#ifndef PARADOX_STRING_H
#define PARADOX_STRING_H

#include <objc/objc.h>
#include <objc/runtime.h>
#include <Paradox/Object.h>

#define PXStringFlagOwned 0x00010000

@interface PXString : PXObject {
	/* old declaration did not conform to the API or some shit */
	/*char *_bytes;
	size_t _length;*/

	/* flags. currently only low 2 bits are used for encoding
	 * values:
	 * 0. ASCII (utf-8 but 7bit chars)
	 * 1. UTF-8 
	 * 2. UTF-16 
	 * 3. UTF-32
	 */
	uint32_t flags;
	uint32_t len;  // num of UTF-16 code units
	uint32_t size;  // num of bytes
	uint32_t hash;
	char *_bytes;  // as per ABI it's `const char * const _bytes;` when compiler-generated but too bad
}

/* init/lifecycle */
+ (instancetype)stringWithCString:(const char *)cstring;
- (instancetype)initWithCString:(const char *)cstring;

/* getters */
- (const char *)UTF8String;
- (uint32_t)length;
- (BOOL)isEqual:(PXString *)string;

@end

#endif