Add Glib::c_str_or_null()

* glib/glibmm/utility.h: Add Glib::c_str_or_null().
Code such as "s.empty() ? nullptr : s.c_str()" can be replaced by
Glib::c_str_or_null(s) when C functions are called, where s is a std::string
or a Glib::ustring. A very small part of a fix of bug #755245.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/glib/glibmm/utility.h b/glib/glibmm/utility.h
index 3038dffc..696a963f 100644
--- a/glib/glibmm/utility.h
+++ b/glib/glibmm/utility.h
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ std::string convert_return_gchar_ptr_to_stdstring(char* str)
                : std::string();
 }
 
+// Get a pointer to the C style string in a std::string or Glib::ustring,
+// returning nullptr, if the string is empty.
+template <typename T>
+inline const char* c_str_or_null(const T& str)
+{
+  return str.empty() ? nullptr : str.c_str();
+}
+
 // Append type_name to dest, while replacing special characters with '+'.
 void append_canonical_typename(std::string& dest, const char* type_name);