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 * Contributor(s):
 *   Scott Collins <scc@netscape.com>
 */

#ifndef _nsSharedString_h__
#define _nsSharedString_h__

  // WORK IN PROGRESS

#include "nsAReadableString.h"

template <class CharT>
class basic_nsSharedString
      : public basic_nsAReadableString<CharT>
    /*
      ...
    */
  {
    public:

      nsrefcnt
      AddRef() const
        {
          return ++mRefCount;
        }

      nsrefcnt
      Release() const
        {
          nsrefcnt result = --mRefCount;
          if ( !mRefCount )
            delete this;
          return result;
        }

    private:
      mutable nsrefcnt mRefCount;
  };

template <class CharT>
class nsSharedStringPtr
  {
    public:
      // ...

    private:
      basic_nsSharedString<CharT>*  mPtr;
  };



typedef basic_nsSharedString<PRUnichar>     nsSharedString;
typedef basic_nsSharedStringPtr<PRUnichar>  nsSharedStringPtr;

typedef basic_nsSharedString<char>          nsSharedCString;
typedef basic_nsSharedStringPtr<char>       nsSharedCStringPtr;


#endif // !defined(_nsSharedString_h__)