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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
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+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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+ * distribution.
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+ *
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+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_STRING_REF_H
+#define GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_STRING_REF_H
+
+#include <iterator>
+#include <iosfwd>
+
+#include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h>
+
+namespace grpc {
+
+/// This class is a non owning reference to a string.
+///
+/// It should be a strict subset of the upcoming std::string_ref.
+///
+/// \see http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2012/n3442.html
+///
+/// The constexpr is dropped or replaced with const for legacy compiler
+/// compatibility.
+class string_ref {
+ public:
+  // types
+  typedef const char* const_iterator;
+  typedef std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator> const_reverse_iterator;
+
+  // constants
+  const static size_t npos;
+
+  // construct/copy.
+  string_ref() : data_(nullptr), length_(0) {}
+  string_ref(const string_ref& other)
+      : data_(other.data_), length_(other.length_) {}
+  string_ref& operator=(const string_ref& rhs);
+  string_ref(const char* s);
+  string_ref(const char* s, size_t l) : data_(s), length_(l) {}
+  string_ref(const grpc::string& s) : data_(s.data()), length_(s.length()) {}
+
+  // iterators
+  const_iterator begin() const { return data_; }
+  const_iterator end() const { return data_ + length_; }
+  const_iterator cbegin() const { return data_; }
+  const_iterator cend() const { return data_ + length_; }
+  const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const {
+    return const_reverse_iterator(end());
+  }
+  const_reverse_iterator rend() const {
+    return const_reverse_iterator(begin());
+  }
+  const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const {
+    return const_reverse_iterator(end());
+  }
+  const_reverse_iterator crend() const {
+    return const_reverse_iterator(begin());
+  }
+
+  // capacity
+  size_t size() const { return length_; }
+  size_t length() const { return length_; }
+  size_t max_size() const { return length_; }
+  bool empty() const { return length_ == 0; }
+
+  // element access
+  const char* data() const { return data_; }
+
+  // string operations
+  int compare(string_ref x) const;
+  bool starts_with(string_ref x) const;
+  bool ends_with(string_ref x) const;
+  size_t find(string_ref s) const;
+  size_t find(char c) const;
+
+  string_ref substr(size_t pos, size_t n = npos) const;
+
+ private:
+  const char* data_;
+  size_t length_;
+};
+
+// Comparison operators
+bool operator==(string_ref x, string_ref y);
+bool operator!=(string_ref x, string_ref y);
+bool operator<(string_ref x, string_ref y);
+bool operator>(string_ref x, string_ref y);
+bool operator<=(string_ref x, string_ref y);
+bool operator>=(string_ref x, string_ref y);
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const string_ref& string);
+
+}  // namespace grpc
+
+#endif  // GRPCXX_IMPL_CODEGEN_STRING_REF_H