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+// **************************************************************************
+// * This file is part of the FreeFileSync project. It is distributed under *
+// * GNU General Public License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html       *
+// * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 ZenJu (zhnmju123 AT gmx.de)                    *
+// **************************************************************************
+//
+#ifndef Z_BASE_H_INCLUDED
+#define Z_BASE_H_INCLUDED
+
+#include <cstddef> //size_t
+#include <cctype>  //isspace
+#include <cwctype> //iswspace
+#include <cassert>
+#include <vector>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+
+/*
+Allocator Policy:
+-----------------
+    void* allocate(size_t size) //throw (std::bad_alloc)
+    void deallocate(void* ptr)
+*/
+class AllocatorFreeStore //same performance characterisics like malloc()/free()
+{
+public:
+    static void* allocate(size_t size) //throw (std::bad_alloc)
+    {
+        return ::operator new(size);
+    }
+
+    static void deallocate(void* ptr)
+    {
+        ::operator delete(ptr);
+    }
+};
+
+
+/*
+Storage Policy:
+---------------
+template <typename T, //Character Type
+         class AP>    //Allocator Policy
+
+    T* create(size_t size)
+    T* create(size_t size, size_t minCapacity)
+    T* clone(T* ptr)
+    void destroy(T* ptr)
+    bool canWrite(const T* ptr, size_t minCapacity) //needs to be checked before writing to "ptr"
+    size_t length(const T* ptr)
+    void setLength(T* ptr, size_t newLength)
+*/
+
+template <typename T, //Character Type
+         class AP>    //Allocator Policy
+class StorageDeepCopy : public AP
+{
+protected:
+    ~StorageDeepCopy() {}
+
+    static T* create(size_t size)
+    {
+        return create(size, size);
+    }
+
+    static T* create(size_t size, size_t minCapacity)
+    {
+        const size_t newCapacity = calcCapacity(minCapacity);
+        assert(newCapacity >= minCapacity);
+        assert(minCapacity >= size);
+
+        Descriptor* const newDescr = static_cast<Descriptor*>(AP::allocate(sizeof(Descriptor) + (newCapacity + 1) * sizeof(T)));
+
+        newDescr->length   = size;
+        newDescr->capacity = newCapacity;
+
+        return reinterpret_cast<T*>(newDescr + 1);
+    }
+
+    static T* clone(T* ptr)
+    {
+        T* newData = create(length(ptr));
+        std::copy(ptr, ptr + length(ptr) + 1, newData);
+        return newData;
+    }
+
+    static void destroy(T* ptr)
+    {
+        AP::deallocate(descr(ptr));
+    }
+
+    static bool canWrite(const T* ptr, size_t minCapacity) //needs to be checked before writing to "ptr"
+    {
+        return minCapacity <= descr(ptr)->capacity;
+    }
+
+    static size_t length(const T* ptr)
+    {
+        return descr(ptr)->length;
+    }
+
+    static void setLength(T* ptr, size_t newLength)
+    {
+        assert(canWrite(ptr, newLength));
+        descr(ptr)->length = newLength;
+    }
+
+private:
+    struct Descriptor
+    {
+        size_t length;
+        size_t capacity; //allocated size without null-termination
+    };
+
+    static Descriptor* descr(T* ptr)
+    {
+        return reinterpret_cast<Descriptor*>(ptr) - 1;
+    }
+
+    static const Descriptor* descr(const T* ptr)
+    {
+        return reinterpret_cast<const Descriptor*>(ptr) - 1;
+    }
+
+    static size_t calcCapacity(size_t length)
+    {
+        return (length + (19 - length % 16)); //allocate some additional length to speed up concatenation
+    }
+};
+
+
+template <typename T, //Character Type
+         class AP>    //Allocator Policy
+class StorageRefCount : public AP
+{
+protected:
+    ~StorageRefCount() {}
+
+    static T* create(size_t size)
+    {
+        return create(size, size);
+    }
+
+    static T* create(size_t size, size_t minCapacity)
+    {
+        const size_t newCapacity = calcCapacity(minCapacity);
+        assert(newCapacity >= minCapacity);
+        assert(minCapacity >= size);
+
+        Descriptor* const newDescr = static_cast<Descriptor*>(AP::allocate(sizeof(Descriptor) + (newCapacity + 1) * sizeof(T)));
+
+        newDescr->refCount = 1;
+        newDescr->length   = size;
+        newDescr->capacity = newCapacity;
+
+        return reinterpret_cast<T*>(newDescr + 1);
+    }
+
+    static T* clone(T* ptr)
+    {
+        assert(descr(ptr)->refCount > 0);
+        ++descr(ptr)->refCount;
+        return ptr;
+    }
+
+    static void destroy(T* ptr)
+    {
+        if (--descr(ptr)->refCount == 0)
+            AP::deallocate(descr(ptr));
+    }
+
+    static bool canWrite(const T* ptr, size_t minCapacity) //needs to be checked before writing to "ptr"
+    {
+        assert(descr(ptr)->refCount > 0);
+        return descr(ptr)->refCount == 1 && minCapacity <= descr(ptr)->capacity;
+    }
+
+    static size_t length(const T* ptr)
+    {
+        return descr(ptr)->length;
+    }
+
+    static void setLength(T* ptr, size_t newLength)
+    {
+        assert(canWrite(ptr, newLength));
+        descr(ptr)->length = newLength;
+    }
+
+private:
+    struct Descriptor
+    {
+        size_t refCount;
+        size_t length;
+        size_t capacity; //allocated size without null-termination
+    };
+
+    static Descriptor* descr(T* ptr)
+    {
+        return reinterpret_cast<Descriptor*>(ptr) - 1;
+    }
+
+    static const Descriptor* descr(const T* ptr)
+    {
+        return reinterpret_cast<const Descriptor*>(ptr) - 1;
+    }
+
+    static size_t calcCapacity(size_t length)
+    {
+        return (length + (19 - length % 16)); //allocate some additional length to speed up concatenation
+    }
+};
+
+
+template <class T,									         //Character Type
+         template <class, class> class SP = StorageRefCount, //Storage Policy
+         class AP = AllocatorFreeStore>				         //Allocator Policy
+class Zbase : public SP<T, AP>
+{
+public:
+    Zbase();
+    Zbase(T source);
+    Zbase(const T* source);
+    Zbase(const T* source, size_t length);
+    Zbase(const Zbase& source);
+    ~Zbase();
+
+    operator const T*() const; //implicit conversion to C-string
+
+    //STL accessors
+    const T* begin() const;
+    const T* end()   const;
+    T*       begin();
+    T*       end();
+
+    //wxString-like functions
+    bool StartsWith(const Zbase& prefix) const;
+    bool StartsWith(const T* prefix) const;
+    bool StartsWith(T prefix) const;
+    bool EndsWith(const Zbase& postfix) const;
+    bool EndsWith(const T* postfix) const;
+    bool EndsWith(T postfix) const;
+    Zbase& Truncate(size_t newLen);
+    Zbase& Replace(const T* old, const T* replacement, bool replaceAll = true);
+    Zbase AfterLast(  T ch) const;  //returns the whole string if "ch" not found
+    Zbase BeforeLast( T ch) const;  //returns empty string if "ch" not found
+    Zbase AfterFirst( T ch) const;  //returns empty string if "ch" not found
+    Zbase BeforeFirst(T ch) const;  //returns the whole string if "ch" not found
+    Zbase& Trim(bool fromLeft = true, bool fromRight = true);
+    std::vector<Zbase> Split(T delimiter) const;
+
+    //std::string functions
+    size_t length() const;
+    size_t size() const;
+    const T* c_str() const; //C-string format with NULL-termination
+    const T* data()  const; //internal representation, NULL-termination not guaranteed
+    const T operator[](size_t pos) const;
+    Zbase substr(size_t pos = 0, size_t len = npos) const;
+    bool empty() const;
+    void clear();
+    size_t find(const Zbase& str, size_t pos = 0)    const; //
+    size_t find(const T* str,     size_t pos = 0)    const; //returns "npos" if not found
+    size_t find(T ch,             size_t pos = 0)    const; //
+    size_t rfind(T ch,            size_t pos = npos) const; //
+    Zbase& replace(size_t pos1, size_t n1, const T* str, size_t n2);
+    void reserve(size_t minCapacity);
+    Zbase& assign(const T* source, size_t len);
+    void resize(size_t newSize, T fillChar = 0);
+    void swap(Zbase& other);
+
+    //number conversion
+    template <class N> static Zbase fromNumber(N number);
+    template <class N> N toNumber() const;
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+    Zbase& operator=(const Zbase& source);
+    Zbase& operator=(const T* source);
+    Zbase& operator=(T source);
+    Zbase& operator+=(const Zbase& other);
+    Zbase& operator+=(const T* other);
+    Zbase& operator+=(T ch);
+
+    static const size_t	npos = static_cast<size_t>(-1);
+
+private:
+    Zbase(int);            //detect usage errors
+    Zbase& operator=(int); //
+
+    T* rawStr;
+};
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> bool operator==(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> bool operator==(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const T*            rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> bool operator==(const T*            lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs);
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+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> bool operator!=(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> bool operator!=(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const T*            rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> bool operator!=(const T*            lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs);
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+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> bool operator< (const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> bool operator< (const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const T*            rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> bool operator< (const T*            lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs);
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+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const T*            rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(const T*            lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(      T             lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs);
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP> const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs,       T             rhs);
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+//################################# inline implementation ########################################
+namespace z_impl
+{
+//-------------C-string helper functions ---------------------------------------------------------
+template <class T>
+inline
+size_t cStringLength(const T* input) //strlen()
+{
+    const T* iter = input;
+    while (*iter != 0)
+        ++iter;
+    return iter - input;
+}
+}
+
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>::Zbase()
+{
+    //resist the temptation to avoid this allocation by referening a static global: NO performance advantage, MT issues!
+    rawStr    = this->create(0);
+    rawStr[0] = 0;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>::Zbase(T source)
+{
+    rawStr    = this->create(1);
+    rawStr[0] = source;
+    rawStr[1] = 0;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>::Zbase(const T* source)
+{
+    const size_t sourceLen = z_impl::cStringLength(source);
+    rawStr = this->create(sourceLen);
+    std::copy(source, source + sourceLen + 1, rawStr); //include null-termination
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>::Zbase(const T* source, size_t sourceLen)
+{
+    rawStr = this->create(sourceLen);
+    std::copy(source, source + sourceLen, rawStr);
+    rawStr[sourceLen] = 0;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>::Zbase(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& source)
+{
+    rawStr = this->clone(source.rawStr);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>::~Zbase()
+{
+    this->destroy(rawStr);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>::operator const T*() const
+{
+    return rawStr;
+}
+
+
+// get all characters after the last occurence of ch
+// (returns the whole string if ch not found)
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP> Zbase<T, SP, AP>::AfterLast(T ch) const
+{
+    const size_t pos = rfind(ch, npos);
+    if (pos != npos )
+        return Zbase(rawStr + pos + 1, length() - pos - 1);
+    else
+        return *this;
+}
+
+
+// get all characters before the last occurence of ch
+// (returns empty string if ch not found)
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP> Zbase<T, SP, AP>::BeforeLast(T ch) const
+{
+    const size_t pos = rfind(ch, npos);
+    if (pos != npos)
+        return Zbase(rawStr, pos); //data is non-empty string in this context: else ch would not have been found!
+    else
+        return Zbase();
+}
+
+
+//returns empty string if ch not found
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP> Zbase<T, SP, AP>::AfterFirst(T ch) const
+{
+    const size_t pos = find(ch, 0);
+    if (pos != npos)
+        return Zbase(rawStr + pos + 1, length() - pos - 1);
+    else
+        return Zbase();
+
+}
+
+//returns the whole string if ch not found
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP> Zbase<T, SP, AP>::BeforeFirst(T ch) const
+{
+    const size_t pos = find(ch, 0);
+    if (pos != npos)
+        return Zbase(rawStr, pos); //data is non-empty string in this context: else ch would not have been found!
+    else
+        return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool Zbase<T, SP, AP>::StartsWith(const T* prefix) const
+{
+    const size_t pfLength = z_impl::cStringLength(prefix);
+    if (length() < pfLength)
+        return false;
+
+    return std::equal(rawStr, rawStr + pfLength,
+                      prefix);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool Zbase<T, SP, AP>::StartsWith(T prefix) const
+{
+    return length() != 0 && operator[](0) == prefix;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool Zbase<T, SP, AP>::StartsWith(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& prefix) const
+{
+    if (length() < prefix.length())
+        return false;
+
+    return std::equal(rawStr, rawStr + prefix.length(),
+                      prefix.rawStr);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool Zbase<T, SP, AP>::EndsWith(const T* postfix) const
+{
+    const size_t pfLength  = z_impl::cStringLength(postfix);
+    if (length() < pfLength)
+        return false;
+
+    const T* cmpBegin = rawStr + length() - pfLength;
+    return std::equal(cmpBegin, cmpBegin + pfLength,
+                      postfix);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool Zbase<T, SP, AP>::EndsWith(T postfix) const
+{
+    const size_t len = length();
+    return len != 0 && operator[](len - 1) == postfix;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool Zbase<T, SP, AP>::EndsWith(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& postfix) const
+{
+    if (length() < postfix.length())
+        return false;
+
+    const T* cmpBegin = rawStr + length() - postfix.length();
+    return std::equal(cmpBegin, cmpBegin + postfix.length(),
+                      postfix.rawStr);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::Truncate(size_t newLen)
+{
+    if (newLen < length())
+    {
+        if (canWrite(rawStr, newLen))
+        {
+            rawStr[newLen] = 0;
+            setLength(rawStr, newLen);
+        }
+        else
+            *this = Zbase(rawStr, newLen);
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+size_t Zbase<T, SP, AP>::find(const Zbase& str, size_t pos) const
+{
+    assert(pos <= length());
+    const T* thisEnd = end(); //respect embedded 0
+    const T* iter = std::search(begin() + pos, thisEnd,
+                                str.begin(), str.end());
+    return iter == thisEnd ? npos : iter - begin();
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+size_t Zbase<T, SP, AP>::find(const T* str, size_t pos) const
+{
+    assert(pos <= length());
+    const T* thisEnd = end(); //respect embedded 0
+    const T* iter = std::search(begin() + pos, thisEnd,
+                                str, str + z_impl::cStringLength(str));
+    return iter == thisEnd ? npos : iter - begin();
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+size_t Zbase<T, SP, AP>::find(T ch, size_t pos) const
+{
+    assert(pos <= length());
+    const T* thisEnd = end();
+    const T* iter = std::find(begin() + pos, thisEnd, ch); //respect embedded 0
+    return iter == thisEnd ? npos : iter - begin();
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+size_t Zbase<T, SP, AP>::rfind(T ch, size_t pos) const
+{
+    assert(pos == npos || pos <= length());
+
+    const size_t thisLen = length();
+    if (thisLen == 0) return npos;
+    pos = std::min(thisLen - 1, pos); //handle "npos" and "pos == length()" implicitly
+
+    while (rawStr[pos] != ch) //pos points to last char of the string
+    {
+        if (pos == 0)
+            return npos;
+        --pos;
+    }
+    return pos;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::replace(size_t pos1, size_t n1, const T* str, size_t n2)
+{
+    assert(str < rawStr || rawStr + length() < str); //str mustn't point to data in this string
+    assert(pos1 + n1 <= length());
+
+    const size_t oldLen = length();
+    if (oldLen == 0)
+        return *this = Zbase(str, n2);
+
+    const size_t newLen = oldLen - n1 + n2;
+
+    if (canWrite(rawStr, newLen))
+    {
+        if (n1 < n2) //move remainder right -> std::copy_backward
+        {
+            std::copy_backward(rawStr + pos1 + n1, rawStr + oldLen + 1, rawStr + newLen + 1); //include null-termination
+            setLength(rawStr, newLen);
+        }
+        else if (n1 > n2) //shift left -> std::copy
+        {
+            std::copy(rawStr + pos1 + n1, rawStr + oldLen + 1, rawStr + pos1 + n2); //include null-termination
+            setLength(rawStr, newLen);
+        }
+
+        std::copy(str, str + n2, rawStr + pos1);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        //copy directly into new string
+        T* const newStr = this->create(newLen);
+
+        std::copy(rawStr, rawStr + pos1, newStr);
+        std::copy(str, str + n2, newStr + pos1);
+        std::copy(rawStr + pos1 + n1, rawStr + oldLen + 1, newStr + pos1 + n2); //include null-termination
+
+        destroy(rawStr);
+        rawStr = newStr;
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::Replace(const T* old, const T* replacement, bool replaceAll)
+{
+    const size_t oldLen         = z_impl::cStringLength(old);
+    const size_t replacementLen = z_impl::cStringLength(replacement);
+
+    size_t pos = 0;
+    while ((pos = find(old, pos)) != npos)
+    {
+        replace(pos, oldLen, replacement, replacementLen);
+        pos += replacementLen; //move past the string that was replaced
+
+        if (!replaceAll)
+            break;
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+void Zbase<T, SP, AP>::resize(size_t newSize, T fillChar)
+{
+    if (canWrite(rawStr, newSize))
+    {
+        if (length() < newSize)
+            std::fill(rawStr + length(), rawStr + newSize, fillChar);
+        rawStr[newSize] = 0;
+        setLength(rawStr, newSize); //keep after call to length()
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        T* newStr = this->create(newSize);
+        newStr[newSize] = 0;
+
+        if (length() < newSize)
+        {
+            std::copy(rawStr, rawStr + length(), newStr);
+            std::fill(newStr + length(), newStr + newSize, fillChar);
+        }
+        else
+            std::copy(rawStr, rawStr + newSize, newStr);
+
+        destroy(rawStr);
+        rawStr = newStr;
+    }
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool operator==(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs)
+{
+    return lhs.length() == rhs.length() && std::equal(lhs.begin(), lhs.end(), rhs.begin()); //respect embedded 0
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool operator==(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const T* rhs)
+{
+    return lhs.length() == z_impl::cStringLength(rhs) && std::equal(lhs.begin(), lhs.end(), rhs); //respect embedded 0
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool operator==(const T* lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs)
+{
+    return operator==(rhs, lhs);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool operator!=(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs)
+{
+    return !operator==(lhs, rhs);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool operator!=(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const T* rhs)
+{
+    return !operator==(lhs, rhs);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool operator!=(const T* lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs)
+{
+    return !operator==(lhs, rhs);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool operator<(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs)
+{
+    return std::lexicographical_compare(lhs.begin(), lhs.end(), //respect embedded 0
+                                        rhs.begin(), rhs.end());
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool operator<(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const T* rhs)
+{
+    return std::lexicographical_compare(lhs.begin(), lhs.end(), //respect embedded 0
+                                        rhs, rhs + z_impl::cStringLength(rhs));
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool operator<(const T* lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs)
+{
+    return std::lexicographical_compare(lhs, lhs + z_impl::cStringLength(lhs), //respect embedded 0
+                                        rhs.begin(), rhs.end());
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+size_t Zbase<T, SP, AP>::length() const
+{
+    return SP<T, AP>::length(rawStr);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+size_t Zbase<T, SP, AP>::size() const
+{
+    return length();
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const T* Zbase<T, SP, AP>::c_str() const
+{
+    return rawStr;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const T* Zbase<T, SP, AP>::data() const
+{
+    return rawStr;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const T Zbase<T, SP, AP>::operator[](size_t pos) const
+{
+    assert(pos < length());
+    return rawStr[pos];
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const T* Zbase<T, SP, AP>::begin() const
+{
+    return rawStr;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const T* Zbase<T, SP, AP>::end() const
+{
+    return rawStr + length();
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+T* Zbase<T, SP, AP>::begin()
+{
+    reserve(length());
+    return rawStr;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+T* Zbase<T, SP, AP>::end()
+{
+    return begin() + length();
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+bool Zbase<T, SP, AP>::empty() const
+{
+    return length() == 0;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+void Zbase<T, SP, AP>::clear()
+{
+    if (!empty())
+    {
+        if (canWrite(rawStr, 0))
+        {
+            rawStr[0] = 0;        //keep allocated memory
+            setLength(rawStr, 0); //
+        }
+        else
+            *this = Zbase();
+    }
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs)
+{
+    return Zbase<T, SP, AP>(lhs) += rhs;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, const T* rhs)
+{
+    return Zbase<T, SP, AP>(lhs) += rhs;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(const T* lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs)
+{
+    return Zbase<T, SP, AP>(lhs) += rhs;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(T lhs, const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& rhs)
+{
+    return Zbase<T, SP, AP>(lhs) += rhs;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+const Zbase<T, SP, AP> operator+(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& lhs, T rhs)
+{
+    return Zbase<T, SP, AP>(lhs) += rhs;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+void Zbase<T, SP, AP>::swap(Zbase<T, SP, AP>& other)
+{
+    std::swap(rawStr, other.rawStr);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP> Zbase<T, SP, AP>::substr(size_t pos, size_t len) const
+{
+    assert(pos + (len == npos ? 0 : len) <= length());
+    return Zbase(rawStr + pos, len == npos ? length() - pos : len);
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+void Zbase<T, SP, AP>::reserve(size_t minCapacity) //make unshared and check capacity
+{
+    if (!canWrite(rawStr, minCapacity))
+    {
+        //allocate a new string
+        T* newStr = create(length(), std::max(minCapacity, length())); //reserve() must NEVER shrink the string: logical const!
+        std::copy(rawStr, rawStr + length() + 1, newStr); //include NULL-termination
+
+        destroy(rawStr);
+        rawStr = newStr;
+    }
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::assign(const T* source, size_t len)
+{
+    if (canWrite(rawStr, len))
+    {
+        std::copy(source, source + len, rawStr);
+        rawStr[len] = 0; //include null-termination
+        setLength(rawStr, len);
+    }
+    else
+        *this = Zbase(source, len);
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::operator=(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& source)
+{
+    Zbase(source).swap(*this);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::operator=(const T* source)
+{
+    return assign(source, z_impl::cStringLength(source));
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::operator=(T source)
+{
+    if (canWrite(rawStr, 1))
+    {
+        rawStr[0] = source;
+        rawStr[1] = 0; //include null-termination
+        setLength(rawStr, 1);
+    }
+    else
+        *this = Zbase(source);
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::operator+=(const Zbase<T, SP, AP>& other)
+{
+    const size_t thisLen  = length();
+    const size_t otherLen = other.length();
+    reserve(thisLen + otherLen); //make unshared and check capacity
+
+    std::copy(other.rawStr, other.rawStr + otherLen + 1, rawStr + thisLen); //include null-termination
+    setLength(rawStr, thisLen + otherLen);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::operator+=(const T* other)
+{
+    const size_t thisLen  = length();
+    const size_t otherLen = z_impl::cStringLength(other);
+    reserve(thisLen + otherLen); //make unshared and check capacity
+
+    std::copy(other, other + otherLen + 1, rawStr + thisLen); //include null-termination
+    setLength(rawStr, thisLen + otherLen);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::operator+=(T ch)
+{
+    const size_t thisLen = length();
+    reserve(thisLen + 1); //make unshared and check capacity
+    rawStr[thisLen] = ch;
+    rawStr[thisLen + 1] = 0;
+    setLength(rawStr, thisLen + 1);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+template <class N>
+inline
+Zbase<T, SP, AP> Zbase<T, SP, AP>::fromNumber(N number)
+{
+    std::basic_ostringstream<T> ss;
+    ss << number;
+    return Zbase<T, SP, AP>(ss.str().c_str());
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+template <class N>
+inline
+N Zbase<T, SP, AP>::toNumber() const
+{
+    std::basic_istringstream<T> ss(std::basic_string<T>(rawStr));
+    T number = 0;
+    ss >> number;
+    return number;
+}
+
+
+namespace z_impl
+{
+template <class T>
+bool cStringWhiteSpace(T ch);
+
+template <>
+inline
+bool cStringWhiteSpace(char ch)
+{
+    return std::isspace(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch)) != 0; //some compilers (e.g. VC++ 6.0) return true for a call to isspace('\xEA'); but no issue with newer versions of MSVC
+}
+
+
+template <>
+inline
+bool cStringWhiteSpace(wchar_t ch)
+{
+    return std::iswspace(ch) != 0; //some compilers (e.g. VC++ 6.0) return true for a call to isspace('\xEA'); but no issue with newer versions of MSVC
+}
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+Zbase<T, SP, AP>& Zbase<T, SP, AP>::Trim(bool fromLeft, bool fromRight)
+{
+    assert(fromLeft || fromRight);
+
+    const T* newBegin = rawStr;
+    const T* newEnd   = rawStr + length();
+
+    if (fromRight)
+        while (newBegin != newEnd && z_impl::cStringWhiteSpace(newEnd[-1]))
+            --newEnd;
+
+    if (fromLeft)
+        while (newBegin != newEnd && z_impl::cStringWhiteSpace(*newBegin))
+            ++newBegin;
+
+    const size_t newLength = newEnd - newBegin;
+    if (newLength != length())
+    {
+        if (canWrite(rawStr, newLength))
+        {
+            std::copy(newBegin, newBegin + newLength, rawStr); //shift left => std::copy, shift right std::copy_backward
+            rawStr[newLength] = 0;
+            setLength(rawStr, newLength);
+        }
+        else
+            *this = Zbase(newBegin, newLength);
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+template <class T, template <class, class> class SP, class AP>
+std::vector<Zbase<T, SP, AP> > Zbase<T, SP, AP>::Split(T delimiter) const
+{
+    std::vector<Zbase> output;
+
+    const size_t thisLen = length();
+    size_t startPos = 0;
+    for (;;) //make MSVC happy
+    {
+        size_t endPos = find(delimiter, startPos);
+        if (endPos == npos)
+            endPos = thisLen;
+
+        if (startPos != endPos) //do not add empty strings
+        {
+            Zbase newEntry = substr(startPos, endPos - startPos);
+            newEntry.Trim();  //remove whitespace characters
+
+            if (!newEntry.empty())
+                output.push_back(newEntry);
+        }
+        if (endPos == thisLen)
+            break;
+
+        startPos = endPos + 1; //skip delimiter
+    }
+
+    return output;
+}
+
+
+#endif //Z_BASE_H_INCLUDED