common/strings/mem_block.h

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#ifndef COMMON_STRINGS_MEM_BLOCK_H
#define COMMON_STRINGS_MEM_BLOCK_H

#include <string>

#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"

namespace verible {
// A representation of a block of (readonly) memory that is owned by MemBlock.
// Recommended use is to create it somewhere and pass a pointer in a
// std::unique_ptr<> to explicitly pass unique ownership in a move semantic or
// as std::shared_ptr<> if needed in multiple places.
class MemBlock {
 public:
  virtual ~MemBlock() {}
  virtual absl::string_view AsStringView() const = 0;

 protected:
  MemBlock() = default;

 private:
  MemBlock(const MemBlock&) = delete;
  MemBlock(MemBlock&&) = delete;
  MemBlock& operator=(MemBlock&) = delete;
  MemBlock& operator=(MemBlock&&) = delete;
};

// An implementation of MemBlock backed by a std::string
class StringMemBlock final : public MemBlock {
 public:
  StringMemBlock() {}
  explicit StringMemBlock(absl::string_view copy_from)
      : content_(copy_from.begin(), copy_from.end()) {}

  // Assign/modify content. Use sparingly, ideally only in initialization
  // as the expectation of the MemBlock is that it won't change later.
  std::string* mutable_content() { return &content_; }

  absl::string_view AsStringView() const final { return content_; }

 private:
  std::string content_;
};

// FYI common/util:file_util provides a memory mapping implementation.

}  // namespace verible
#endif  // COMMON_STRINGS_MEM_BLOCK_H