using System.Text;
using System;
namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers {
///
/// Immutable array of bytes.
/// TODO(jonskeet): Implement the common collection interfaces?
///
public sealed class ByteString {
private static readonly ByteString empty = new ByteString(new byte[0]);
private byte[] bytes;
///
/// Constructs a new ByteString from the given byte array. The array is
/// *not* copied, and must not be modified after this constructor is called.
///
private ByteString(byte[] bytes) {
this.bytes = bytes;
}
///
/// Returns an empty ByteString.
///
public static ByteString Empty {
get { return empty; }
}
///
/// Returns the length of this ByteString in bytes.
///
public int Length {
get { return bytes.Length; }
}
public bool IsEmpty {
get { return Length == 0; }
}
public byte[] ToByteArray() {
return (byte[])bytes.Clone();
}
///
/// Constructs a ByteString from the given array. The contents
/// are copied, so further modifications to the array will not
/// be reflected in the returned ByteString.
///
public static ByteString CopyFrom(byte[] bytes) {
return new ByteString((byte[]) bytes.Clone());
}
///
/// Constructs a ByteString from a portion of a byte array.
///
public static ByteString CopyFrom(byte[] bytes, int offset, int count) {
byte[] portion = new byte[count];
Array.Copy(bytes, offset, portion, 0, count);
return new ByteString(portion);
}
///
/// Creates a new ByteString by encoding the specified text with
/// the given encoding.
///
public static ByteString CopyFrom(string text, Encoding encoding) {
return new ByteString(encoding.GetBytes(text));
}
///
/// Creates a new ByteString by encoding the specified text in UTF-8.
///
public static ByteString CopyFromUtf8(string text) {
return CopyFrom(text, Encoding.UTF8);
}
///
/// Retuns the byte at the given index.
///
public byte this[int index] {
get { return bytes[index]; }
}
public string ToString(Encoding encoding) {
return encoding.GetString(bytes);
}
public string ToStringUtf8() {
return ToString(Encoding.UTF8);
}
// TODO(jonskeet): CopyTo, Equals, GetHashCode if they turn out to be required
// TODO(jonskeet): Input/Output stuff
}
}