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#ifndef nsFragmentedString_h___
#define nsFragmentedString_h___

  // WORK IN PROGRESS

#ifndef nsAString_h___
#include "nsAString.h"
#endif

#ifndef nsSharedBufferList_h___
#include "nsSharedBufferList.h"
#endif


class nsFragmentedString
      : public nsAString
    /*
      ...
    */
  {
    protected:
      virtual const char_type* GetReadableFragment( const_fragment_type&, nsFragmentRequest, PRUint32 ) const;
      virtual       char_type* GetWritableFragment(       fragment_type&, nsFragmentRequest, PRUint32 );

    public:
      nsFragmentedString() { }

      virtual PRUint32 Length() const;

      virtual void SetLength( PRUint32 aNewLength );
      // virtual void SetCapacity( PRUint32 aNewCapacity );

      // virtual void Cut( PRUint32 cutStart, PRUint32 cutLength );

    protected:
      // virtual void do_AssignFromReadable( const abstract_string_type& );
      // virtual void do_AppendFromReadable( const abstract_string_type& );
      // virtual void do_InsertFromReadable( const abstract_string_type&, PRUint32 );
      // virtual void do_ReplaceFromReadable( PRUint32, PRUint32, const abstract_string_type& );

    private:
      nsSharedBufferList  mBufferList;
  };

#endif // !defined(nsFragmentedString_h___)