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/* nsAFlatString.h --- */

#ifndef nsAFlatString_h___
#define nsAFlatString_h___

#ifndef nsAString_h___
#include "nsAString.h"
#endif

class NS_COM nsAFlatString
    : public nsAString
  {
    public:
        // don't really want this to be virtual, and won't after |obsolete_nsString| is really dead
      virtual const PRUnichar* get() const;
      PRUnichar  operator[]( PRUint32 i ) const { return get()[ i ]; }
      PRUnichar  CharAt( PRUint32 ) const;

      virtual PRUint32 Length() const;

//  protected:  // can't hide these (yet), since I call them from forwarding routines in |nsPromiseFlatString|
    public:
      virtual const PRUnichar* GetReadableFragment( nsReadableFragment<PRUnichar>&, nsFragmentRequest, PRUint32 ) const;
      virtual       PRUnichar* GetWritableFragment( nsWritableFragment<PRUnichar>&, nsFragmentRequest, PRUint32 );
  };

class NS_COM nsAFlatCString
    : public nsACString
  {
    public:
        // don't really want this to be virtual, and won't after |obsolete_nsCString| is really dead
      virtual const char* get() const;
      char  operator[]( PRUint32 i ) const      { return get()[ i ]; }
      char  CharAt( PRUint32 ) const;

      virtual PRUint32 Length() const;

//  protected:  // can't hide these (yet), since I call them from forwarding routines in |nsPromiseFlatCString|
    public:
      virtual const char* GetReadableFragment( nsReadableFragment<char>&, nsFragmentRequest, PRUint32 ) const;
      virtual       char* GetWritableFragment( nsWritableFragment<char>&, nsFragmentRequest, PRUint32 );
  };

inline
PRUnichar
nsAFlatString::CharAt( PRUint32 i ) const
  {
    NS_ASSERTION(i<Length(), "|CharAt| out-of-range");
    return operator[](i);
  }

inline
char
nsAFlatCString::CharAt( PRUint32 i ) const
  {
    NS_ASSERTION(i<Length(), "|CharAt| out-of-range");
    return operator[](i);
  }



#endif /* !defined(nsAFlatString_h___) */