#ifndef __INC_XSTRING_HPP__          
#define __INC_XSTRING_HPP__  
     
#include "memhandl.hpp"

class XString
{ 
     private:
          MemHandle s;                 
          size_t len;
          XString (const MemHandle& m);

     public:
          // ------------------------------------------------------------
          // - Constructors & destructor
          // ------------------------------------------------------------
          XString (const char *str = "");
          XString (const XString& str);
          ~XString ();

          XString& operator= (const XString& str);
          XString& operator= (const char* str);

          // ------------------------------------------------------------
          // - Overloaded operators
          // ------------------------------------------------------------
          operator const char * ()                   const;
          char&       operator[] (int idx); 
          const char& operator[] (int idx)           const;
          XString     operator() (int from, int to)  const;
                  
          int operator== (const XString& s) const; 
          int operator!= (const XString& s) const; 
          int operator>  (const XString& s) const; 
          int operator<  (const XString& s) const; 
          int operator>= (const XString& s) const; 
          int operator<= (const XString& s) const; 

          XString  operator+ (const XString& s) const; 
          XString& operator+=(const XString& s);       
                  
          // ------------------------------------------------------------
          // - Member Functions
          // ------------------------------------------------------------
          const char* Buffer() const;
          size_t Len ()        const;
          void DelWS ();
          void ToUpper ();
          void ToLower ();
          int InString (const XString& sub) const;
};

#endif