Trying to fix MString assignments.

File.h

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace coreutils {
    class File {
 
     public:
-      File(std::string fileName, int mode = O_RDONLY, int authority = 0664);
+      File(std::string fileName, int mode, int authority);
       File(ZString &fileName, int mode = O_RDONLY, int authority = 0664);
       ~File();
       void setBufferSize(size_t size);

JSONFile.h

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#ifndef __JSONFile_h__
+#define __JSONFile_h__
+
+#include "JString.h"
+#include "File.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace coreutils {
+
+   ///
+   /// Use the JSONFile object where you need a file based persistent backing store
+   /// for the JString style object. 
+   ///
+
+   class JSONFile : public JString : public File {
+
+    public:
+      JSONFile(ZString path): JString(), File(path, O_RDWR, 0644) {
+
+      }
+
+      virtual ~JSONFile() {
+         write(*this);
+      }
+
+
+
+   };
+
+}
+
+#endif

JString.cpp

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace coreutils {
                if(label == path[0]) {
                   if(path.getList().size() == 1)
 		    {
-		       std::cout << "cursor: " << unparsed() << std::endl;
+//		       std::cout << "cursor: " << unparsed() << std::endl;
 		       return true;
 		    }
                   return locate(path[1]);

JString.h

@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ namespace coreutils {
 	 Proxy(JString &jstring, ZString key) : jstring(jstring), key(key) {}
 
 	 operator coreutils::ZString () {
-	    ZString result;
-	    result = jstring.find(key);
-	    return result;
+	    return jstring.find(key);
 	 }
 
 	 Proxy& operator=(coreutils::ZString value) {

MString.cpp

@@ -81,13 +81,20 @@ namespace coreutils {
       return *this;
    }
 
-   MString &MString::operator=(coreutils::ZString value) {
-      setSize(value.getLength());
-      memcpy(data, value.getData(), value.getLength());
-      length = value.getLength();
-      return *this;
+  MString &MString::operator=(coreutils::ZString value) {
+     setSize(value.getLength());
+     memcpy(data, value.getData(), value.getLength());
+     length = value.getLength();
+     return *this;
+  }
+
+   MString &MString::operator=(std::string value) {
+     setSize(value.length());
+     memcpy(data, value.c_str(), value.length());
+     length = value.length();
+     return *this;
    }
-   
+
    MString &MString::operator=(const char *value) {
       int len = strlen(value);
       setSize(len);

MString.h

@@ -94,9 +94,11 @@ namespace coreutils
       ///
       /// Assignment operator will copy data to backing store.
       ///
-            
+
       MString &operator=(coreutils::MString data);
-      MString &operator=(coreutils::ZString data);
+      MString &operator=(coreutils::ZString value);
+
+      MString &operator=(std::string value);
 
       ///
       /// Assignment operator will copy data to backing store.

testing/json.sample

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"name":"Stephonivich","race":"Human","health","100"}

testing/mstring_test.cpp

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    coreutils::MString ytest("this is a test");
    xtest = ytest;
    std::cout << "assign mstring to mstring: " << xtest << std::endl;
-   
+
    // Character assignment tests.
    coreutils::MString test3;
    test3 = 'a';
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    coreutils::MString test4;
    test4 << "this is a test." << test7;
    std::cout << "char* operator<<: [" << test4 << "]." << std::endl;   
+
    test4 << "another test " << 75;
    std::cout << "char* operator<<: [" << test4 << "]." << std::endl;   
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    std::cout << "streaming from std::string: [" << test14 << "]." << std::endl;
 
    coreutils::MString test9("XXXXXXXXXYYYYYYYYYY");
-   std::cout << "test insert: " << test9 << std::endl;      
+   std::cout << "test insert: " << test9 << std::endl;
    coreutils::MString test8("zzz");
    test9.insert(test8, 9);
    test9.insert("aaaaa", 9);
@@ -64,10 +65,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    coreutils::MString test21;
    test21 = test20;
    std::cout << "mstring = zstring: [" << test21 <<  "]" << std::endl;
+
    coreutils::MString test22;
    test22 << test20;
    std::cout << "mstring << zstring: [" << test22 <<  "]" << std::endl;
-   
+
+   std::string test23 = "this is a string";
+   test22 = test23;
+   std::cout << "mstring = string: [" << test22 <<  "]" << std::endl;
+
+   test22 << test23;
+   std::cout << "mstring << string: [" << test22 <<  "]" << std::endl;
+
    return 0;
 }
 

testing/zstring_test.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include "../ZString.h"
+#include "../MString.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
@@ -44,4 +45,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    std::cout << "find MX: " << testA.find("MX") << std::endl;
    std::cout << "unparsed: " << testA.unparsed() << std::endl;
 
+   std::string testb = "this is a string";
+   coreutils::ZString testc = testb;
+   std::cout << testc << std::endl;
+
+   coreutils::MString testd = "this is an mstring";
+   testc = testd;
+   std::cout << testc << std::endl;
+
 }