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 */

#ifndef _nsSharedString_h__
#define _nsSharedString_h__

  // WORK IN PROGRESS

#include "nsAReadableString.h"

template <class CharT>
class basic_nsSharedString
      : public basic_nsAReadableString<CharT>
    /*
      ...
    */
  {
    private:
      ~basic_nsSharedString() { }
        // You can't sub-class me, or make an instance of me on the stack

      // operator delete

    public:

      virtual const CharT* GetReadableFragment( nsReadableFragment<CharT>&, nsFragmentRequest, PRUint32 ) const;

      virtual
      PRUint32
      Length() const
        {
          return mLength;
        }

      basic_nsSharedString( const CharT* data, size_t length )
          : mRefCount(0), mData(data), mLength(length)
        {
          // nothing else to do here
        }

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

      nsrefcnt
      Release() const
        {
          nsrefcnt result = --mRefCount;
          if ( !mRefCount )
            {
              delete this;
              // BULLSHIT ALERT: need to make |delete| match |new|
            }
          return result;
        }

    private:
      mutable nsrefcnt  mRefCount;
      const CharT*      mData;
      size_t            mLength;
  };

NS_DEF_STRING_COMPARISONS(basic_nsSharedString<CharT>)

template <class CharT>
const CharT*
basic_nsSharedString<CharT>::GetReadableFragment( nsReadableFragment<CharT>& aFragment, nsFragmentRequest aRequest, PRUint32 anOffset ) const
  {
    switch ( aRequest )
      {
        case kFirstFragment:
        case kLastFragment:
        case kFragmentAt:
          aFragment.mEnd = (aFragment.mStart = mData) + mLength;
          return aFragment.mStart + anOffset;
        
        case kPrevFragment:
        case kNextFragment:
        default:
          return 0;
      }
  }



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

    private:
      basic_nsSharedString<CharT>*  mRawPtr;
  };


template <class CharT>
basic_nsSharedString<CharT>*
new_nsSharedString( const basic_nsAReadableString<CharT>& aReadable )
  {
    size_t object_size    = ((sizeof(basic_nsSharedString<CharT>) + sizeof(CharT) - 1) / sizeof(CharT)) * sizeof(CharT);
    size_t string_length  = aReadable.Length();
    size_t string_size    = string_length * sizeof(CharT);

    void* object_ptr = operator new(object_size + string_size);
    if ( object_ptr )
      {
        typedef CharT* CharT_ptr;
        CharT* string_ptr = CharT_ptr(NS_STATIC_CAST(unsigned char*, object_ptr) + object_size);
        copy_string(aReadable.BeginReading(), aReadable.EndReading(), string_ptr);
        return new (object_ptr) basic_nsSharedString<CharT>(string_ptr, string_length);
      }

    return 0;
  }


typedef basic_nsSharedString<PRUnichar>     nsSharedString;
typedef basic_nsSharedString<char>          nsSharedCString;


#endif // !defined(_nsSharedString_h__)