Utility string class that automatically handles conversions between types and encodings. More...

#include <String.hpp>

Public Types
typedef std::basic_string < Uint32 >::iterator	Iterator
	Iterator type.

typedef std::basic_string < Uint32 >::const_iterator	ConstIterator
	Constant iterator type.

Public Member Functions
	String ()
	Default constructor.

	String (char ansiChar, const std::locale &locale=std::locale())
	Construct from a single ANSI character and a locale.

	String (wchar_t wideChar)
	Construct from single wide character.

	String (Uint32 utf32Char)
	Construct from single UTF-32 character.

	String (const char *ansiString, const std::locale &locale=std::locale())
	Construct from a null-terminated C-style ANSI string and a locale.

	String (const std::string &ansiString, const std::locale &locale=std::locale())
	Construct from an ANSI string and a locale.

	String (const wchar_t *wideString)
	Construct from null-terminated C-style wide string.

	String (const std::wstring &wideString)
	Construct from a wide string.

	String (const Uint32 *utf32String)
	Construct from a null-terminated C-style UTF-32 string.

	String (const std::basic_string< Uint32 > &utf32String)
	Construct from an UTF-32 string.

	String (const String &copy)
	Copy constructor.

	operator std::string () const
	Implicit cast operator to std::string (ANSI string)

	operator std::wstring () const
	Implicit cast operator to std::wstring (wide string)

std::string	toAnsiString (const std::locale &locale=std::locale()) const
	Convert the unicode string to an ANSI string.

std::wstring	toWideString () const
	Convert the unicode string to a wide string.

String &	operator= (const String &right)
	Overload of assignment operator.

String &	operator+= (const String &right)
	Overload of += operator to append an UTF-32 string.

Uint32	operator[] (std::size_t index) const
	Overload of [] operator to access a character by its position.

Uint32 &	operator[] (std::size_t index)
	Overload of [] operator to access a character by its position.

void	clear ()
	Clear the string.

std::size_t	getSize () const
	Get the size of the string.

bool	isEmpty () const
	Check whether the string is empty or not.

void	erase (std::size_t position, std::size_t count=1)
	Erase one or more characters from the string.

void	insert (std::size_t position, const String &str)
	Insert one or more characters into the string.

std::size_t	find (const String &str, std::size_t start=0) const
	Find a sequence of one or more characters in the string.

const Uint32 *	getData () const
	Get a pointer to the C-style array of characters.

Iterator	begin ()
	Return an iterator to the beginning of the string.

ConstIterator	begin () const
	Return an iterator to the beginning of the string.

Iterator	end ()
	Return an iterator to the beginning of the string.

ConstIterator	end () const
	Return an iterator to the beginning of the string.

Static Public Attributes
static const std::size_t	InvalidPos
	Represents an invalid position in the string.

Friends
bool	operator== (const String &left, const String &right)

bool	operator< (const String &left, const String &right)

Related Functions
(Note that these are not member functions.)
bool	operator== (const String &left, const String &right)
	Overload of == operator to compare two UTF-32 strings.

bool	operator!= (const String &left, const String &right)
	Overload of != operator to compare two UTF-32 strings.

bool	operator< (const String &left, const String &right)
	Overload of < operator to compare two UTF-32 strings.

bool	operator> (const String &left, const String &right)
	Overload of > operator to compare two UTF-32 strings.

bool	operator<= (const String &left, const String &right)
	Overload of <= operator to compare two UTF-32 strings.

bool	operator>= (const String &left, const String &right)
	Overload of >= operator to compare two UTF-32 strings.

String	operator+ (const String &left, const String &right)
	Overload of binary + operator to concatenate two strings.

Detailed Description

Utility string class that automatically handles conversions between types and encodings.

sf::String is a utility string class defined mainly for convenience.

It is a Unicode string (implemented using UTF-32), thus it can store any character in the world (european, chinese, arabic, hebrew, etc.).

It automatically handles conversions from/to ANSI and wide strings, so that you can work with standard string classes and still be compatible with functions taking a sf::String.

sf::String s;
std::string s1 = s;  // automatically converted to ANSI string
std::wstring s2 = s; // automatically converted to wide string
s = "hello";         // automatically converted from ANSI string
s = L"hello";        // automatically converted from wide string
s += 'a';            // automatically converted from ANSI string
s += L'a';           // automatically converted from wide string

Conversions involving ANSI strings use the default user locale. However it is possible to use a custom locale if necessary:

std::locale locale;
sf::String s;
...
std::string s1 = s.toAnsiString(locale);
s = sf::String("hello", locale);

sf::String defines the most important functions of the standard std::string class: removing, random access, iterating, appending, comparing, etc. However it is a simple class provided for convenience, and you may have to consider using a more optimized class if your program requires complex string handling. The automatic conversion functions will then take care of converting your string to sf::String whenever SFML requires it.

Please note that SFML also defines a low-level, generic interface for Unicode handling, see the sf::Utf classes.

Definition at line 43 of file String.hpp.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef std::basic_string<Uint32>::const_iterator sf::String::ConstIterator

Constant iterator type.

Definition at line 51 of file String.hpp.

typedef std::basic_string<Uint32>::iterator sf::String::Iterator

Iterator type.

Definition at line 50 of file String.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

sf::String::String ( )

Default constructor.

This constructor creates an empty string.

sf::String::String	(	char	ansiChar,
		const std::locale &	locale = `std::locale()`
	)

Construct from a single ANSI character and a locale.

The source character is converted to UTF-32 according to the given locale.

Parameters

ansiChar	ANSI character to convert
locale	Locale to use for conversion

sf::String::String ( wchar_t wideChar )

Construct from single wide character.

Parameters

wideChar Wide character to convert

sf::String::String ( Uint32 utf32Char )

Construct from single UTF-32 character.

Parameters

utf32Char UTF-32 character to convert

sf::String::String	(	const char *	ansiString,
		const std::locale &	locale = `std::locale()`
	)

Construct from a null-terminated C-style ANSI string and a locale.

The source string is converted to UTF-32 according to the given locale.

Parameters

ansiString	ANSI string to convert
locale	Locale to use for conversion

sf::String::String	(	const std::string &	ansiString,
		const std::locale &	locale = `std::locale()`
	)

Construct from an ANSI string and a locale.

The source string is converted to UTF-32 according to the given locale.

Parameters

ansiString	ANSI string to convert
locale	Locale to use for conversion

sf::String::String ( const wchar_t * wideString )

Construct from null-terminated C-style wide string.

Parameters

wideString Wide string to convert

sf::String::String ( const std::wstring & wideString )

Construct from a wide string.

Parameters

wideString Wide string to convert

sf::String::String ( const Uint32 * utf32String )

Construct from a null-terminated C-style UTF-32 string.

Parameters

utf32String UTF-32 string to assign

sf::String::String ( const std::basic_string< Uint32 > & utf32String )

Construct from an UTF-32 string.

Parameters

utf32String UTF-32 string to assign

sf::String::String ( const String & copy )

Copy constructor.

Parameters

copy	Instance to copy

Member Function Documentation

Iterator sf::String::begin ( )

Return an iterator to the beginning of the string.

Returns: Read-write iterator to the beginning of the string characters

See Also: end

ConstIterator sf::String::begin ( ) const

Return an iterator to the beginning of the string.

Returns: Read-only iterator to the beginning of the string characters

See Also: end

void sf::String::clear ( )

Clear the string.

This function removes all the characters from the string.

See Also: isEmpty, erase

Iterator sf::String::end ( )

Return an iterator to the beginning of the string.

The end iterator refers to 1 position past the last character; thus it represents an invalid character and should never be accessed.

Returns: Read-write iterator to the end of the string characters

See Also: begin

ConstIterator sf::String::end ( ) const

Return an iterator to the beginning of the string.

The end iterator refers to 1 position past the last character; thus it represents an invalid character and should never be accessed.

Returns: Read-only iterator to the end of the string characters

See Also: begin

void sf::String::erase	(	std::size_t	position,
		std::size_t	count = `1`
	)

Erase one or more characters from the string.

This function removes a sequence of count characters starting from position.

Parameters

position	Position of the first character to erase
count	Number of characters to erase

std::size_t sf::String::find	(	const String &	str,
		std::size_t	start = `0`
	)		const

Find a sequence of one or more characters in the string.

This function searches for the characters of str into the string, starting from start.

Parameters

str	Characters to find
start	Where to begin searching

Returns: Position of str in the string, or String::InvalidPos if not found

const Uint32* sf::String::getData ( ) const

Get a pointer to the C-style array of characters.

This functions provides a read-only access to a null-terminated C-style representation of the string. The returned pointer is temporary and is meant only for immediate use, thus it is not recommended to store it.

Returns: Read-only pointer to the array of characters

std::size_t sf::String::getSize ( ) const

Get the size of the string.

Returns: Number of characters in the string

See Also: isEmpty

void sf::String::insert	(	std::size_t	position,
		const String &	str
	)

Insert one or more characters into the string.

This function inserts the characters of str into the string, starting from position.

Parameters

position	Position of insertion
str	Characters to insert

bool sf::String::isEmpty ( ) const

Check whether the string is empty or not.

Returns: True if the string is empty (i.e. contains no character)

See Also: clear, getSize

sf::String::operator std::string ( ) const

Implicit cast operator to std::string (ANSI string)

The current global locale is used for conversion. If you want to explicitely specify a locale, see toAnsiString. Characters that do not fit in the target encoding are discarded from the returned string. This operator is defined for convenience, and is equivalent to calling toAnsiString().

Returns: Converted ANSI string

See Also: toAnsiString, operator std::wstring

sf::String::operator std::wstring ( ) const

Implicit cast operator to std::wstring (wide string)

Characters that do not fit in the target encoding are discarded from the returned string. This operator is defined for convenience, and is equivalent to calling toWideString().

Returns: Converted wide string

See Also: toWideString, operator std::string

String& sf::String::operator+= ( const String & right )

Overload of += operator to append an UTF-32 string.

Parameters

right String to append

Returns: Reference to self

String& sf::String::operator= ( const String & right )

Overload of assignment operator.

Parameters

right Instance to assign

Returns: Reference to self

Uint32 sf::String::operator[] ( std::size_t index ) const

Overload of [] operator to access a character by its position.

This function provides read-only access to characters. Note: this function doesn't throw if index is out of range.

Parameters

index Index of the character to get

Returns: Character at position index

Uint32& sf::String::operator[] ( std::size_t index )

Overload of [] operator to access a character by its position.

This function provides read and write access to characters. Note: this function doesn't throw if index is out of range.

Parameters

index Index of the character to get

Returns: Reference to the character at position index

std::string sf::String::toAnsiString ( const std::locale & locale = std::locale() ) const

Convert the unicode string to an ANSI string.

The UTF-32 string is converted to an ANSI string in the encoding defined by locale. Characters that do not fit in the target encoding are discarded from the returned string.

Parameters

locale Locale to use for conversion

Returns: Converted ANSI string

See Also: toWideString, operator std::string

std::wstring sf::String::toWideString ( ) const

Convert the unicode string to a wide string.

Characters that do not fit in the target encoding are discarded from the returned string.

Returns: Converted wide string

See Also: toAnsiString, operator std::wstring

Friends And Related Function Documentation

bool operator!=	(	const String &	left,
		const String &	right
	)

Parameters

left	Left operand (a string)
right	Right operand (a string)

Returns: True if both strings are different

String operator+	(	const String &	left,
		const String &	right
	)

Parameters

left	Left operand (a string)
right	Right operand (a string)

Returns: Concatenated string

bool operator<	(	const String &	left,
		const String &	right
	)

Parameters

left	Left operand (a string)
right	Right operand (a string)

Returns: True if left is alphabetically lesser than right

bool operator<=	(	const String &	left,
		const String &	right
	)

Parameters

left	Left operand (a string)
right	Right operand (a string)

Returns: True if left is alphabetically lesser or equal than right

bool operator==	(	const String &	left,
		const String &	right
	)

Parameters

left	Left operand (a string)
right	Right operand (a string)

Returns: True if both strings are equal

bool operator>	(	const String &	left,
		const String &	right
	)

Parameters

left	Left operand (a string)
right	Right operand (a string)

Returns: True if left is alphabetically greater than right

bool operator>=	(	const String &	left,
		const String &	right
	)

Parameters

left	Left operand (a string)
right	Right operand (a string)

Returns: True if left is alphabetically greater or equal than right

Member Data Documentation

const std::size_t sf::String::InvalidPos

static

Represents an invalid position in the string.

Definition at line 56 of file String.hpp.

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

String.hpp

Documentation of SFML 2.0

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Attributes

Friends

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Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Friends And Related Function Documentation

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