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42 #include "qstringbuilder.h"
43 #include <QtCore/qtextcodec.h>
53 \brief The QStringBuilder class is a template class that provides a facility to build up QStrings from smaller chunks.
57 \ingroup string-processing
60 To build a QString by multiple concatenations, QString::operator+()
61 is typically used. This causes \e{n - 1} reallocations when building
62 a string from \e{n} chunks.
64 QStringBuilder uses expression templates to collect the individual
65 chunks, compute the total size, allocate the required amount of
66 memory for the final QString object, and copy the chunks into the
69 The QStringBuilder class is not to be used explicitly in user
70 code. Instances of the class are created as return values of the
71 operator%() function, acting on objects of type QString,
72 QLatin1String, QStringRef, QChar, QCharRef,
73 QLatin1Char, and \c char.
75 Concatenating strings with operator%() generally yields better
76 performance then using \c QString::operator+() on the same chunks
77 if there are three or more of them, and performs equally well in other
80 \sa QLatin1String, QString
83 /*! \fn QStringBuilder::QStringBuilder(const A &a, const B &b)
84 Constructs a QStringBuilder from \a a and \a b.
87 /* \fn QStringBuilder::operator%(const A &a, const B &b)
89 Returns a \c QStringBuilder object that is converted to a QString object
90 when assigned to a variable of QString type or passed to a function that
91 takes a QString parameter.
93 This function is usable with arguments of type \c QString,
94 \c QLatin1String, \c QStringRef,
95 \c QChar, \c QCharRef, \c QLatin1Char, and \c char.
98 /*! \fn QByteArray QStringBuilder::toLatin1() const
99 Returns a Latin-1 representation of the string as a QByteArray. The
100 returned byte array is undefined if the string contains non-Latin1
106 void QAbstractConcatenable::convertFromAscii(const char *a, int len, QChar *&out)
112 *out++ = QLatin1Char(*a++);
114 for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
115 *out++ = QLatin1Char(a[i]);