#ifndef __ZString_h__
#define __ZString_h__

#include "includes"`

namespace coreutils {

   ///
   /// ZString provides a data pointer and a length to basically point to a string
   /// from a common backstore. 
   ///

   class ZString {

    public:
      ZString() {}
      ZString(char *data) {
         this->data = data;
         length = strlen(data);
      }

      ZString(char *data, size_t length) {
         this->data = data;
         this->length = length;
      }

      std::string asString() {
         return std::string(data, length);
      }

      void setString(char *data, size_t length) {
         this->data = data;
         this->length = length;
      }

    private:
      char *data;
      size_t length;

   };


}

#endif