Index: trunk/src/io/string_table.cc
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--- trunk/src/io/string_table.cc	(revision 280)
+++ trunk/src/io/string_table.cc	(revision 280)
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2014 ChaosForge Ltd
+// http://chaosforge.org/
+//
+// This file is part of NV Libraries.
+// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in nv.hh
+
+#include "nv/io/string_table.hh"
+
+nv::string_table_creator::string_table_creator()
+{
+	insert(""); // 0 always is empty string
+}
+
+nv::string_table_creator::index nv::string_table_creator::insert( const std::string& s )
+{
+	auto i = m_map.find( s );
+	if ( i != m_map.end() )
+	{
+		return i->second;
+	}
+	const char* cs = s.c_str();
+	uint32 cs_size = s.size() + 1;
+	NV_ASSERT( m_offsets.size() < index(-1), "Too many strings!" );
+	index  result  = (index)m_offsets.size();
+	m_offsets.push_back( m_data.size() );
+	std::copy( cs, cs + cs_size, std::back_inserter( m_data ) );
+	m_map[ s ] = result;
+	return result;
+}
+
+nv::string_table* nv::string_table_creator::create_table() const
+{
+	offset* offsets = new offset[m_offsets.size()];
+	char*   data    = new char [m_data.size()];
+	std::copy( m_offsets.begin(), m_offsets.end(), offsets );
+	std::copy( m_data.begin(),    m_data.end(),    data );
+	return new string_table( data, m_data.size(), offsets, (index)m_offsets.size() );
+}
+
+void nv::string_table_creator::dump( nv::stream* out ) const
+{
+	index  count = (index)m_offsets.size();
+	uint32 size  = m_data.size();
+	out->write( &count,  sizeof( count ), 1 );
+	out->write( &size,   sizeof( size ), 1 );
+	out->write( m_offsets.data(), sizeof( offset ), count );
+	out->write( m_data.data(),    sizeof( char ),  size );
+}
+
+const char* nv::string_table_creator::get( index i ) const
+{
+	return i < m_offsets.size() ? m_data.data() + m_offsets[i] : nullptr;
+}
+
+nv::string_table_creator::index nv::string_table_creator::get( const std::string& s ) const
+{
+	auto i = m_map.find( s );
+	if ( i != m_map.end() )
+	{
+		return i->second;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void nv::string_table_creator::clear()
+{
+	m_map.clear();
+	m_offsets.clear();
+	m_data.clear();
+}
+