1 files changed, 43 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/libcommon/common/buffer.hxx b/libcommon/common/buffer.hxx
index 97e8962..ada73a1 100644
--- a/libcommon/common/buffer.hxx
+++ b/libcommon/common/buffer.hxx
@@ -6,36 +6,37 @@
 #ifndef LIBCOMMON_COMMON_BUFFER_HXX
 #define LIBCOMMON_COMMON_BUFFER_HXX
 
+#include <new>
 #include <cstddef> // std::size_t
 #include <cstring> // std::{memcmp,memcpy}
 
-struct buffer
+struct basic_buffer_base
 {
-  ~buffer ()
+  ~basic_buffer_base ()
   {
-    delete[] data_;
+    operator delete (data_);
   }
 
-  buffer ()
+  basic_buffer_base ()
       : data_ (0), size_ (0)
   {
   }
 
-  buffer (const void* data, std::size_t size)
+  basic_buffer_base (const void* data, std::size_t size)
       : data_ (0), size_ (size)
   {
-    data_ = new char[size_];
+    data_ = operator new (size_);
     std::memcpy (data_, data, size_);
   }
 
-  buffer (const buffer& y)
+  basic_buffer_base (const basic_buffer_base& y)
       : data_ (0), size_ (0)
   {
     assign (y.data_, y.size_);
   }
 
-  buffer&
-  operator= (const buffer& y)
+  basic_buffer_base&
+  operator= (const basic_buffer_base& y)
   {
     if (this != &y)
       assign (y.data_, y.size_);
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ struct buffer
   {
     if (size_ < size)
     {
-      char* p (new char[size]);
-      delete[] data_;
+      void *p (operator new (size));
+      operator delete (data_);
       data_ = p;
     }
 
@@ -57,18 +58,6 @@ struct buffer
     size_ = size;
   }
 
-  char*
-  data ()
-  {
-    return data_;
-  }
-
-  const char*
-  data () const
-  {
-    return data_;
-  }
-
   std::size_t
   size () const
   {
@@ -76,14 +65,42 @@ struct buffer
   }
 
   bool
-  operator== (const buffer& y) const
+  operator== (const basic_buffer_base& y) const
   {
     return size_ == y.size_ && std::memcmp (data_, y.data_, size_) == 0;
   }
 
-private:
-  char* data_;
+protected:
+  void* data_;
   std::size_t size_;
 };
 
+template <typename T>
+struct basic_buffer: basic_buffer_base
+{
+  basic_buffer ()
+  {
+  }
+
+  basic_buffer (const T* data, std::size_t size)
+      : basic_buffer_base (data, size)
+  {
+  }
+
+  T*
+  data ()
+  {
+    return static_cast<T*> (data_);
+  }
+
+  const T*
+  data () const
+  {
+    return static_cast<const T*> (data_);
+  }
+};
+
+typedef basic_buffer<char> buffer;
+typedef basic_buffer<unsigned char> ubuffer;
+
 #endif // LIBCOMMON_COMMON_BUFFER_HXX