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// Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors.
//
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#ifndef ABSL_STRINGS_INTERNAL_OSTRINGSTREAM_H_
#define ABSL_STRINGS_INTERNAL_OSTRINGSTREAM_H_

#include <cassert>
#include <ios>
#include <ostream>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <utility>

#include "absl/base/config.h"

namespace absl {
ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
namespace strings_internal {

// The same as std::ostringstream but appends to a user-specified std::string,
// and is faster. It is ~70% faster to create, ~50% faster to write to, and
// completely free to extract the result std::string.
//
//   std::string s;
//   OStringStream strm(&s);
//   strm << 42 << ' ' << 3.14;  // appends to `s`
//
// The stream object doesn't have to be named. Starting from C++11 operator<<
// works with rvalues of std::ostream.
//
//   std::string s;
//   OStringStream(&s) << 42 << ' ' << 3.14;  // appends to `s`
//
// OStringStream is faster to create than std::ostringstream but it's still
// relatively slow. Avoid creating multiple streams where a single stream will
// do.
//
// Creates unnecessary instances of OStringStream: slow.
//
//   std::string s;
//   OStringStream(&s) << 42;
//   OStringStream(&s) << ' ';
//   OStringStream(&s) << 3.14;
//
// Creates a single instance of OStringStream and reuses it: fast.
//
//   std::string s;
//   OStringStream strm(&s);
//   strm << 42;
//   strm << ' ';
//   strm << 3.14;
//
// Note: flush() has no effect. No reason to call it.
class OStringStream final : public std::ostream {
 public:
  // The argument can be null, in which case you'll need to call str(p) with a
  // non-null argument before you can write to the stream.
  //
  // The destructor of OStringStream doesn't use the std::string. It's OK to
  // destroy the std::string before the stream.
  explicit OStringStream(std::string* str)
      : std::ostream(&buf_), buf_(str) {}
  OStringStream(OStringStream&& that)
      : std::ostream(std::move(static_cast<std::ostream&>(that))),
        buf_(that.buf_) {
    rdbuf(&buf_);
  }
  OStringStream& operator=(OStringStream&& that) {
    std::ostream::operator=(std::move(static_cast<std::ostream&>(that)));
    buf_ = that.buf_;
    rdbuf(&buf_);
    return *this;
  }

  std::string* str() { return buf_.str(); }
  const std::string* str() const { return buf_.str(); }
  void str(std::string* str) { buf_.str(str); }

 private:
  class Streambuf final : public std::streambuf {
   public:
    explicit Streambuf(std::string* str) : str_(str) {}
    Streambuf(const Streambuf&) = default;
    Streambuf& operator=(const Streambuf&) = default;

    std::string* str() { return str_; }
    const std::string* str() const { return str_; }
    void str(std::string* str) { str_ = str; }

   protected:
    int_type overflow(int c) override;
    std::streamsize xsputn(const char* s, std::streamsize n) override;

   private:
    std::string* str_;
  } buf_;
};

}  // namespace strings_internal
ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
}  // namespace absl

#endif  // ABSL_STRINGS_INTERNAL_OSTRINGSTREAM_H_