Return string_view from Utf8Encoder functions

To avoid redundant std::string constructions.

components/esm3/esmreader.cpp

@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ std::string ESMReader::getString(int size)
 
     // Convert to UTF8 and return
     if (mEncoder)
-        return mEncoder->getUtf8(std::string_view(ptr, size));
+        return std::string(mEncoder->getUtf8(std::string_view(ptr, size)));
 
     return std::string (ptr, size);
 }

components/esm3/esmwriter.cpp

@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ namespace ESM
         else
         {
             // Convert to UTF8 and return
-            std::string string = mEncoder ? mEncoder->getLegacyEnc(data) : data;
+            const std::string_view string = mEncoder != nullptr ? mEncoder->getLegacyEnc(data) : data;
 
-            write(string.c_str(), string.size());
+            write(string.data(), string.size());
         }
     }
 

components/fontloader/fontloader.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "fontloader.hpp"
 
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <array>
 
 #include <osg/Image>
 
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
 
 namespace
 {
-    unsigned long utf8ToUnicode(const std::string& utf8)
+    unsigned long utf8ToUnicode(std::string_view utf8)
     {
         size_t i = 0;
         unsigned long unicode;
@@ -116,16 +118,21 @@ namespace
         }
     }
 
-    // getUtf8, aka the worst function ever written.
+    // getUnicode includes various hacks for dealing with Morrowind's .fnt files that are *mostly*
-    // This includes various hacks for dealing with Morrowind's .fnt files that are *mostly*
     // in the expected win12XX encoding, but also have randomly swapped characters sometimes.
     // Looks like the Morrowind developers found standard encodings too boring and threw in some twists for fun.
-    std::string getUtf8 (unsigned char c, ToUTF8::Utf8Encoder& encoder, ToUTF8::FromType encoding)
+    unsigned long getUnicode(unsigned char c, ToUTF8::Utf8Encoder& encoder, ToUTF8::FromType encoding)
     {
         if (encoding == ToUTF8::WINDOWS_1250) // Hack for polish font
-            return encoder.getUtf8(std::string(1, mapUtf8Char(c)));
+        {
+            const std::array<char, 2> str {static_cast<char>(mapUtf8Char(c)), '\0'};
+            return utf8ToUnicode(encoder.getUtf8(std::string_view(str.data(), 1)));
+        }
         else
-            return encoder.getUtf8(std::string(1, c));
+        {
+            const std::array<char, 2> str {static_cast<char>(c), '\0'};
+            return utf8ToUnicode(encoder.getUtf8(std::string_view(str.data(), 1)));
+        }
     }
 
     [[noreturn]] void fail (Files::IStreamPtr file, const std::string& fileName, const std::string& message)
@@ -355,7 +362,7 @@ namespace Gui
             float h  = data[i].bottom_left.y*height - y1;
 
             ToUTF8::Utf8Encoder encoder(mEncoding);
-            unsigned long unicodeVal = utf8ToUnicode(getUtf8(i, encoder, mEncoding));
+            unsigned long unicodeVal = getUnicode(i, encoder, mEncoding);
 
             MyGUI::xml::ElementPtr code = codes->createChild("Code");
             code->addAttribute("index", unicodeVal);

components/to_utf8/to_utf8.cpp

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Utf8Encoder::Utf8Encoder(const FromType sourceEncoding):
     }
 }
 
-std::string Utf8Encoder::getUtf8(std::string_view input)
+std::string_view Utf8Encoder::getUtf8(std::string_view input)
 {
     if (input.empty())
         return input;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ std::string Utf8Encoder::getUtf8(std::string_view input)
 
     // If we're pure ascii, then don't bother converting anything.
     if(ascii)
-        return std::string(input.data(), outlen);
+        return std::string_view(input.data(), outlen);
 
     // Make sure the output is large enough
     resize(outlen);
@@ -117,11 +117,10 @@ std::string Utf8Encoder::getUtf8(std::string_view input)
     assert(mOutput.size() > outlen);
     assert(mOutput[outlen] == 0);
 
-    // Return a string
+    return std::string_view(mOutput.data(), outlen);
-    return std::string(&mOutput[0], outlen);
 }
 
-std::string Utf8Encoder::getLegacyEnc(std::string_view input)
+std::string_view Utf8Encoder::getLegacyEnc(std::string_view input)
 {
     if (input.empty())
         return input;
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ std::string Utf8Encoder::getLegacyEnc(std::string_view input)
 
     // If we're pure ascii, then don't bother converting anything.
     if(ascii)
-        return std::string(input.data(), outlen);
+        return std::string_view(input.data(), outlen);
 
     // Make sure the output is large enough
     resize(outlen);
@@ -161,8 +160,7 @@ std::string Utf8Encoder::getLegacyEnc(std::string_view input)
     assert(mOutput.size() > outlen);
     assert(mOutput[outlen] == 0);
 
-    // Return a string
+    return std::string_view(mOutput.data(), outlen);
-    return std::string(&mOutput[0], outlen);
 }
 
 // Make sure the output vector is large enough for 'size' bytes,

components/to_utf8/to_utf8.hpp

@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ namespace ToUTF8
         public:
             Utf8Encoder(FromType sourceEncoding);
 
-            // Convert to UTF8 from the previously given code page.
+            /// Convert to UTF8 from the previously given code page.
-            std::string getUtf8(std::string_view input);
+            /// Returns a view to internal buffer invalidate by next getUtf8 or getLegacyEnc call if input is not
+            /// ASCII-only string. Otherwise returns a view to the input.
+            std::string_view getUtf8(std::string_view input);
 
-            std::string getLegacyEnc(std::string_view input);
+            /// Returns a view to internal buffer invalidate by next getUtf8 or getLegacyEnc call if input is not
+            /// ASCII-only string. Otherwise returns a view to the input.
+            std::string_view getLegacyEnc(std::string_view input);
 
         private:
             void resize(size_t size);