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/*
 * $Id: XMLStringFactoryImpl.java 468655 2006-10-28 07:12:06Z minchau $
 */
package org.apache.xpath.objects;

import org.apache.xml.utils.FastStringBuffer;
import org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString;
import org.apache.xml.utils.XMLStringFactory;

/**
 * Class XMLStringFactoryImpl creates XString versions of XMLStrings.
 * @xsl.usage internal
 */
public class XMLStringFactoryImpl extends XMLStringFactory
{
  /** The XMLStringFactory to pass to DTM construction.   */
  private static XMLStringFactory m_xstringfactory =
    new XMLStringFactoryImpl();

  /**
   * Get the XMLStringFactory to pass to DTM construction.
   *
   *
   * @return A never-null static reference to a String factory.
   */
  public static XMLStringFactory getFactory()
  {
    return m_xstringfactory;
  }

  /**
   * Create a new XMLString from a Java string.
   *
   *
   * @param string Java String reference, which must be non-null.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the String reference.
   */
  public XMLString newstr(String string)
  {
    return new XString(string);
  }

  /**
   * Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
   *
   *
   * @param fsb FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
   * @param start The start position in the array.
   * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
   */
  public XMLString newstr(FastStringBuffer fsb, int start, int length)
  {
    return new XStringForFSB(fsb, start, length);
  }
  
  /**
   * Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
   *
   *
   * @param string FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
   * @param start The start position in the array.
   * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
   */
  public XMLString newstr(char[] string, int start, int length)
  {
    return new XStringForChars(string, start, length);
  }
  
  /**
   * Get a cheap representation of an empty string.
   * 
   * @return An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents "".
   */
  public XMLString emptystr()
  {
    return XString.EMPTYSTRING;
  }

}