Glib::UStringView Class Reference

Helper class to avoid unnecessary string copying in function calls. More...

#include <glibmm/ustring.h>

Public Member Functions
	UStringView (const Glib::ustring & s)
	UStringView (const char * s)
const char *	c_str () const

Detailed Description

Helper class to avoid unnecessary string copying in function calls.

A Glib::UStringView holds a const char pointer. It can be used as an argument type in a function that passes a const char pointer to a C function.

Unlike std::string_view, Glib::UStringView shall be used only for null-terminated strings.

Glib::ustring f1(Glib::UStringView s1, Glib::UStringView s2);
// can be used instead of
Glib::ustring f2(const Glib::ustring& s1, const Glib::ustring& s2);

The strings are not copied when f1() is called with string literals.

auto r1 = f1("string 1", "string 2");

To pass a std::string to a function taking a Glib::UStringView, you may have to use std::string::c_str().

std::string str = "non-UTF8 string";
Glib::ustring ustr = "UTF8 string";
auto r1 = f1(str.c_str(), ustr);

Since glibmm 2.64:

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

UStringView() [1/2]

Glib::UStringView::UStringView ( const Glib::ustring &  s )

inline

UStringView() [2/2]

Glib::UStringView::UStringView ( const char *  s )

inline

Member Function Documentation

c_str()

const char * Glib::UStringView::c_str ( ) const

inline