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/* nsStringTraits.h --- declares specialized ``traits'' classes which allow templatized functions and classes to select appropriate non-template types */

#ifndef nsStringTraits_h___
#define nsStringTraits_h___

#ifndef nsStringFwd_h___
#include "nsStringFwd.h"
#endif

#ifndef nscore_h___
#include "nscore.h"
#endif




  /**
   *
   */

template <class CharT>
struct nsStringTraits
  {
    typedef nsAString                 abstract_string_type;
    typedef nsAFlatString             abstract_flat_type;
    typedef const nsDependentString   literal_string_type;
  };

#if 0
  // for lame compilers, put these declarations into the general case
  //  so we only need to specialize for |char|
NS_SPECIALIZE_TEMPLATE
struct nsStringTraits<PRUnichar>
  {
    typedef nsAString                 abstract_string_type;
    typedef nsAFlatString             abstract_flat_type;
    typedef const nsDependentString   literal_string_type;
  };
#endif

NS_SPECIALIZE_TEMPLATE
struct nsStringTraits<char>
  {
    typedef nsACString                abstract_string_type;
    typedef nsAFlatCString            abstract_flat_type;
    typedef const nsDependentCString  literal_string_type;
  };


#endif /* !defined(nsStringTraits_h___) */