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#ifndef INCLUDED_SVL_SHAREDSTRINGPOOL_HXX
#define INCLUDED_SVL_SHAREDSTRINGPOOL_HXX

#include <svl/svldllapi.h>
#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>

class CharClass;

namespace svl {

class SharedString;

/**
 * Storage for pool of shared strings.  It also provides mapping from
 * original-cased strings to upper-cased strings for case insensitive
 * operations.
 */
class SVL_DLLPUBLIC SharedStringPool
{
    struct Impl;
    Impl* mpImpl;

    SharedStringPool( const SharedStringPool& ) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
    SharedStringPool& operator=( const SharedStringPool& ) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;

public:
    SharedStringPool( const CharClass* pCharClass );
    ~SharedStringPool();

    /**
     * Intern a string object into the shared string pool.
     *
     * @param rStr string object to intern.
     *
     * @return a pointer to the string object stored inside the pool, or NULL
     *         if the insertion fails.
     */
    SharedString intern( const OUString& rStr );

    /**
     * Go through all string objects in the pool, and clear those that are no
     * longer used outside of the pool.
     */
    void purge();

    size_t getCount() const;

    size_t getCountIgnoreCase() const;
};

}

#endif

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