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#ifndef _JAVA_STRING_H_
#define _JAVA_STRING_H_

#include "JavaObject.h"

class ClassCentral;


/* A String is a Java Object that holds an array of characters This is the C++
 * structure corresponding to java/lang/string.
 */
struct NS_EXTERN JavaString: JavaObject {
private:
    JavaArray *value;   /* Array of Java char's */
    Int32 offset;       /* First index of the storage that is used */
    Int32 count;        /* Number of characters in the string */
    Int64 serialVersionId;
    
    static Type *strType; /* Type: must be set to Java/lang/String::type */
    
public:
    
    static JavaString* make(const char* str) {return new JavaString(str); /* To change when we have a GC. */}

    JavaString(const char *str);
    const uint16 *getStr() { return (uint16 *) ((char *) value+arrayEltsOffset(tkChar)); }
    
    /* Must be called before an instance of string is created */
    static void staticInit();  
    
    char *convertUtf();
    static void freeUtf(char *);
    
    // Return the size of the string
    Int32 getLength() { return count; }
    void dump();
};

inline JavaString &asJavaString(JavaObject &obj)
{
    assert(&obj.getType() == &asType(Standard::get(cString))); 
    return *(JavaString*)&obj;
}


#endif /* _JAVA_STRING_H_ */