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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+#ifndef _RPTSHARED_CONSTASCIISTRING_HXX_
+#define _RPTSHARED_CONSTASCIISTRING_HXX_
+
+#ifndef CONSTASCII_INCLUDED_INDIRECT
+#error "don't include this file directly! use stringconstants.hrc instead!"
+#endif
+
+// no namespaces. This file is included from several other files _within_ a namespace.
+
+//============================================================
+//= a helper for static ascii pseudo-unicode strings
+//============================================================
+// string constants
+struct ConstAsciiString
+{
+    const sal_Char* ascii;
+    sal_Int32       length;
+
+    inline  operator const ::rtl::OUString& () const;
+    inline  operator const sal_Char* () const { return ascii; }
+
+    inline ConstAsciiString(const sal_Char* _pAsciiZeroTerminated, const sal_Int32 _nLength);
+    inline ~ConstAsciiString();
+
+private:
+    mutable ::rtl::OUString*    ustring;
+};
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------
+inline ConstAsciiString::ConstAsciiString(const sal_Char* _pAsciiZeroTerminated, const sal_Int32 _nLength)
+    :ascii(_pAsciiZeroTerminated)
+    ,length(_nLength)
+    ,ustring(NULL)
+{
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------
+inline ConstAsciiString::~ConstAsciiString()
+{
+    delete ustring;
+    ustring = NULL;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------
+inline ConstAsciiString::operator const ::rtl::OUString& () const
+{
+    if (!ustring)
+        ustring = new ::rtl::OUString(ascii, length, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
+    return *ustring;
+}
+
+//============================================================
+
+#define DECLARE_CONSTASCII_USTRING( name ) \
+    extern const ConstAsciiString name
+
+#define IMPLEMENT_CONSTASCII_USTRING( name, string ) \
+    const ConstAsciiString name(string, sizeof(string)-1)
+
+
+#endif // _RPTSHARED_CONSTASCIISTRING_HXX_
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */