a substring from another substring

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

void BALL::Substring::set	(	const char *	char_ptr,
		Size	size = `String::EndPos`
	)

Assigns a substring from a char pointer

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring	if this Substring is not correctly bound
Exception::IndexUnderflow
Exception::NullPointer	if `char_ptr == NULL`

Size BALL::Substring::size ( ) const

Return the substring size.

Substring& BALL::Substring::toLower ( )

Converts the substring to lower case characters

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

String BALL::Substring::toString ( ) const

Convert a substring to a std::string. Return a copy of the substring's contents.

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring	if this Substring is not correctly boundConvert a substring to a string. Return a copy of the substring's contents.
Substring::UnboundSubstring	if this Substring is not correctly bound

Substring& BALL::Substring::toUpper ( )

Converts the substring to lower case characters

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

void BALL::Substring::unbind ( )

unbinds the substring from the string it is bound to

void BALL::Substring::validateRange_	(	Index &	from,
		Size &	len
	)		const

protected

Friends And Related Function Documentation

BALL_EXPORT friend bool operator!=	(	const String &	string,
		const Substring &	substring
	)

friend

Return true, if the contents of the substring and the string are not equal

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

BALL_EXPORT friend std::ostream& operator<<	(	std::ostream &	s,
		const Substring &	substring
	)

friend

Writes the substring to a stream.

BALL_EXPORT friend bool operator==	(	const String &	string,
		const Substring &	substring
	)

friend

Return true, if the contents of the substring and the string are equal

Exceptions

Substring::UnboundSubstring if this Substring is not correctly bound

friend class String

friend

Definition at line 1419 of file string.h.

Classes

Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Friends

Comparison Operators

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Friends And Related Function Documentation