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Created: 2018-09-25 14:53

/src/mozilla-central/xpcom/string/nsStringBuffer.h
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
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#ifndef nsStringBuffer_h__
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#define nsStringBuffer_h__
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#include <atomic>
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#include "mozilla/MemoryReporting.h"
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template<class T> struct already_AddRefed;
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/*
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 * Add a canary field to protect against double-frees of nsStringBuffer and
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 * other potential heap corruptions.  We intend to back this out before 58 hits
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 * beta.
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 */
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#if (defined(DEBUG) || defined(NIGHTLY_BUILD)) && !defined(MOZ_ASAN)
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# define STRING_BUFFER_CANARY 1
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#endif
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#ifdef STRING_BUFFER_CANARY
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enum nsStringBufferCanary : uint32_t {
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  CANARY_OK = 0xaf57c8fa,
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  CANARY_POISON = 0x534dc0f5
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};
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#endif
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/**
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 * This structure precedes the string buffers "we" allocate.  It may be the
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 * case that nsTAString::mData does not point to one of these special
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 * buffers.  The mDataFlags member variable distinguishes the buffer type.
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 *
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 * When this header is in use, it enables reference counting, and capacity
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 * tracking.  NOTE: A string buffer can be modified only if its reference
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 * count is 1.
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 */
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class nsStringBuffer
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{
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private:
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  friend class CheckStaticAtomSizes;
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  std::atomic<uint32_t> mRefCount;
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  uint32_t mStorageSize;
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#ifdef STRING_BUFFER_CANARY
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  uint32_t mCanary;
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#endif
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public:
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  /**
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   * Allocates a new string buffer, with given size in bytes and a
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   * reference count of one.  When the string buffer is no longer needed,
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   * it should be released via Release.
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   *
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   * It is up to the caller to set the bytes corresponding to the string
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   * buffer by calling the Data method to fetch the raw data pointer.  Care
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   * must be taken to properly null terminate the character array.  The
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   * storage size can be greater than the length of the actual string
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   * (i.e., it is not required that the null terminator appear in the last
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   * storage unit of the string buffer's data).
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   *
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   * @return new string buffer or null if out of memory.
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   */
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  static already_AddRefed<nsStringBuffer> Alloc(size_t aStorageSize);
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  /**
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   * Resizes the given string buffer to the specified storage size.  This
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   * method must not be called on a readonly string buffer.  Use this API
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   * carefully!!
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   *
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   * This method behaves like the ANSI-C realloc function.  (i.e., If the
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   * allocation fails, null will be returned and the given string buffer
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   * will remain unmodified.)
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   *
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   * @see IsReadonly
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   */
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  static nsStringBuffer* Realloc(nsStringBuffer* aBuf, size_t aStorageSize);
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  /**
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   * Increment the reference count on this string buffer.
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   */
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  void NS_FASTCALL AddRef();
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  /**
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   * Decrement the reference count on this string buffer.  The string
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   * buffer will be destroyed when its reference count reaches zero.
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   */
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  void NS_FASTCALL Release();
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  /**
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   * This method returns the string buffer corresponding to the given data
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   * pointer.  The data pointer must have been returned previously by a
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   * call to the nsStringBuffer::Data method.
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   */
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  static nsStringBuffer* FromData(void* aData)
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  {
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    nsStringBuffer* sb = reinterpret_cast<nsStringBuffer*>(aData) - 1;
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#ifdef STRING_BUFFER_CANARY
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    if (MOZ_UNLIKELY(sb->mCanary != CANARY_OK))
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      sb->FromDataCanaryCheckFailed();
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#endif
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    return sb;
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  }
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  /**
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   * This method returns the data pointer for this string buffer.
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   */
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  void* Data() const
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  {
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    return const_cast<char*>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(this + 1));
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  }
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  /**
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   * This function returns the storage size of a string buffer in bytes.
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   * This value is the same value that was originally passed to Alloc (or
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   * Realloc).
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   */
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  uint32_t StorageSize() const
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  {
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    return mStorageSize;
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  }
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  /**
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   * If this method returns false, then the caller can be sure that their
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   * reference to the string buffer is the only reference to the string
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   * buffer, and therefore it has exclusive access to the string buffer and
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   * associated data.  However, if this function returns true, then other
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   * consumers may rely on the data in this buffer being immutable and
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   * other threads may access this buffer simultaneously.
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   */
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  bool IsReadonly() const
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  {
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    // This doesn't lead to the destruction of the buffer, so we don't
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    // need to perform acquire memory synchronization for the normal
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    // reason that a reference count needs acquire synchronization
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    // (ensuring that all writes to the object made on other threads are
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    // visible to the thread destroying the object).
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    //
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    // We then need to consider the possibility that there were prior
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    // writes to the buffer on a different thread:  one that has either
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    // since released its reference count, or one that also has access
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    // to this buffer through the same reference.  There are two ways
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    // for that to happen: either the buffer pointer or a data structure
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    // (e.g., string object) pointing to the buffer was transferred from
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    // one thread to another, or the data structure pointing to the
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    // buffer was already visible on both threads.  In the first case
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    // (transfer), the transfer of data from one thread to another would
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    // have handled the memory synchronization.  In the latter case
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    // (data structure visible on both threads), the caller needed some
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    // sort of higher level memory synchronization to protect against
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    // the string object being mutated at the same time on multiple
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    // threads.
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    return mRefCount.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) > 1;
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  }
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  /**
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   * The FromString methods return a string buffer for the given string
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   * object or null if the string object does not have a string buffer.
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   * The reference count of the string buffer is NOT incremented by these
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   * methods.  If the caller wishes to hold onto the returned value, then
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   * the returned string buffer must have its reference count incremented
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   * via a call to the AddRef method.
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   */
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  static nsStringBuffer* FromString(const nsAString& aStr);
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  static nsStringBuffer* FromString(const nsACString& aStr);
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  /**
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   * The ToString methods assign this string buffer to a given string
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   * object.  If the string object does not support sharable string
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   * buffers, then its value will be set to a copy of the given string
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   * buffer.  Otherwise, these methods increment the reference count of the
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   * given string buffer.  It is important to specify the length (in
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   * storage units) of the string contained in the string buffer since the
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   * length of the string may be less than its storage size.  The string
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   * must have a null terminator at the offset specified by |len|.
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   * NOTE: storage size is measured in bytes even for wide strings;
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   *       however, string length is always measured in storage units
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   *       (2-byte units for wide strings).
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  void ToString(uint32_t aLen, nsAString& aStr, bool aMoveOwnership = false);
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  void ToString(uint32_t aLen, nsACString& aStr, bool aMoveOwnership = false);
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  /**
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   * This measures the size only if the StringBuffer is unshared.
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  size_t SizeOfIncludingThisIfUnshared(mozilla::MallocSizeOf aMallocSizeOf) const;
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  /**
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   * WARNING: Only use this if you really know what you are doing, because
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   * it can easily lead to double-counting strings.  If you do use them,
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   * please explain clearly in a comment why it's safe and won't lead to
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   * double-counting.
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  size_t SizeOfIncludingThisEvenIfShared(mozilla::MallocSizeOf aMallocSizeOf) const;
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#ifdef STRING_BUFFER_CANARY
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  /*
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   * Called by FromData if the canary check failed.  This is out-of-line in
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   * nsSubstring.cpp so that MOZ_CRASH_UNSAFE_PRINTF is available via #includes.
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  void FromDataCanaryCheckFailed() const;
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#endif
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};
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#endif /* !defined(nsStringBuffer_h__ */