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QoreStringNode Class Reference

Qore's string value type, reference counted, dynamically-allocated only. More...

`#include <QoreStringNode.h>`

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## Public Member Functions
DLLEXPORT | QoreStringNode ()
| creates an empty string and assigns the default encoding QCS_DEFAULT
DLLEXPORT | QoreStringNode (const char *str, const QoreEncoding *enc=QCS_DEFAULT)
| creates a new object from a string and sets the character encoding More...
DLLEXPORT | QoreStringNode (const QoreString &str)
| creates a new QoreStringNode from an existing QoreString reference More...
DLLEXPORT | QoreStringNode (const QoreStringNode &str)
| creates a new QoreStringNode from an existing QoreStringNode reference More...
DLLEXPORT | QoreStringNode (const std::string &str, const QoreEncoding *enc=QCS_DEFAULT)
| creates a new object from a std::string and sets the character encoding More...
DLLEXPORT | QoreStringNode (const BinaryNode *bin, size_t maxlinelen)
| creates a new string as the base64-encoded value of the binary object passed and ensures the maximum line length for the base64-encoded output
DLLEXPORT | QoreStringNode (char *nbuf, size_t nlen, size_t nallocated, const QoreEncoding *enc)
| creates a new object; takes ownership of the char pointer passed, all parameters are mandatory More...
DLLEXPORT | QoreStringNode (const char *str, size_t len, const QoreEncoding *new_qorecharset=QCS_DEFAULT)
| copies the c-string passed (up to len) and assigns the encoding passed
DLLLOCAL | QoreStringNode (const char *str, const QoreEncoding *from, const QoreEncoding *to, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| constructor supporting createAndConvertEncoding(), not exported in the library
DLLLOCAL | QoreStringNode (struct qore_string_private *p)
| constructor using the private implementation of QoreString; not exported in the library
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | convertEncoding (const QoreEncoding *nccs, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| converts the encoding of the string to the specified encoding, returns 0 if an error occurs, the caller owns the pointer returned More...
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | extract (qore_offset_t offset, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes characters from the string starting at position "offset" and returns a string of the characters removed More...
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | extract (qore_offset_t offset, qore_offset_t length, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes "length" characters from the string starting at position "offset" and returns a string of the characters removed More...
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | extract (qore_offset_t offset, qore_offset_t length, QoreValue strn, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes "length" characters from the string starting at position "offset" and replaces them with the string passed, then returns a string of the characters removed More...
DLLEXPORT int | getAsString (QoreString &str, int format_offset, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| concatenates the string data in double quotes to an existing QoreString More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | getAsString (bool &del, int format_offset, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns a QoreString giving the string data in double quotes More...
virtual DLLEXPORT DateTime * | getDateTimeRepresentation (bool &del) const
| returns the DateTime representation of this string More...
virtual DLLEXPORT void | getDateTimeRepresentation (DateTime &dt) const
| assigns the date representation of this string to the DateTime reference passed More...
virtual DLLEXPORT QoreString * | getStringRepresentation (bool &del) const
| returns the current string and sets del to false More...
virtual DLLEXPORT void | getStringRepresentation (QoreString &str) const
| concatentates the value of the type to an existing QoreString reference More...
virtual DLLEXPORT const char * | getTypeName () const
| returns the type name as a c string
virtual DLLEXPORT bool | is_equal_hard (const AbstractQoreNode *v, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| tests for equality ("deep compare" including all contained values for container types) without type or character encoding conversions (hard compare) More...
virtual DLLEXPORT bool | is_equal_soft (const AbstractQoreNode *v, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| tests for equality ("deep compare" including all contained values for container types) with possible type and character encoding conversion (soft compare) More...
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | parseBase64ToString (ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| parses the string as a base64-encoded binary and returns the decoded value as a QoreStringNode
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | parseBase64ToString (const QoreEncoding *enc, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| parses the current string data as base64-encoded data and returns it as a QoreStringNode pointer owned by the caller More...
virtual DLLLOCAL int | parseInit (QoreValue &val, QoreParseContext &parse_context)
| returns the type information
virtual DLLEXPORT AbstractQoreNode * | realCopy () const
| returns a copy of the object, the caller owns the reference count
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | reverse () const
| return a QoreStringNode with the characters reversed
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | stringRefSelf () const
| references the object and returns a non-const pointer to "this"
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | substr (qore_offset_t offset, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns a new string consisting of all the characters from the current string starting with character position "offset" More...
DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | substr (qore_offset_t offset, qore_offset_t length, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns a new string consisting of "length" characters from the current string starting with character position "offset" More...
Public Member Functions inherited from SimpleValueQoreNode
DLLLOCAL | SimpleValueQoreNode (qore_type_t t, bool n_there_can_be_only_one=false)
| creates the object by assigning the type code and setting the "value" flag, unsetting the "needs_eval" flag, and setting "there_can_be_only_one"
Public Member Functions inherited from SimpleQoreNode
DLLLOCAL | SimpleQoreNode (qore_type_t t, bool n_value, bool n_needs_eval, bool n_there_can_be_only_one=false)
| constructor takes the type and value arguments
DLLLOCAL | SimpleQoreNode (const SimpleQoreNode &v)
| copy constructor
DLLEXPORT void | deref (ExceptionSink *xsink)
| decrements the reference count and deletes the object when references = 0 More...
SimpleQoreNode & | operator= (const SimpleQoreNode &)=delete
| this function is not implemented
Public Member Functions inherited from AbstractQoreNode
DLLEXPORT | AbstractQoreNode (qore_type_t t, bool n_value, bool n_needs_eval, bool n_there_can_be_only_one=false, bool n_custom_reference_handlers=false)
| constructor takes the type More...
DLLEXPORT | AbstractQoreNode (const AbstractQoreNode &v)
| copy constructor
virtual DLLEXPORT void | customDeref (ExceptionSink *xsink)
virtual DLLEXPORT void | customRef () const
| special processing when the object's reference count transitions from 0-1 More...
DLLEXPORT void | deref (ExceptionSink *xsink)
| decrements the reference count and calls derefImpl() if there_can_be_only_one is false, otherwise does nothing More...
virtual DLLEXPORT bool | derefImpl (ExceptionSink *xsink)
| decrements the reference count More...
DLLEXPORT QoreValue | eval (ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| evaluates the object and returns a value (or 0) More...
DLLEXPORT QoreValue | eval (bool &needs_deref, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| optionally evaluates the argument More...
DLLEXPORT int64 | getAsBigInt () const
| returns the 64-bit integer value of the object More...
DLLEXPORT bool | getAsBool () const
| returns the boolean value of the object More...
DLLEXPORT double | getAsFloat () const
| returns the float value of the object More...
DLLEXPORT int | getAsInt () const
| returns the integer value of the object More...
DLLLOCAL qore_type_t | getType () const
| returns the data type More...
DLLLOCAL bool | is_value () const
| returns true if the node represents a value More...
DLLLOCAL bool | isReferenceCounted () const
| returns true if the object is reference-counted
DLLLOCAL bool | needs_eval () const
| returns true if the object needs evaluation to return a value, false if not More...
DLLLOCAL AbstractQoreNode & | operator= (const AbstractQoreNode &)
| this function is not implemented; it is here as a private function in order to prohibit it from being used
DLLEXPORT void | ref () const
| increments the reference count
DLLEXPORT AbstractQoreNode * | refSelf () const
| returns "this" with an incremented reference count More...
Public Member Functions inherited from QoreReferenceCounter
DLLEXPORT | QoreReferenceCounter ()
| creates the reference counter object
DLLEXPORT | QoreReferenceCounter (const QoreReferenceCounter &old)
| creates a new object with a reference count of 1 More...
DLLEXPORT | ~QoreReferenceCounter ()
| destroys the reference counter object
DLLEXPORT bool | is_unique () const
| returns true if the reference count is 1 More...
DLLEXPORT int | reference_count () const
| gets the reference count More...
DLLEXPORT bool | ROdereference () const
| atomically decrements the reference count More...
DLLEXPORT void | ROreference () const
| atomically increments the reference count
Public Member Functions inherited from QoreString
DLLEXPORT | QoreString ()
| creates an empty string and assigns the default encoding QCS_DEFAULT
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (bool b)
| creates a single-character string (either '0' or '1') and assigns the default encoding QCS_DEFAULT
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const char *str)
| copies the c-string passed and assigns the default encoding QCS_DEFAULT
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const char *str, const QoreEncoding *new_qorecharset)
| copies the c-string passed and assigns the encoding passed
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const QoreEncoding *new_qorecharset)
| creates an empty string and assigns the encoding passed
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const char *str, size_t len, const QoreEncoding *new_qorecharset=QCS_DEFAULT)
| copies the c-string passed and assigns the length and encoding passed
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const std::string &str, const QoreEncoding *new_encoding=QCS_DEFAULT)
| copies the std::string passed and assigns the encoding passed
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (char c)
| creates a single-character string from the argument and assigns the default encoding QCS_DEFAULT
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const QoreString &str)
| creates a copy of the QoreString argument passed
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const QoreString *str)
| creates a copy of the QoreString argument passed
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const QoreString *str, size_t len)
| creates a copy of the QoreString argument passed up to byte "len" and assigns "len" as the byte length of the new string
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (int64 i)
| creates a new string with the string representation of the integer passed and assigns the default encoding QCS_DEFAULT
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (double f)
| creates a new string with the string representation of the floating-point value passed and assigns the default encoding QCS_DEFAULT
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const DateTime *date)
| creates a new string from the DateTime value passed in the format YYYYMMDDHHmmSS
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const BinaryNode *bin)
| creates a new string as the base64-encoded value of the binary object passed
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (const BinaryNode *bin, size_t maxlinelen)
| creates a new string as the base64-encoded value of the binary object passed and ensures the maximum line length for the base64-encoded output
DLLEXPORT | QoreString (char *nbuf, size_t nlen, size_t nallocated, const QoreEncoding *enc)
| takes ownership of the char* passed
DLLEXPORT | ~QoreString ()
| frees any memory allocated by the string
DLLEXPORT void | addch (char c, unsigned times)
| append a character to the string a number of times
DLLEXPORT void | allocate (unsigned requested_size)
| Ensure the internal buffer has at least expected size in bytes. More...
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | bindex (const QoreString &needle, qore_offset_t pos=0) const
| returns the byte position of a substring within the string or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | bindex (const char *needle, qore_offset_t pos=0) const
| returns the byte position of a substring within the string or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | bindex (const std::string &needle, qore_offset_t pos=0) const
| returns the byte position of a substring within the string or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | brindex (const QoreString &needle, qore_offset_t pos=-1) const
| returns the byte position of a substring within the string searching in reverse from a given position or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | brindex (const char *needle, qore_offset_t pos=-1) const
| returns the byte position of a substring within the string searching in reverse from a given position or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | brindex (const std::string &needle, qore_offset_t pos=-1) const
| returns the byte position of a substring within the string searching in reverse from a given position or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT const char * | c_str () const
| returns the string's buffer; this data should not be changed
DLLEXPORT size_t | capacity () const
| returns number of bytes allocated for the string's buffer, capacity is always >= size
DLLEXPORT size_t | chomp ()
| removes a single \n\r or \n from the end of the string and returns the number of characters removed
DLLEXPORT void | clear ()
| reset string to zero length; memory is not deallocated; string encoding does not change
DLLEXPORT int | compare (const QoreString *str) const
| compares two strings without converting encodings (if the encodings do not match then "this" is deemed automatically less than the argument) More...
DLLEXPORT int | compare (const char *str) const
| compares the string with a c-string, which is assumed to be in the same encoding as the string More...
DLLEXPORT int | compareSoft (const QoreString *str, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| compares the string with another string, performing character set encoding conversion if necessary More...
DLLEXPORT void | concat (const QoreString *str, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| concatenates a string and converts encodings if necessary
DLLEXPORT int | concat (const QoreString &str, qore_offset_t pos, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| concatenates a string and converts encodings if necessary More...
DLLEXPORT int | concat (const QoreString &str, qore_offset_t pos, qore_offset_t len, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| concatenates a string and converts encodings if necessary More...
DLLEXPORT void | concat (const QoreString *str, size_t size, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| concatenates a QoreString up to character "len" More...
DLLEXPORT void | concat (const DateTime *d)
| concatenates a DateTime value to a string in the format YYYYMMDDHHmmSS
DLLEXPORT void | concat (const char *str)
| concatenates a c-string to the existing string
DLLEXPORT void | concat (const std::string &str)
| concatenates an stl string to the existing string
DLLEXPORT void | concat (const char *str, size_t size)
| concatenates a c-string to the existing string, up to byte "size"
DLLEXPORT void | concat (const char c)
| concatenates a single character to the string
DLLEXPORT void | concatAndHTMLDecode (const QoreString *str)
| concatenates HTML-decoded version of the c-string passed More...
DLLEXPORT void | concatAndHTMLDecode (const char *str, size_t slen)
| concatenates HTML-decoded version of the c-string passed with the given length More...
DLLEXPORT void | concatAndHTMLDecode (const char *str)
| concatenates HTML-decoded version of the c-string passed More...
DLLEXPORT void | concatAndHTMLEncode (const char *str)
| concatenates HTML-encoded version of the c-string passed More...
DLLEXPORT void | concatAndHTMLEncode (const QoreString *str, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| concatenation with HTML special character encoding More...
DLLEXPORT void | concatBase64 (const char *buf, size_t size)
| concatenates the base64-encoded version of the binary data passed
DLLEXPORT void | concatBase64 (const BinaryNode *bin)
| concatenates the base64-encoded version of the binary data passed
DLLEXPORT void | concatBase64 (const QoreString *str)
| concatenates the base64-encoded version of the binary data passed (does not make any character encoding conversions)
DLLEXPORT void | concatBase64 (const char *buf, size_t size, size_t maxlinelen)
| concatenates the base64-encoded version of the binary data passed and ensures the maximum line length for the base64-encoded output
DLLEXPORT void | concatBase64 (const BinaryNode *bin, size_t maxlinelen)
| concatenates the base64-encoded version of the binary data passed and ensures the maximum line length for the base64-encoded output
DLLEXPORT void | concatBase64 (const QoreString *str, size_t maxlinelen)
| concatenates the base64-encoded version of the binary data passed (does not make any character encoding conversions) and ensures the maximum line length for the base64-encoded output
DLLEXPORT int | concatDecode (ExceptionSink *xsink, const QoreString &str, unsigned code=CD_ALL)
| concatenates a string and decodes HTML, XML, and numeric character references as per the supplied arguments More...
DLLEXPORT int | concatDecodeUriRequest (const QoreString &url, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| concatenates a URI-decoded version of the c-string passed More...
DLLEXPORT void | concatDecodeUrl (const char *url)
| concatenates a URL-decoded version of the c-string passed More...
DLLEXPORT int | concatDecodeUrl (const QoreString &url, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| concatenates a URL-decoded version of the c-string passed (RFC 3986 compliant: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986)
DLLEXPORT int | concatEncode (ExceptionSink *xsink, const QoreString &str, unsigned code=CE_XHTML)
| concatenates a string and encodes it according to the encoding argument passed More...
DLLEXPORT int | concatEncodeUriRequest (ExceptionSink *xsink, const QoreString &url)
| concatenates a URI-encoded version of the c-string passed More...
DLLEXPORT int | concatEncodeUrl (ExceptionSink *xsink, const QoreString &url, bool encode_all=false)
| concatenates a URL-encoded version of the c-string passed More...
DLLEXPORT void | concatEscape (const QoreString *str, char c, char esc_char, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| concatenates a string and escapes character c with esc_char (converts encodings if necessary)
DLLEXPORT void | concatEscape (const char *str, char c, char esc_char='\\')
| concatenates a string and escapes character c with esc_char
DLLEXPORT void | concatHex (const char *buf, size_t size)
| concatenates hexidecimal digits corresponding to the binary data passed up to byte "len" More...
DLLEXPORT void | concatHex (const BinaryNode *bin)
| concatenates hexidecimal digits corresponding to the binary data passed
DLLEXPORT void | concatHex (const QoreString *str)
| concatenates hexidecimal digits corresponding to the QoreString data passed interpreted as binary data
DLLEXPORT void | concatISO8601DateTime (const DateTime *d)
| concatenates a DateTime value to a string in the format YYYYMMDDTHH:mm:SS <- where the "T" is a literal "T"
DLLEXPORT int | concatUnicode (unsigned code, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| append a character sequence from a unicode code point (returns 0 for OK, -1 for exception) More...
DLLEXPORT int | concatUnicode (unsigned code)
| append a character sequence from a unicode code point (returns 0 for OK, -1 for error) More...
DLLEXPORT void | concatUTF8FromUnicode (unsigned code)
| append a UTF-8 character sequence from a unicode code point, assumes the string is tagged with QCS_UTF8 encoding More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | convertEncoding (const QoreEncoding *nccs, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| converts the encoding of the string to the specified encoding, returns 0 if an error occurs, the caller owns the pointer returned More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | copy () const
| returns an exact copy of the string
DLLEXPORT bool | empty () const
| returns true if the string is empty, false if not
DLLEXPORT bool | endsWith (const char *str) const
| returns true if the current string ends with the argument string (bytes) More...
DLLEXPORT bool | endsWith (const std::string &str) const
| returns true if the current string ends with the argument string (bytes) More...
DLLEXPORT bool | equal (const QoreString &str) const
| returns true if the strings are equal, false if not, if the character encodings are different, then the strings are not equal More...
DLLEXPORT bool | equal (const char *str) const
| returns true if the strings are equal, false if not (encodings are assumed to be equal) More...
DLLEXPORT bool | equalPartial (const QoreString &str) const
| returns true if the beginning of the current string matches the argument string, false if not, if the character encodings are different, then the strings are not equal More...
DLLEXPORT bool | equalPartial (const char *str) const
| returns true if the beginning of the current string matches the argument string, false if not (encodings are assumed to be equal) More...
DLLEXPORT bool | equalPartialPath (const QoreString &str, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns true if the begining of the current string matches the argument string where either both strings are the same size or the current string has a '/' or '?' character after the point where the argument string stops, false if not, if the character encodings are different, then the encoding of the argument string is temporarily converted to the encoding of the current string to do the comparison More...
DLLEXPORT bool | equalPartialSoft (const QoreString &str, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns true if the beginning of the current string matches the argument string, false if not, if the character encodings are different, then the encoding of the argument string is temporarily converted to the encoding of the current string to do the comparison More...
DLLEXPORT bool | equalSoft (const QoreString &str, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns true if the strings are equal, false if not, if the character encodings are different, then the encoding of the argument string is temporarily converted to the encoding of the current string to do the comparison More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | extract (qore_offset_t offset, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes characters from the string starting at position "offset" and returns a string of the characters removed More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | extract (qore_offset_t offset, qore_offset_t length, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes "length" characters from the string starting at position "offset" and returns a string of the characters removed More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | extract (qore_offset_t offset, qore_offset_t length, QoreValue strn, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes "length" characters from the string starting at position "offset" and replaces them with the string passed, then returns a string of the characters removed More...
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | find (char c, qore_offset_t pos=0) const
| returns the byte position of a character (byte) within the string or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | find (const char *str, qore_offset_t pos=0) const
| returns the byte position of a string byte sequence) within the string or -1 if not found More...
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | find (const std::string &str, qore_offset_t pos=0) const
| returns the byte position of a string byte sequence) within the string or -1 if not found More...
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | findAny (const char *str, qore_offset_t pos=0) const
| returns the byte position of any of the given characters (bytes) within the string or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT const char * | getBuffer () const
| returns the string's buffer; this data should not be changed
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | getByteOffset (size_t i, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns the byte position of the given character position in the string or -1 if the string does not have that many characters (or if an invalid encoding exception is raised); may be different than the byte number for multi-byte character encodings such as UTF-8 More...
DLLEXPORT size_t | getCharWidth (ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns the character width of the string More...
DLLEXPORT const QoreEncoding * | getEncoding () const
| returns the encoding for the string
DLLEXPORT unsigned int | getUnicodePoint (qore_offset_t offset, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| return Unicode code point for the single character at the given character (not byte) offset in the string More...
DLLEXPORT unsigned int | getUnicodePointFromBytePos (size_t offset, unsigned &len, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| return Unicode code point for the given byte offset More...
DLLEXPORT unsigned int | getUnicodePointFromUTF8 (qore_offset_t offset=0) const
| return Unicode code point for character offset, string must be UTF-8 More...
DLLEXPORT char * | giveBuffer ()
| returns the character buffer and leaves the QoreString empty, the caller owns the memory returned (must be manually freed) More...
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | index (const QoreString &needle, qore_offset_t pos, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns the character position of a substring within the string or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT int | insert (const char *str, size_t pos)
| inserts a character string at a certain position in the string More...
DLLEXPORT int | insertch (char c, size_t pos, unsigned times)
| insert a character at a certain position in the string a number of times More...
DLLEXPORT bool | isDataAscii () const
| returns true if the string is empty or has no characters with the high bit set (ie all characters < 128) More...
DLLEXPORT bool | isDataPrintableAscii () const
| returns true if the string is empty or only contains printable non-control ASCII characters (ie all characters > 31 && < 127) More...
DLLEXPORT size_t | length () const
| returns the number of characters (not bytes) in the string More...
DLLLOCAL bool | operator!= (const QoreString &other) const
| returns true if the other string is not equal to this string (encodings also must be equal)
DLLLOCAL bool | operator!= (const std::string &other) const
| returns true if the other string is not equal to this string (encodings also must be equal)
DLLLOCAL bool | operator!= (const char *other) const
| returns true if the other string is not equal to this string (encodings also must be equal)
DLLEXPORT QoreString & | operator+= (const char *str)
| concatenates the characters to the string; assumes the string to be concatenated is already in the character encoding of the "this" string
DLLEXPORT QoreString & | operator+= (const std::string &str)
| concatenates the characters to the string; assumes the string to be concatenated is already in the character encoding of the "this" string
DLLEXPORT QoreString & | operator= (const QoreString &other)
| assigns the value of one string to another
DLLEXPORT QoreString & | operator= (const char *other)
| assigns the value of one string to another; note that in this case the string is assigned the default encoding (QCS_DEFAULT)
DLLEXPORT QoreString & | operator= (const std::string &other)
| assigns the value of one string to another; note that in this case the string is assigned the default encoding (QCS_DEFAULT)
DLLEXPORT bool | operator== (const QoreString &other) const
| returns true if the other string is equal to this string (encodings also must be equal)
DLLEXPORT bool | operator== (const std::string &other) const
| returns true if the other string is equal to this string (encodings also must be equal)
DLLEXPORT bool | operator== (const char *other) const
| returns true if the other string is equal to this string (encodings also must be equal)
DLLEXPORT int | operator[] (qore_offset_t pos) const
| returns the byte (not character) at the given location; if the location is invalid, returns -1 More...
DLLEXPORT BinaryNode * | parseBase64 (ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| parses the current string data as base64-encoded data and returns it as a BinaryNode pointer (caller owns the reference count), throws a qore-language exception if any errors are encountered More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | parseBase64ToString (ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| parses the current string data as base64-encoded data and returns it as a QoreString pointer owned by the caller More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | parseBase64ToString (const QoreEncoding *enc, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| parses the current string data as base64-encoded data and returns it as a QoreString pointer owned by the caller More...
DLLEXPORT BinaryNode * | parseHex (ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| parses the current string data as hexadecimal-encoded data and returns it as a BinaryNode pointer (caller owns the reference count), throws a qore-language exception if any errors are encountered More...
DLLEXPORT void | prepend (const char *str)
| prepends the string given to the string, assumes character encoding is the same as the string's
DLLEXPORT void | prepend (const char *str, size_t size)
| prepends the string given to the string, assumes character encoding is the same as the string's
DLLEXPORT void | replace (size_t offset, size_t len, const char *str)
| replaces bytes with the string passed More...
DLLEXPORT void | replace (size_t offset, size_t len, const QoreString *str, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| replaces bytes with the string passed More...
DLLEXPORT void | replaceAll (const char *old_str, const char *new_str)
| replaces all occurences of the first string with the second string More...
DLLEXPORT void | replaceChar (size_t offset, char c)
| replaces a byte with the byte passed More...
DLLEXPORT void | reserve (size_t size)
| ensures that at least the given size is available in the string; the string's contents are not affected More...
DLLEXPORT void | reset ()
| reset string to zero length; memory is deallocated; string encoding is reset to QCS_DEFAULT More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | reverse () const
| return a Qorestring with the characters reversed More...
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | rfind (char c, qore_offset_t pos=-1) const
| returns the last byte position of a character (byte) within the string or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | rfind (const char *str, qore_offset_t pos=-1) const
| returns the last byte position of a string (byte sequence) within the string or -1 if not found More...
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | rfind (const std::string &str, qore_offset_t pos=-1) const
| returns the last byte position of a string (byte sequence) within the string or -1 if not found More...
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | rfindAny (const char *str, qore_offset_t pos=-1) const
| returns the last byte position of any of the given characters (bytes) within the string or -1 if not found
DLLEXPORT qore_offset_t | rindex (const QoreString &needle, qore_offset_t pos, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns the character position of a substring searching in reverse from a given position or -1 if not found More...
DLLEXPORT void | set (const char *str, const QoreEncoding *new_qorecharset=QCS_DEFAULT)
| copies the c-string passed and sets the value of the string and its encoding
DLLEXPORT void | set (const char *str, size_t len)
| copies the c-string passed and sets the value of the string up to the byte position given More...
DLLEXPORT void | set (const std::string &str, const QoreEncoding *new_qorecharset=QCS_DEFAULT)
| copies the string passed and sets the value of the string and its encoding
DLLEXPORT void | set (const QoreString *str)
| sets the value to the copy of the QoreString passed
DLLEXPORT void | set (const QoreString &str)
| sets the value to the copy of the QoreString passed
DLLEXPORT void | set (char *nbuf, size_t nlen, size_t nallocated, const QoreEncoding *enc)
| takes ownership of the char* passed; discards current state
DLLEXPORT void | setEncoding (const QoreEncoding *new_encoding)
| changes the tagged encoding to the given encoding; does not affect the actual string buffer, only changes the tagged encoding value
DLLEXPORT size_t | size () const
| returns number of bytes in the string (not including the null pointer)
DLLEXPORT void | splice (qore_offset_t offset, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes characters from the string starting at position "offset" More...
DLLEXPORT void | splice (qore_offset_t offset, qore_offset_t length, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes "length" characters from the string starting at position "offset" More...
DLLEXPORT void | splice (qore_offset_t offset, qore_offset_t length, QoreValue strn, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes "length" characters from the string starting at position "offset" and replaces them with the string passed More...
DLLEXPORT void | splice (qore_offset_t offset, qore_offset_t length, const QoreString &str, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| removes "length" characters from the string starting at position "offset" and replaces them with the string passed More...
DLLEXPORT int | sprintf (const char *fmt,...)
| this will concatentate a formatted string to the existing string according to the format string and the arguments More...
DLLEXPORT bool | startsWith (const char *str) const
| returns true if the current string starts with the argument string (bytes) More...
DLLEXPORT bool | startsWith (const std::string &str) const
| returns true if the current string starts with the argument string (bytes) More...
DLLEXPORT size_t | strlen () const
| returns number of bytes in the string (not including the null pointer)
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | substr (qore_offset_t offset, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns a new string consisting of all the characters from the current string starting with character position "offset" More...
DLLEXPORT QoreString * | substr (qore_offset_t offset, qore_offset_t length, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| returns a new string consisting of "length" characters from the current string starting with character position "offset" More...
DLLEXPORT void | take (char *str)
| takes ownership of the character pointer passed and assigns it to the string (frees memory previously allocated) More...
DLLEXPORT void | take (char *str, const QoreEncoding *enc)
| takes ownership of the character pointer passed and assigns it to the string (frees memory previously allocated), sets the encoding to the encoding passed
DLLEXPORT void | take (char *str, size_t size)
| takes ownership of the character pointer passed and assigns it to the string (frees memory previously allocated) and sets the string byte lentgh to "size"
DLLEXPORT void | take (char *str, size_t size, const QoreEncoding *enc)
| takes ownership of the character pointer passed and assigns it to the string (frees memory previously allocated), sets the string byte lentgh to "size", and sets the encoding to the encoding passed
DLLEXPORT void | takeAndTerminate (char *str, size_t size)
| takes ownership of the character pointer passed and assigns it to the string (frees memory previously allocated), sets the string byte length to "size", and sets the amount of member allocated to size + 1
DLLEXPORT void | takeAndTerminate (char *str, size_t size, const QoreEncoding *enc)
| takes ownership of the character pointer passed and assigns it to the string (frees memory previously allocated), sets the string byte length to "size", and sets the amount of member allocated to size + 1, and sets the new encoding
DLLEXPORT void | terminate (size_t size)
| terminates the string at byte position "size", the string is reallocated if necessary
DLLEXPORT int64 | toBigInt () const
| returns the value of the string as an int64
DLLEXPORT void | tolwr ()
| converts the string to lower-case in place More...
DLLEXPORT void | toupr ()
| converts the string to upper-case in place More...
DLLEXPORT void | trim (const char *chars=0)
| remove leading and trailing whitespace or other characters More...
DLLEXPORT void | trim (char c)
| remove leading and trailing characters if present More...
DLLEXPORT int | trim (ExceptionSink *xsink, const QoreString *chars=nullptr)
| removes leading and trailing whitespace or other characters More...
DLLEXPORT void | trim_leading (const char *chars=0)
| remove leading whitespace or other characters More...
DLLEXPORT void | trim_leading (char c)
| remove leading characters if present More...
DLLEXPORT void | trim_single_leading (char c)
| remove a single leading character if present More...
DLLEXPORT void | trim_single_trailing (char c)
| remove a single trailing character if present More...
DLLEXPORT void | trim_trailing (const char *chars=0)
| remove trailing whitespace or other characters More...
DLLEXPORT void | trim_trailing (char c)
| remove trailing characters if present More...
DLLEXPORT int | trimLeading (ExceptionSink *xsink, const QoreString *chars=nullptr)
| removes leading whitespace or other characters More...
DLLEXPORT int | trimTrailing (ExceptionSink *xsink, const QoreString *chars=nullptr)
| removes trailing whitespace or other characters More...
DLLEXPORT int | vsprintf (const char *fmt, va_list args)
| this will concatentate a formatted string to the existing string according to the format string and the arguments More...

## Static Public Member Functions
static DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode * | createAndConvertEncoding (const char *str, const QoreEncoding *from, const QoreEncoding *to, ExceptionSink *xsink)
| creates a new QoreStringNode from a string and converts its encoding
static DLLLOCAL qore_type_t | getStaticTypeCode ()
| returns the type code (useful in templates)
static DLLLOCAL const char * | getStaticTypeName ()
| returns the type name (useful in templates)

## Protected Member Functions
virtual DLLEXPORT | ~QoreStringNode ()
| destructor only called when references = 0, use deref() instead
Protected Member Functions inherited from SimpleValueQoreNode
virtual DLLEXPORT QoreValue | evalImpl (bool &needs_deref, ExceptionSink *xsink) const
| should never be called for value types More...
Protected Member Functions inherited from AbstractQoreNode
virtual DLLEXPORT | ~AbstractQoreNode ()
| default destructor does nothing More...

## Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from AbstractQoreNode
bool | custom_reference_handlers: 1
| set to one for objects that need custom reference handlers
bool | needs_eval_flag: 1
| if this is true then the type can be evaluated
bool | there_can_be_only_one: 1
| if this is set to true, then reference counting is turned off for objects of this class
qore_type_t | type: 11
| the type of the object More...
bool | value: 1
| this is true for values, if false then either the type needs evaluation to produce a value or is a parse expression
Protected Attributes inherited from QoreString
struct qore_string_private * | priv = nullptr
| the private implementation of QoreString

## Detailed Description

Qore's string value type, reference counted, dynamically-allocated only.

for a version that can be used on the stack, use QoreString Each QoreStringNode is tagged with a specific encoding implemented by QoreEncoding. Character encodings can be converted with QoreStringNode::convertEncoding()

See also
  QoreString
  QoreEncoding

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## ◆ QoreStringNode() [1/5]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode::QoreStringNode | ( | const char * | str,
|  | const QoreEncoding * | enc = `QCS_DEFAULT`
| ) |  |

creates a new object from a string and sets the character encoding

Parameters

  str | the string data is copied to the new QoreStringNode object
  enc | the encoding for the string

## ◆ QoreStringNode() [2/5]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode::QoreStringNode | ( | const QoreString & | str | ) |

creates a new QoreStringNode from an existing QoreString reference

Parameters

  str | copies the data into the new QoreStringNode

## ◆ QoreStringNode() [3/5]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode::QoreStringNode | ( | const QoreStringNode & | str | ) |

creates a new QoreStringNode from an existing QoreStringNode reference

Parameters

  str | copies the data into the new QoreStringNode

## ◆ QoreStringNode() [4/5]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode::QoreStringNode | ( | const std::string & | str,
|  | const QoreEncoding * | enc = `QCS_DEFAULT`
| ) |  |

creates a new object from a std::string and sets the character encoding

Parameters

  str | the string data is copied to the new QoreStringNode object
  enc | the encoding for the string

## ◆ QoreStringNode() [5/5]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode::QoreStringNode | ( | char * | nbuf,
|  | size_t | nlen,
|  | size_t | nallocated,
|  | const QoreEncoding * | enc
| ) |  |

creates a new object; takes ownership of the char pointer passed, all parameters are mandatory

Parameters

  nbuf | the pointer for the character data
  nlen | the length of the string in bytes (not including the trailing '\0')
  nallocated | the number of bytes allocated for this buffer (if unknown, set to nlen + 1)
  enc | the encoding for the string

## Member Function Documentation

## ◆ convertEncoding()

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode* QoreStringNode::convertEncoding | ( | const QoreEncoding * | nccs,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  | const

converts the encoding of the string to the specified encoding, returns 0 if an error occurs, the caller owns the pointer returned

if the encoding is the same as the current encoding, a copy of the string is returned

Parameters

  nccs | the encoding for the new string
  xsink | if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns
  the new string with the desired encoding or 0 if an error occured

## ◆ extract() [1/3]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode* QoreStringNode::extract | ( | qore_offset_t | offset,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  |

removes characters from the string starting at position "offset" and returns a string of the characters removed

values are for characters, not bytes. If no characters a removed, an empty string is returned

Parameters

  offset | character position to start (rest of the string is removed) (offset starts with 0, negative offset means that many positions from the end of the string)
  xsink | is ignored

Returns
  a string of the characters removed; if no characters a removed, an empty string is returned

## ◆ extract() [2/3]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode* QoreStringNode::extract | ( | qore_offset_t | offset,
|  | qore_offset_t | length,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  |

removes "length" characters from the string starting at position "offset" and returns a string of the characters removed

values are for characters, not bytes. If no characters a removed, an empty string is returned

Parameters

  offset | character position to start (rest of the string is removed) (offset starts with 0, negative offset means that many positions from the end of the string)
  length | the number of characters (not bytes) to remove (negative length means all but that many characters from the end of the string)
  xsink | invalid multi-byte encodings can cause an exception to be thrown

Returns
  a string of the characters removed; if no characters a removed, an empty string is returned, however if an exception is raised converting encodings, then 0 is returned

## ◆ extract() [3/3]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode* QoreStringNode::extract | ( | qore_offset_t | offset,
|  | qore_offset_t | length,
|  | QoreValue | strn,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  |

removes "length" characters from the string starting at position "offset" and replaces them with the string passed, then returns a string of the characters removed

values are for characters, not bytes. If no characters a removed, an empty string is returned

Parameters

  offset | character position to start (rest of the string is removed) (offset starts with 0, negative offset means that many positions from the end of the string)
  length | the number of characters (not bytes) to remove (negative length means all but that many characters from the end of the string)
  strn | the string to insert at character position "offset" after "length" characters are removed
  xsink | invalid multi-byte encodings can cause an exception to be thrown

Returns
  a string of the characters removed; if no characters a removed, an empty string is returned, however if an exception is raised converting encodings, then 0 is returned

## ◆ getAsString() [1/2]

DLLEXPORT int QoreStringNode::getAsString | ( | QoreString & | str,
|  | int | format_offset,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  | const
| virtual

concatenates the string data in double quotes to an existing QoreString

used for n and N printf formatting. An exception may be thrown if there is an encoding conversion error

Parameters

  str | the string representation of the type will be concatenated to this QoreString reference
  format_offset | for multi-line formatting offset, -1 = no line breaks
  xsink | if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns
  -1 for exception raised, 0 = OK

Implements AbstractQoreNode.

## ◆ getAsString() [2/2]

DLLEXPORT QoreString* QoreStringNode::getAsString | ( | bool & | del,
|  | int | format_offset,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  | const
| virtual

returns a QoreString giving the string data in double quotes

used for n and N printf formatting

Parameters

  del | if this is true when the function returns, then the returned QoreString pointer should be deleted, if false, then it must not be
  format_offset | for multi-line formatting offset, -1 = no line breaks
  xsink | if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here NOTE: Use the QoreNodeAsStringHelper class (defined in QoreStringNode.h) instead of using this function directly

See also
  QoreNodeAsStringHelper

Implements AbstractQoreNode.

## ◆ getDateTimeRepresentation() [1/2]

virtual DLLEXPORT DateTime* QoreStringNode::getDateTimeRepresentation | ( | bool & | del | ) | const
| virtual

returns the DateTime representation of this string

NOTE: Use the DateTimeValueHelper class instead of using this function directly

Parameters

  del | output parameter: if del is true, then the returned DateTime pointer belongs to the caller (and must be deleted manually), if false, then it must not be

See also
  DateTimeValueHelper

Reimplemented from AbstractQoreNode.

## ◆ getDateTimeRepresentation() [2/2]

virtual DLLEXPORT void QoreStringNode::getDateTimeRepresentation | ( | DateTime & | dt | ) | const
| virtual

assigns the date representation of this string to the DateTime reference passed

Parameters

  dt | the DateTime reference to be assigned

Reimplemented from AbstractQoreNode.

## ◆ getStringRepresentation() [1/2]

virtual DLLEXPORT QoreString* QoreStringNode::getStringRepresentation | ( | bool & | del | ) | const
| virtual

returns the current string and sets del to false

NOTE: do not call this function directly, use QoreStringValueHelper instead

Parameters

  del | output parameter: always sets del to false

See also
  QoreStringValueHelper

Reimplemented from AbstractQoreNode.

## ◆ getStringRepresentation() [2/2]

virtual DLLEXPORT void QoreStringNode::getStringRepresentation | ( | QoreString & | str | ) | const
| virtual

concatentates the value of the type to an existing QoreString reference

Parameters

  str | a reference to a QoreString where the value of the type will be concatenated

Reimplemented from AbstractQoreNode.

## ◆ is_equal_hard()

virtual DLLEXPORT bool QoreStringNode::is_equal_hard | ( | const AbstractQoreNode * | v,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  | const
| virtual

tests for equality ("deep compare" including all contained values for container types) without type or character encoding conversions (hard compare)

if the character encodings of the two strings differ, the comparison fails immediately this function does not throw any Qore-language exceptions as no character set encoding conversions are made

Parameters

  v | the value to compare
  xsink | is not used in this implementation of the function

Implements AbstractQoreNode.

## ◆ is_equal_soft()

virtual DLLEXPORT bool QoreStringNode::is_equal_soft | ( | const AbstractQoreNode * | v,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  | const
| virtual

tests for equality ("deep compare" including all contained values for container types) with possible type and character encoding conversion (soft compare)

An exception could be raised if character set encoding is required to do the compare the the conversion fails

Parameters

  v | the value to compare
  xsink | if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Implements AbstractQoreNode.

## ◆ parseBase64ToString()

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode* QoreStringNode::parseBase64ToString | ( | const QoreEncoding * | enc,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  | const

parses the current string data as base64-encoded data and returns it as a QoreStringNode pointer owned by the caller

Parameters

  enc | the encoding to tag the decoded string with
  xsink | if an error occurs, the Qore-language exception information will be added here

Returns
  a QoreStringNode of the decoded data (0 if an exception occurs), the QoreStringNode pointer is owned by the caller

## ◆ substr() [1/2]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode* QoreStringNode::substr | ( | qore_offset_t | offset,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  | const

returns a new string consisting of all the characters from the current string starting with character position "offset"

offset is a character offset and not a byte offset

Parameters

  offset | the offset in characters from the beginning of the string (starting with 0), can be negative
  xsink | an invalid multibyte character encoding can cause an exception to be thrown

Returns
  the new string

## ◆ substr() [2/2]

DLLEXPORT QoreStringNode* QoreStringNode::substr | ( | qore_offset_t | offset,
|  | qore_offset_t | length,
|  | ExceptionSink * | xsink
| ) |  | const

returns a new string consisting of "length" characters from the current string starting with character position "offset"

offset and length spoecify characters, not bytes

Parameters

  offset | the offset in characters from the beginning of the string (starting with 0), can be negative
  length | the number of characters to take for the new substring, can be negative
  xsink | an invalid multibyte character encoding can cause an exception to be thrown

Returns
  the new string

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

- include/qore/QoreStringNode.h