"
 COPYRIGHT (c) 1993 by Claus Gittinger
	      All Rights Reserved

 This software is furnished under a license and may be used
 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
 hereby transferred.
"

CharacterArray subclass:#TwoByteString
	instanceVariableNames:''
	classVariableNames:''
	poolDictionaries:''
	category:'Collections-Text'
!

!TwoByteString class methodsFor:'documentation'!

copyright
"
 COPYRIGHT (c) 1993 by Claus Gittinger
	      All Rights Reserved

 This software is furnished under a license and may be used
 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
 hereby transferred.
"
!

documentation
"
    TwoByteStrings are like strings, but storing 16bits per character.
    The integration of them into the system is not completed ....
"
! !

!TwoByteString class methodsFor:'initialization'!

initialize
    self flags:(Behavior flagWords)

    "
     TwoByteString initialize
    "

    "Modified: 18.4.1996 / 17:56:32 / cg"
! !

!TwoByteString class methodsFor:'instance creation'!

basicNew:anInteger
    "return a new empty string with anInteger characters"

    ^ (super basicNew:anInteger) atAllPut:(Character space)

    "Modified: 26.2.1996 / 14:38:47 / cg"
! !

!TwoByteString methodsFor:'accessing'!

basicAt:index
    "return the character at position index, an Integer
     - reimplemented here since we return 16-bit characters"

    |val|

    val := super basicAt:index.
    ^ Character value:val

    "Modified: 26.2.1996 / 17:02:16 / cg"
!

basicAt:index put:aCharacter
    "store the argument, aCharacter at position index, an Integer
     - reimplemented here since we store 16-bit characters"

    |val|

    val := aCharacter asciiValue.
    super basicAt:index put:val.
    ^ aCharacter

    "Modified: 26.2.1996 / 17:02:22 / cg"
! !

!TwoByteString methodsFor:'queries'!

bitsPerCharacter
    ^ 16
! !

!TwoByteString class methodsFor:'documentation'!

version
    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/TwoByteString.st,v 1.21 1996-04-18 16:17:58 cg Exp $'
! !
TwoByteString initialize!