finalcut/src/include/final/emptyfstring.h

/***********************************************************************
* emptyfstring.h - Creates an empty FString object                     *
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* This file is part of the Final Cut widget toolkit                    *
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* Copyright 2015-2018 Markus Gans                                      *
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#ifndef EMPTYFSTRING_H
#define EMPTYFSTRING_H

#if !defined (USE_FINAL_H) && !defined (COMPILE_FINAL_CUT)
  #error "Only <final/final.h> can be included directly."
#endif

#include "final/fstring.h"

namespace finalcut
{

namespace fc
{

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// class emptyFString
//----------------------------------------------------------------------

#pragma pack(push)
#pragma pack(1)

class emptyFString
{
public:
  // Constructors
  emptyFString() = delete;

  // Disable copy constructor
  emptyFString (const emptyFString&) = delete;

  // Disable assignment operator (=)
  emptyFString& operator = (const emptyFString&) = delete;

  static bool isNull();
  static const FString& get();
  static void clear();

private:
  // Data Member
  static const FString* empty_string;
};
#pragma pack(pop)

// emptyFString inline functions
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
inline bool emptyFString::isNull()
{
  return ( empty_string ) ? false : true;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
inline const FString& emptyFString::get()
{
  if ( ! empty_string )
  {
    try
    {
      empty_string = new FString("");
    }
    catch (const std::bad_alloc& ex)
    {
      std::cerr << bad_alloc_str << ex.what() << std::endl;
    }
  }

  return *empty_string;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
inline void emptyFString::clear()
{
  delete empty_string;
  empty_string = nullptr;
}

}  // namespace fc

}  // namespace finalcut

#endif  // EMPTYFSTRING_H