Struct c_string::OwnedCString

pub struct OwnedCString {
    // some fields omitted
}

Representation of an allocated C String.

This structure wraps a raw pointer to a null-terminated C string and a destructor function to invoke when dropped.

Methods

impl OwnedCString

unsafe fn new(ptr: *const c_char, dtor: DestroyFn) -> OwnedCString

Create an OwnedCString from a raw pointer and a destructor.

The destructor will be invoked when the OwnedCString is dropped.

Panics

Panics if ptr is null.

Methods from Deref<Target=CStr>

fn as_ptr(&self) -> *const i8

Returns the inner pointer to this C string.

The returned pointer will be valid for as long as self is and points to a contiguous region of memory terminated with a 0 byte to represent the end of the string.

WARNING

It is your responsibility to make sure that the underlying memory is not freed too early. For example, the following code will cause undefined behaviour when ptr is used inside the unsafe block:

use std::ffi::{CString};

let ptr = CString::new("Hello").unwrap().as_ptr();
unsafe {
    // `ptr` is dangling
    *ptr;
}

This happens because the pointer returned by as_ptr does not carry any lifetime information and the string is deallocated immediately after the CString::new("Hello").unwrap().as_ptr() expression is evaluated. To fix the problem, bind the string to a local variable:

use std::ffi::{CString};

let hello = CString::new("Hello").unwrap();
let ptr = hello.as_ptr();
unsafe {
    // `ptr` is valid because `hello` is in scope
    *ptr;
}

fn to_bytes(&self) -> &[u8]

Converts this C string to a byte slice.

This function will calculate the length of this string (which normally requires a linear amount of work to be done) and then return the resulting slice of u8 elements.

The returned slice will not contain the trailing nul that this C string has.

Note: This method is currently implemented as a 0-cost cast, but it is planned to alter its definition in the future to perform the length calculation whenever this method is called.

fn to_bytes_with_nul(&self) -> &[u8]

Converts this C string to a byte slice containing the trailing 0 byte.

This function is the equivalent of to_bytes except that it will retain the trailing nul instead of chopping it off.

Note: This method is currently implemented as a 0-cost cast, but it is planned to alter its definition in the future to perform the length calculation whenever this method is called.

fn to_str(&self) -> Result<&str, Utf8Error>

Yields a &str slice if the CStr contains valid UTF-8.

This function will calculate the length of this string and check for UTF-8 validity, and then return the &str if it's valid.

Note: This method is currently implemented to check for validity after a 0-cost cast, but it is planned to alter its definition in the future to perform the length calculation in addition to the UTF-8 check whenever this method is called.

fn to_string_lossy(&self) -> Cow<str>

Converts a CStr into a Cow<str>.

This function will calculate the length of this string (which normally requires a linear amount of work to be done) and then return the resulting slice as a Cow<str>, replacing any invalid UTF-8 sequences with U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER.

Note: This method is currently implemented to check for validity after a 0-cost cast, but it is planned to alter its definition in the future to perform the length calculation in addition to the UTF-8 check whenever this method is called.

Trait Implementations

impl Drop for OwnedCString

fn drop(&mut self)

A method called when the value goes out of scope.

impl Deref for OwnedCString

type Target = CStr

The resulting type after dereferencing

fn deref(&self) -> &CStr

The method called to dereference a value

impl PartialEq for OwnedCString

fn eq(&self, other: &OwnedCString) -> bool

This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests for !=.

impl Eq for OwnedCString

impl PartialOrd for OwnedCString

fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &OwnedCString) -> Option<Ordering>

This method returns an ordering between self and other values if one exists.

fn lt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests less than (for self and other) and is used by the < operator.

fn le(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests less than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the <= operator.

fn gt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests greater than (for self and other) and is used by the > operator.

fn ge(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator.

impl Ord for OwnedCString

fn cmp(&self, other: &OwnedCString) -> Ordering

This method returns an Ordering between self and other.

impl Hash for OwnedCString

fn hash<H>(&self, state: &mut H) where H: Hasher

Feeds this value into the state given, updating the hasher as necessary.

fn hash_slice<H>(data: &[Self], state: &mut H) where H: Hasher

Feeds a slice of this type into the state provided.

impl Debug for OwnedCString

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.