diff --git a/libs/utils/String16.cpp b/libs/utils/String16.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <utils/String16.h>
+
+#include <utils/Debug.h>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+#include <utils/String8.h>
+#include <utils/TextOutput.h>
+#include <utils/threads.h>
+
+#include <private/utils/Static.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_WINSOCK
+# undef  nhtol
+# undef  htonl
+# undef  nhtos
+# undef  htons
+
+# ifdef HAVE_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#  define ntohl(x)    ( ((x) << 24) | (((x) >> 24) & 255) | (((x) << 8) & 0xff0000) | (((x) >> 8) & 0xff00) )
+#  define htonl(x)    ntohl(x)
+#  define ntohs(x)    ( (((x) << 8) & 0xff00) | (((x) >> 8) & 255) )
+#  define htons(x)    ntohs(x)
+# else
+#  define ntohl(x)    (x)
+#  define htonl(x)    (x)
+#  define ntohs(x)    (x)
+#  define htons(x)    (x)
+# endif
+#else
+# include <netinet/in.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <memory.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+int strcmp16(const char16_t *s1, const char16_t *s2)
+{
+  char16_t ch;
+  int d = 0;
+
+  while ( 1 ) {
+    d = (int)(ch = *s1++) - (int)*s2++;
+    if ( d || !ch )
+      break;
+  }
+
+  return d;
+}
+
+int strncmp16(const char16_t *s1, const char16_t *s2, size_t n)
+{
+  char16_t ch;
+  int d = 0;
+
+  while ( n-- ) {
+    d = (int)(ch = *s1++) - (int)*s2++;
+    if ( d || !ch )
+      break;
+  }
+
+  return d;
+}
+
+char16_t *strcpy16(char16_t *dst, const char16_t *src)
+{
+  char16_t *q = dst;
+  const char16_t *p = src;
+  char16_t ch;
+
+  do {
+    *q++ = ch = *p++;
+  } while ( ch );
+
+  return dst;
+}
+
+size_t strlen16(const char16_t *s)
+{
+  const char16_t *ss = s;
+  while ( *ss )
+    ss++;
+  return ss-s;
+}
+
+
+char16_t *strncpy16(char16_t *dst, const char16_t *src, size_t n)
+{
+  char16_t *q = dst;
+  const char16_t *p = src;
+  char ch;
+
+  while (n) {
+    n--;
+    *q++ = ch = *p++;
+    if ( !ch )
+      break;
+  }
+
+  *q = 0;
+
+  return dst;
+}
+
+size_t strnlen16(const char16_t *s, size_t maxlen)
+{
+  const char16_t *ss = s;
+
+  /* Important: the maxlen test must precede the reference through ss;
+     since the byte beyond the maximum may segfault */
+  while ((maxlen > 0) && *ss) {
+    ss++;
+    maxlen--;
+  }
+  return ss-s;
+}
+
+int strzcmp16(const char16_t *s1, size_t n1, const char16_t *s2, size_t n2)
+{
+    const char16_t* e1 = s1+n1;
+    const char16_t* e2 = s2+n2;
+
+    while (s1 < e1 && s2 < e2) {
+        const int d = (int)*s1++ - (int)*s2++;
+        if (d) {
+            return d;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return n1 < n2
+        ? (0 - (int)*s2)
+        : (n1 > n2
+           ? ((int)*s1 - 0)
+           : 0);
+}
+
+int strzcmp16_h_n(const char16_t *s1H, size_t n1, const char16_t *s2N, size_t n2)
+{
+    const char16_t* e1 = s1H+n1;
+    const char16_t* e2 = s2N+n2;
+
+    while (s1H < e1 && s2N < e2) {
+        const char16_t c2 = ntohs(*s2N);
+        const int d = (int)*s1H++ - (int)c2;
+        s2N++;
+        if (d) {
+            return d;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return n1 < n2
+        ? (0 - (int)ntohs(*s2N))
+        : (n1 > n2
+           ? ((int)*s1H - 0)
+           : 0);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace android {
+
+static inline size_t
+utf8_char_len(uint8_t ch)
+{
+    return ((0xe5000000 >> ((ch >> 3) & 0x1e)) & 3) + 1;
+}
+
+#define UTF8_SHIFT_AND_MASK(unicode, byte)  (unicode)<<=6; (unicode) |= (0x3f & (byte));
+
+static inline uint32_t
+utf8_to_utf32(const uint8_t *src, size_t length)
+{
+    uint32_t unicode;
+
+    switch (length)
+    {
+        case 1:
+            return src[0];
+        case 2:
+            unicode = src[0] & 0x1f;
+            UTF8_SHIFT_AND_MASK(unicode, src[1])
+            return unicode;
+        case 3:
+            unicode = src[0] & 0x0f;
+            UTF8_SHIFT_AND_MASK(unicode, src[1])
+            UTF8_SHIFT_AND_MASK(unicode, src[2])
+            return unicode;
+        case 4:
+            unicode = src[0] & 0x07;
+            UTF8_SHIFT_AND_MASK(unicode, src[1])
+            UTF8_SHIFT_AND_MASK(unicode, src[2])
+            UTF8_SHIFT_AND_MASK(unicode, src[3])
+            return unicode;
+        default:
+            return 0xffff;
+    }
+    
+    //printf("Char at %p: len=%d, utf-16=%p\n", src, length, (void*)result);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static SharedBuffer* gEmptyStringBuf = NULL;
+static char16_t* gEmptyString = NULL;
+
+static inline char16_t* getEmptyString()
+{
+    gEmptyStringBuf->acquire();
+   return gEmptyString;
+}
+
+void initialize_string16()
+{
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc(sizeof(char16_t));
+    char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+    *str = 0;
+    gEmptyStringBuf = buf;
+    gEmptyString = str;
+}
+
+void terminate_string16()
+{
+    SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(gEmptyString)->release();
+    gEmptyStringBuf = NULL;
+    gEmptyString = NULL;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Note: not dealing with generating surrogate pairs.
+static char16_t* allocFromUTF8(const char* in, size_t len)
+{
+    if (len == 0) return getEmptyString();
+    
+    size_t chars = 0;
+    const char* end = in+len;
+    const char* p = in;
+    
+    while (p < end) {
+        chars++;
+        p += utf8_char_len(*p);
+    }
+    
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc((chars+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+    if (buf) {
+        p = in;
+        char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+        char16_t* d = str;
+        while (p < end) {
+            size_t len = utf8_char_len(*p);
+            *d++ = (char16_t)utf8_to_utf32((const uint8_t*)p, len);
+            p += len;
+        }
+        *d = 0;
+        
+        //printf("Created UTF-16 string from UTF-8 \"%s\":", in);
+        //printHexData(1, str, buf->size(), 16, 1);
+        //printf("\n");
+        
+        return str;
+    }
+    
+    return getEmptyString();
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+String16::String16()
+    : mString(getEmptyString())
+{
+}
+
+String16::String16(const String16& o)
+    : mString(o.mString)
+{
+    SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->acquire();
+}
+
+String16::String16(const String16& o, size_t len, size_t begin)
+    : mString(getEmptyString())
+{
+    setTo(o, len, begin);
+}
+
+String16::String16(const char16_t* o)
+{
+    size_t len = strlen16(o);
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc((len+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+    LOG_ASSERT(buf, "Unable to allocate shared buffer");
+    if (buf) {
+        char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+        strcpy16(str, o);
+        mString = str;
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    mString = getEmptyString();
+}
+
+String16::String16(const char16_t* o, size_t len)
+{
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc((len+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+    LOG_ASSERT(buf, "Unable to allocate shared buffer");
+    if (buf) {
+        char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+        memcpy(str, o, len*sizeof(char16_t));
+        str[len] = 0;
+        mString = str;
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    mString = getEmptyString();
+}
+
+String16::String16(const String8& o)
+    : mString(allocFromUTF8(o.string(), o.size()))
+{
+}
+
+String16::String16(const char* o)
+    : mString(allocFromUTF8(o, strlen(o)))
+{
+}
+
+String16::String16(const char* o, size_t len)
+    : mString(allocFromUTF8(o, len))
+{
+}
+
+String16::~String16()
+{
+    SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->release();
+}
+
+void String16::setTo(const String16& other)
+{
+    SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(other.mString)->acquire();
+    SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->release();
+    mString = other.mString;
+}
+
+status_t String16::setTo(const String16& other, size_t len, size_t begin)
+{
+    const size_t N = other.size();
+    if (begin >= N) {
+        SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->release();
+        mString = getEmptyString();
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    if ((begin+len) > N) len = N-begin;
+    if (begin == 0 && len == N) {
+        setTo(other);
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (&other == this) {
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("Not implemented");
+    }
+
+    return setTo(other.string()+begin, len);
+}
+
+status_t String16::setTo(const char16_t* other)
+{
+    return setTo(other, strlen16(other));
+}
+
+status_t String16::setTo(const char16_t* other, size_t len)
+{
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)
+        ->editResize((len+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+    if (buf) {
+        char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+        memcpy(str, other, len*sizeof(char16_t));
+        str[len] = 0;
+        mString = str;
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    return NO_MEMORY;
+}
+
+status_t String16::append(const String16& other)
+{
+    const size_t myLen = size();
+    const size_t otherLen = other.size();
+    if (myLen == 0) {
+        setTo(other);
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    } else if (otherLen == 0) {
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)
+        ->editResize((myLen+otherLen+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+    if (buf) {
+        char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+        memcpy(str+myLen, other, (otherLen+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+        mString = str;
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    return NO_MEMORY;
+}
+
+status_t String16::append(const char16_t* chrs, size_t otherLen)
+{
+    const size_t myLen = size();
+    if (myLen == 0) {
+        setTo(chrs, otherLen);
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    } else if (otherLen == 0) {
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)
+        ->editResize((myLen+otherLen+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+    if (buf) {
+        char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+        memcpy(str+myLen, chrs, otherLen*sizeof(char16_t));
+        str[myLen+otherLen] = 0;
+        mString = str;
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    return NO_MEMORY;
+}
+
+status_t String16::insert(size_t pos, const char16_t* chrs)
+{
+    return insert(pos, chrs, strlen16(chrs));
+}
+
+status_t String16::insert(size_t pos, const char16_t* chrs, size_t len)
+{
+    const size_t myLen = size();
+    if (myLen == 0) {
+        return setTo(chrs, len);
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    } else if (len == 0) {
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (pos > myLen) pos = myLen;
+
+    #if 0
+    printf("Insert in to %s: pos=%d, len=%d, myLen=%d, chrs=%s\n",
+           String8(*this).string(), pos,
+           len, myLen, String8(chrs, len).string());
+    #endif
+
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)
+        ->editResize((myLen+len+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+    if (buf) {
+        char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+        if (pos < myLen) {
+            memmove(str+pos+len, str+pos, (myLen-pos)*sizeof(char16_t));
+        }
+        memcpy(str+pos, chrs, len*sizeof(char16_t));
+        str[myLen+len] = 0;
+        mString = str;
+        #if 0
+        printf("Result (%d chrs): %s\n", size(), String8(*this).string());
+        #endif
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    return NO_MEMORY;
+}
+
+ssize_t String16::findFirst(char16_t c) const
+{
+    const char16_t* str = string();
+    const char16_t* p = str;
+    const char16_t* e = p + size();
+    while (p < e) {
+        if (*p == c) {
+            return p-str;
+        }
+        p++;
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+ssize_t String16::findLast(char16_t c) const
+{
+    const char16_t* str = string();
+    const char16_t* p = str;
+    const char16_t* e = p + size();
+    while (p < e) {
+        e--;
+        if (*e == c) {
+            return e-str;
+        }
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+bool String16::startsWith(const String16& prefix) const
+{
+    const size_t ps = prefix.size();
+    if (ps > size()) return false;
+    return strzcmp16(mString, ps, prefix.string(), ps) == 0;
+}
+
+bool String16::startsWith(const char16_t* prefix) const
+{
+    const size_t ps = strlen16(prefix);
+    if (ps > size()) return false;
+    return strncmp16(mString, prefix, ps) == 0;
+}
+
+status_t String16::makeLower()
+{
+    const size_t N = size();
+    const char16_t* str = string();
+    char16_t* edit = NULL;
+    for (size_t i=0; i<N; i++) {
+        const char16_t v = str[i];
+        if (v >= 'A' && v <= 'Z') {
+            if (!edit) {
+                SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->edit();
+                if (!buf) {
+                    return NO_MEMORY;
+                }
+                edit = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+                mString = str = edit;
+            }
+            edit[i] = tolower((char)v);
+        }
+    }
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+status_t String16::replaceAll(char16_t replaceThis, char16_t withThis)
+{
+    const size_t N = size();
+    const char16_t* str = string();
+    char16_t* edit = NULL;
+    for (size_t i=0; i<N; i++) {
+        if (str[i] == replaceThis) {
+            if (!edit) {
+                SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->edit();
+                if (!buf) {
+                    return NO_MEMORY;
+                }
+                edit = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+                mString = str = edit;
+            }
+            edit[i] = withThis;
+        }
+    }
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+status_t String16::remove(size_t len, size_t begin)
+{
+    const size_t N = size();
+    if (begin >= N) {
+        SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->release();
+        mString = getEmptyString();
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    if ((begin+len) > N) len = N-begin;
+    if (begin == 0 && len == N) {
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (begin > 0) {
+        SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)
+            ->editResize((N+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+        if (!buf) {
+            return NO_MEMORY;
+        }
+        char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+        memmove(str, str+begin, (N-begin+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+        mString = str;
+    }
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)
+        ->editResize((len+1)*sizeof(char16_t));
+    if (buf) {
+        char16_t* str = (char16_t*)buf->data();
+        str[len] = 0;
+        mString = str;
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    return NO_MEMORY;
+}
+
+TextOutput& operator<<(TextOutput& to, const String16& val)
+{
+    to << String8(val).string();
+    return to;
+}
+
+}; // namespace android