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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef nsTLiteralString_h
+#define nsTLiteralString_h
+
+#include "nsTStringRepr.h"
+
+/**
+ * nsTLiteralString_CharT
+ *
+ * Stores a null-terminated, immutable sequence of characters.
+ *
+ * nsTString-lookalike that restricts its string value to a literal character
+ * sequence. Can be implicitly cast to const nsTString& (the const is
+ * essential, since this class's data are not writable). The data are assumed
+ * to be static (permanent) and therefore, as an optimization, this class
+ * does not have a destructor.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+class nsTLiteralString : public mozilla::detail::nsTStringRepr<T> {
+ public:
+  typedef nsTLiteralString<T> self_type;
+
+#ifdef __clang__
+  // bindgen w/ clang 3.9 at least chokes on a typedef, but using is okay.
+  using typename mozilla::detail::nsTStringRepr<T>::base_string_type;
+#else
+  // On the other hand msvc chokes on the using statement. It seems others
+  // don't care either way so we lump them in here.
+  typedef typename mozilla::detail::nsTStringRepr<T>::base_string_type
+      base_string_type;
+#endif
+
+  typedef typename base_string_type::char_type char_type;
+  typedef typename base_string_type::size_type size_type;
+  typedef typename base_string_type::DataFlags DataFlags;
+  typedef typename base_string_type::ClassFlags ClassFlags;
+
+ public:
+  /**
+   * constructor
+   */
+
+  template <size_type N>
+  explicit constexpr nsTLiteralString(const char_type (&aStr)[N])
+      : nsTLiteralString(aStr, N - 1) {}
+
+  /**
+   * For compatibility with existing code that requires const ns[C]String*.
+   * Use sparingly. If possible, rewrite code to use const ns[C]String&
+   * and the implicit cast will just work.
+   */
+  MOZ_LIFETIME_BOUND const nsTString<T>& AsString() const {
+    return *reinterpret_cast<const nsTString<T>*>(this);
+  }
+
+  MOZ_LIFETIME_BOUND operator const nsTString<T>&() const { return AsString(); }
+
+  template <typename N, typename Dummy>
+  struct raw_type {
+    typedef N* type;
+  };
+
+#ifdef MOZ_USE_CHAR16_WRAPPER
+  template <typename Dummy>
+  struct raw_type<char16_t, Dummy> {
+    typedef char16ptr_t type;
+  };
+#endif
+
+  /**
+   * Prohibit get() on temporaries as in "x"_ns.get().
+   * These should be written as just "x", using a string literal directly.
+   */
+  const typename raw_type<T, int>::type get() const&& = delete;
+  const typename raw_type<T, int>::type get() const& { return this->mData; }
+
+// At least older gcc versions do not accept these friend declarations,
+// complaining about an "invalid argument list" here, but not where the actual
+// operators are defined or used. We make the supposed-to-be-private constructor
+// public when building with gcc, relying on the default clang builds to fail if
+// any non-private use of that constructor would get into the codebase.
+#if defined(__clang__)
+ private:
+  friend constexpr auto operator"" _ns(const char* aStr, std::size_t aLen);
+  friend constexpr auto operator"" _ns(const char16_t* aStr, std::size_t aLen);
+#else
+ public:
+#endif
+  // Only for use by operator""
+  constexpr nsTLiteralString(const char_type* aStr, size_t aLen)
+      : base_string_type(const_cast<char_type*>(aStr), aLen,
+                         DataFlags::TERMINATED | DataFlags::LITERAL,
+                         ClassFlags::NULL_TERMINATED) {}
+
+ public:
+  // NOT TO BE IMPLEMENTED
+  template <size_type N>
+  nsTLiteralString(char_type (&aStr)[N]) = delete;
+
+  self_type& operator=(const self_type&) = delete;
+};
+
+extern template class nsTLiteralString<char>;
+extern template class nsTLiteralString<char16_t>;
+
+#endif