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#ifndef nsAutoBuffer_h__
#define nsAutoBuffer_h__

#ifndef nsMemory_h__
#include "nsMemory.h"
#endif

/**
 * A buffer which will use stack space if the requested size will
 * fit in the stack buffer and allocate from the heap if not.
 * 
 * Below is a usage example : 
 * 
 * typedef nsAutoBuffer<PRUnichar, 256> nsAutoUnicharBuffer;
 *
 * nsAutoUnicharBuffer buffer;
 *
 * if (!buffer.EnsureElemCapacity(initialLength))
 *    return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 *
 * PRUnichar *unicharPtr = buffer.get();
 *
 * // add PRUnichar's to the buffer pointed to by |unicharPtr| as long as
 * // the number of PRUnichar's is less than |intialLength|
 *    
 * // increase the capacity
 * if (!buffer.AddElemCapacity(extraLength))
 *     return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY
 *
 * unicharPtr = buffer.get() + initialLength;
 *
 * //continue to add PRUnichar's....
 */

template <class T, PRInt32 sz>
class nsAutoBuffer
{
public:
  nsAutoBuffer() :
    mBufferPtr(mStackBuffer),
    mCurElemCapacity(sz)
  {
  }

  ~nsAutoBuffer()
  {
    if (mBufferPtr != mStackBuffer)
      nsMemory::Free(mBufferPtr);
  }

  PRBool EnsureElemCapacity(PRInt32 inElemCapacity)
  {
    if (inElemCapacity <= mCurElemCapacity)
      return PR_TRUE;
    
    T* newBuffer;

    if (mBufferPtr != mStackBuffer)
      newBuffer = (T*)nsMemory::Realloc((void *)mBufferPtr, inElemCapacity * sizeof(T));
    else 
      newBuffer = (T*)nsMemory::Alloc(inElemCapacity * sizeof(T));

    if (!newBuffer)
      return PR_FALSE;

    if (mBufferPtr != mStackBuffer)
      nsMemory::Free(mBufferPtr);

    mBufferPtr = newBuffer; 
    mCurElemCapacity = inElemCapacity;
    return PR_TRUE;
  }

  PRBool AddElemCapacity(PRInt32 inElemCapacity)
  {
    return EnsureElemCapacity(mCurElemCapacity + inElemCapacity);
  }

  T*          get()             const  { return mBufferPtr; }
  PRInt32     GetElemCapacity() const  { return mCurElemCapacity;  }

protected:

  T             *mBufferPtr;
  T             mStackBuffer[sz];
  PRInt32       mCurElemCapacity;
};

#endif // nsAutoBuffer_h__