#ifndef QPID_AMQP_0_10_SERIALIZABLESTRING_H
#define QPID_AMQP_0_10_SERIALIZABLESTRING_H

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namespace qpid {
namespace amqp_0_10 {

/** Template for length-prefixed strings/arrays.
 * Unique parameter allows creation of distinct SerializableString
 * types with the smae T/SizeType
 */
template <class T, class SizeType, int Unique=0>
struct SerializableString : public std::basic_string<T> {
    SerializableString() {}
    template <class U> SerializableString(const U& u) : std::basic_string<T>(u) {}
    template <class I> SerializableString(const I& i, const I& j) : std::basic_string<T>(i,j) {}

    using std::basic_string<T>::operator=;

    template <class S> void serialize(S& s) { s.split(*this); }

    template <class S> void encode(S& s) const {
        s(SizeType(this->size()))(this->begin(), this->end());
    }

    template <class S> void decode(S& s) {
        SizeType newSize;
        s(newSize);
        this->resize(newSize);
        s(this->begin(), this->end());
    }
};

// TODO aconway 2008-02-29: separate ostream ops
template <class T, class SizeType>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const SerializableString<T,SizeType>& s) {
    const std::basic_string<T> str(s);
    return o << str.c_str();    // TODO aconway 2008-02-29: why doesn't o<<str work?
}

}} // namespace qpid::amqp_0_10

#endif  /*!QPID_AMQP_0_10_SERIALIZABLESTRING_H*/