Adding StringPiece read/write support to pickle.

base/pickle.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef BASE_PICKLE_H__
 #define BASE_PICKLE_H__
 
 #include <string>
 
 #include "base/base_export.h"
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
 #include "base/gtest_prod_util.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
+#include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
 
 class Pickle;
 
 // PickleIterator reads data from a Pickle. The Pickle object must remain valid
 // while the PickleIterator object is in use.
 class BASE_EXPORT PickleIterator {
  public:
   PickleIterator() : payload_(NULL), read_index_(0), end_index_(0) {}
   explicit PickleIterator(const Pickle& pickle);
 
   // Methods for reading the payload of the Pickle. To read from the start of
   // the Pickle, create a PickleIterator from a Pickle. If successful, these
   // methods return true. Otherwise, false is returned to indicate that the
   // result could not be extracted. It is not possible to read from the iterator
   // after that.
   bool ReadBool(bool* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadInt(int* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadLong(long* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadUInt16(uint16* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadUInt32(uint32* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadInt64(int64* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadUInt64(uint64* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadSizeT(size_t* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadFloat(float* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadDouble(double* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadString(std::string* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+  // The StringPiece data will only be valid for the lifetime of the message.
+  bool ReadStringPiece(base::StringPiece* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadWString(std::wstring* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
   bool ReadString16(base::string16* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+  // The StringPiece16 data will only be valid for the lifetime of the message.
+  bool ReadStringPiece16(base::StringPiece16* result) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
   // A pointer to the data will be placed in |*data|, and the length will be
   // placed in |*length|. The pointer placed into |*data| points into the
   // message's buffer so it will be scoped to the lifetime of the message (or
   // until the message data is mutated). Do not keep the pointer around!
   bool ReadData(const char** data, int* length) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
   // A pointer to the data will be placed in |*data|. The caller specifies the
   // number of bytes to read, and ReadBytes will validate this length. The
   // pointer placed into |*data| points into the message's buffer so it will be
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     // Always write size_t as a 64-bit value to ensure compatibility between
     // 32-bit and 64-bit processes.
     return WritePOD(static_cast<uint64>(value));
   }
   bool WriteFloat(float value) {
     return WritePOD(value);
   }
   bool WriteDouble(double value) {
     return WritePOD(value);
   }
-  bool WriteString(const std::string& value);
+  bool WriteString(const base::StringPiece& value);
   bool WriteWString(const std::wstring& value);
-  bool WriteString16(const base::string16& value);
+  bool WriteString16(const base::StringPiece16& value);
   // "Data" is a blob with a length. When you read it out you will be given the
   // length. See also WriteBytes.
   bool WriteData(const char* data, int length);
   // "Bytes" is a blob with no length. The caller must specify the length both
   // when reading and writing. It is normally used to serialize PoD types of a
   // known size. See also WriteData.
   bool WriteBytes(const void* data, int length);
 
   // Reserves space for upcoming writes when multiple writes will be made and
   // their sizes are computed in advance. It can be significantly faster to call
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   }
   inline void WriteBytesCommon(const void* data, size_t length);
 
   FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(PickleTest, Resize);
   FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(PickleTest, FindNext);
   FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(PickleTest, FindNextWithIncompleteHeader);
   FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(PickleTest, FindNextOverflow);
 };
 
 #endif  // BASE_PICKLE_H__