StrAr.H

// StrAr.H      $Revision: 1.5 $    $Date: 1998/05/15 08:55:51 $ 

#if !defined __StrAr_H

#define __StrAr_H

#include <mix/SortedAr.H>


/*************************************************************
 * Dynamic Array of Zero-Strings with fixed length
 *************************************************************/

class StrAr : public SortedAr
{
public:

  StrAr (const StrAr& star);
  StrAr (unsigned max_len,
     unsigned quant = DEFAULT_QUANT,
     unsigned volume = START_VOLUME);

  unsigned  max_len () const;

  char*     fetch (unsigned i);
  const char*   get (unsigned i) const;

  void      insert (unsigned i, const char* szString);

  void      addh (const char* szString);
  void      addl (const char* szString);

  void      addh (const StrAr& star);
  void      addl (const StrAr& star);

  StrAr&    assign (const StrAr& star);
  StrAr&    assign (unsigned n, const char* const* arofstr);

  // Array independent pointers at chars
  char**    vector () const;

  // Synonyms
  char*     operator[] (unsigned i)  {return fetch(i);};
  const char*   operator() (unsigned i) const  {return get(i);};
  StrAr&    operator= (const StrAr& star)  {return assign(star);};

  // Usual compare by strcmp() between two strings
  // item1 and item2 are pointers at (char*) !!!!
  virtual Compar    compare (const char* szStr1, const char* szStr2) const;

  // For debug purpose
  virtual void  print_item (unsigned i) const;
  virtual void  print_contents () const;
};


#endif  // StrAr.H