Issue 2005 - Refactor working with strings in InputBuffer and OutputBuffer

src/shared/Communication.h

Index: src/shared/Communication.h
diff --git a/src/shared/Communication.h b/src/shared/Communication.h
index 4caa442dfbfeef7abcb042709cdf84d07366476e..6e50c7e12fbf10f9948bf79eb846e9a9f7879893 100644
--- a/src/shared/Communication.h
+++ b/src/shared/Communication.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <Windows.h>
+#include "Utils.h"
 
 namespace Communication
 {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Communication
     PROC_COMPARE_VERSIONS
   };
   enum ValueType : uint32_t {
-    TYPE_PROC, TYPE_STRING, TYPE_WSTRING, TYPE_INT64, TYPE_INT32, TYPE_BOOL, TYPE_STRINGS
+    TYPE_PROC, TYPE_STRING, TYPE_INT64, TYPE_INT32, TYPE_BOOL, TYPE_STRINGS
   };
   typedef uint32_t SizeType;
 
@@ -54,12 +55,25 @@ namespace Communication
       currentType = copy.currentType; 
     }
     InputBuffer& operator>>(ProcType& value) { return Read(value, TYPE_PROC); }
-    InputBuffer& operator>>(std::string& value) { return ReadString(value, TYPE_STRING); }
-    InputBuffer& operator>>(std::wstring& value) { return ReadString(value, TYPE_WSTRING); }
+    InputBuffer& operator>>(std::string& value) { return ReadString(value); }
+    InputBuffer& operator>>(std::wstring& value)
+    {
+      std::string tmpString;
+      operator>>(tmpString);
+      value = ToUtf16String(tmpString);
+      return *this;
+    }
     InputBuffer& operator>>(int64_t& value) { return Read(value, TYPE_INT64); }
     InputBuffer& operator>>(int32_t& value) { return Read(value, TYPE_INT32); }
     InputBuffer& operator>>(bool& value) { return Read(value, TYPE_BOOL); }
     InputBuffer& operator>>(std::vector<std::string>& value) { return ReadStrings(value); }
+    InputBuffer& operator>>(std::vector<std::wstring>& value)
+    {
+      std::vector<std::string> tmpStrings;
+      operator>>(tmpStrings);
+      value = ToUtf16Strings(tmpStrings);
+      return *this;
+    }
     InputBuffer& operator=(const InputBuffer& copy) 
     { 
       hasType = copy.hasType; 
@@ -75,20 +89,16 @@ namespace Communication
 
     void CheckType(ValueType expectedType);
 
-    template<class T>
-    InputBuffer& ReadString(T& value, ValueType expectedType)
+    InputBuffer& ReadString(std::string& value)
     {
-      CheckType(expectedType);
+      CheckType(TYPE_STRING);
 
       SizeType length;
       ReadBinary(length);
-
-      std::auto_ptr<T::value_type> data(new T::value_type[length]);
-      buffer.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(data.get()), sizeof(T::value_type) * length);
+      value.resize(length);
+      buffer.read(&value[0], sizeof(std::string::value_type) * length);
       if (buffer.fail())
         throw new std::runtime_error("Unexpected end of input buffer");
-
-      value.assign(data.get(), length);
       return *this;
     }
 
@@ -138,8 +148,11 @@ namespace Communication
       return buffer.str();
     }
     OutputBuffer& operator<<(ProcType value) { return Write(value, TYPE_PROC); }
-    OutputBuffer& operator<<(const std::string& value) { return WriteString(value, TYPE_STRING); }
-    OutputBuffer& operator<<(const std::wstring& value) { return WriteString(value, TYPE_WSTRING); }
+    OutputBuffer& operator<<(const std::string& value) { return WriteString(value); }
+    OutputBuffer& operator<<(const std::wstring& value)
+    {
+      return operator<<(ToUtf8String(value));
+    }
     OutputBuffer& operator<<(int64_t value) { return Write(value, TYPE_INT64); }
     OutputBuffer& operator<<(int32_t value) { return Write(value, TYPE_INT32); }
     OutputBuffer& operator<<(bool value) { return Write(value, TYPE_BOOL); }
@@ -150,15 +163,13 @@ namespace Communication
     // Disallow copying
     const OutputBuffer& operator=(const OutputBuffer&);
 
-    template<class T>
-    OutputBuffer& WriteString(const T& value, ValueType type)
+    OutputBuffer& WriteString(const std::string& value)
     {
-      WriteBinary(type);
+      WriteBinary(TYPE_STRING);
 
       SizeType length = static_cast<SizeType>(value.size());
       WriteBinary(length);
-
-      buffer.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(value.c_str()), sizeof(T::value_type) * length);
+      buffer.write(value.c_str(), length);
       if (buffer.fail())
         throw new std::runtime_error("Unexpected error writing to output buffer");