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+/*************************************************************************/
+/*  string_builder.h                                                     */
+/*************************************************************************/
+/*                       This file is part of:                           */
+/*                           GODOT ENGINE                                */
+/*                      https://godotengine.org                          */
+/*************************************************************************/
+/* Copyright (c) 2007-2020 Juan Linietsky, Ariel Manzur.                 */
+/* Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Godot Engine contributors (cf. AUTHORS.md).   */
+/*                                                                       */
+/* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining */
+/* a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the       */
+/* "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including   */
+/* without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,   */
+/* distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to    */
+/* permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to */
+/* the following conditions:                                             */
+/*                                                                       */
+/* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be        */
+/* included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.       */
+/*                                                                       */
+/* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,       */
+/* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF    */
+/* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.*/
+/* IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY  */
+/* CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,  */
+/* TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE     */
+/* SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                */
+/*************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef STRING_BUILDER_H
+#define STRING_BUILDER_H
+
+#include "core/string/ustring.h"
+#include "core/templates/vector.h"
+
+class StringBuilder {
+	uint32_t string_length = 0;
+
+	Vector<String> strings;
+	Vector<const char *> c_strings;
+
+	// -1 means it's a Godot String
+	// a natural number means C string.
+	Vector<int32_t> appended_strings;
+
+public:
+	StringBuilder &append(const String &p_string);
+	StringBuilder &append(const char *p_cstring);
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ StringBuilder &operator+(const String &p_string) {
+		return append(p_string);
+	}
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ StringBuilder &operator+(const char *p_cstring) {
+		return append(p_cstring);
+	}
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ void operator+=(const String &p_string) {
+		append(p_string);
+	}
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ void operator+=(const char *p_cstring) {
+		append(p_cstring);
+	}
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ int num_strings_appended() const {
+		return appended_strings.size();
+	}
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ uint32_t get_string_length() const {
+		return string_length;
+	}
+
+	String as_string() const;
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ operator String() const {
+		return as_string();
+	}
+
+	StringBuilder() {}
+};
+
+#endif // STRING_BUILDER_H