absl/strings/string_view.h

// Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors.
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// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// File: string_view.h
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Historical note: Abseil once provided an implementation of
// `absl::string_view` as a polyfill for `std::string_view` prior to C++17. Now
// that C++17 is required, `absl::string_view` is an alias for
// `std::string_view`

#ifndef ABSL_STRINGS_STRING_VIEW_H_
#define ABSL_STRINGS_STRING_VIEW_H_

#include <string_view>

#include "absl/base/attributes.h"
#include "absl/base/config.h"
#include "absl/base/nullability.h"

namespace absl {
ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

using std::string_view;

// ClippedSubstr()
//
// Like `s.substr(pos, n)`, but clips `pos` to an upper bound of `s.size()`.
// Provided because std::string_view::substr throws if `pos > size()`
inline string_view ClippedSubstr(string_view s ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_LIFETIME_BOUND,
                                 size_t pos, size_t n = string_view::npos) {
  pos = (std::min)(pos, static_cast<size_t>(s.size()));
  return s.substr(pos, n);
}

// NullSafeStringView()
//
// Creates an `absl::string_view` from a pointer `p` even if it's null-valued.
// This function should be used where an `absl::string_view` can be created from
// a possibly-null pointer.
constexpr string_view NullSafeStringView(const char* absl_nullable p) {
  return p ? string_view(p) : string_view();
}

ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
}  // namespace absl

#endif  // ABSL_STRINGS_STRING_VIEW_H_