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Name

SPVM::StringBuffer - String Buffers

Description

The StringBuffer class in SPVM has methods to manipulate string buffers.

Usage

  use StringBuffer;
  
  # new
  my $buffer = StringBuffer->new;
  
  my $buffer = StringBuffer->new("abc");
  
  # push string
  $buffer->push("def");
  
  # Convert to the string
  my $string = $buffer->to_string;

Details

Internal Data Structure

The "string" stored in a StringBuffer object always starts at index 0.

The charactors in the range that is greater than or equal to the "length" field and less than the "capacity" field are filled with "\0".

Fields

capacity

has capacity : ro int;

The capacity. This is the length of the internally reserved characters to extend the length of the string buffer.

length

has length : ro int;

The length of the string buffer.

string

has string : mutable string;

The internal string stored in the StringBuffer object.

Class Methods

new

static method new : StringBuffer ($string : string = undef, $capacity : int = -1);

Creates a new StringBuffer object using "new_len".

The passed $length to "new_len" is the length of $string. If the string is undef, it is 0.

$string is copied to the value of the the created string buffer.

new_len

static method new_len : StringBuffer ($length : int, $capacity : int = -1);

Creates a new StringBuffer object with $length and $capacity.

If $capacity is less than 0, $capacity is set to an appropriate value.

If $length is greater than $capacity, $capacity is set to $length.

Exceptions:

$length must be greater than or equal to 0. Otherwise an exception is thrown.

Instance Methods

push

method push : void ($string : string, $offset : int = 0, $length : int = -1);

Adds a $string from $offset to the position proceeded by $length after the end of the string in the string buffer.

Exceptions:

$string must be defined. Otherwise an exception is thrown.

$offset must be greater than or equal to 0. Otherwise an exception is thrown.

$offset + $length must be less than or equal to the length of $string. Otherwise an exception is thrown.

push_char

method push_char : void ($char : int);

Adds Ascii $char after the end of the string in the string buffer.

replace

method replace : void ($offset : int, $length : int, $replace : string);

Replace the characters of the range specified by $offset and $length in the buffer with $replace string.

Exceptions:

$offset must be greater than or equal to 0. Otherwise an exception is thrown.

$offset + $length must be less than or equal to the length of the string buffer. Otherwise an exception is thrown.

reserve

method reserve : void ($new_capacity : int);

Reserves the characters that size is $new_capacity.

If $new_capacity is greater than the capacity of the string buffer, the capacity of the string buffer is extended to $new_capacity.

Exceptions:

$new_capacity must be greater than or equal to 0. Otherwise an exception is thrown.

to_string

method to_string : string ();

Creates a new string with the length of the buffer and copies all characters in the buffer into the new string, and returns it.

get_string_unsafe

method get_string_unsafe : string ();

Gets the internally string.

This buffer is unsafe because it continues to point to the old string if the internal string is extended.

set_length

method set_length : void ($length : int);

Sets the "length" fields.

If the length $length is greater than the "length" field, the characters of the exceeding part are filled with "\0".

set

method set : void ($string : string);

Sets the string $string.

Copyright & License

Copyright (c) 2023 Yuki Kimoto

MIT License