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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLATBUFFERS_STRING_H_
+#define FLATBUFFERS_STRING_H_
+
+#include "flatbuffers/base.h"
+#include "flatbuffers/vector.h"
+
+namespace flatbuffers {
+
+struct String : public Vector<char> {
+  const char *c_str() const { return reinterpret_cast<const char *>(Data()); }
+  std::string str() const { return std::string(c_str(), size()); }
+
+  // clang-format off
+  #ifdef FLATBUFFERS_HAS_STRING_VIEW
+  flatbuffers::string_view string_view() const {
+    return flatbuffers::string_view(c_str(), size());
+  }
+  #endif // FLATBUFFERS_HAS_STRING_VIEW
+  // clang-format on
+
+  bool operator<(const String &o) const {
+    return StringLessThan(this->data(), this->size(), o.data(), o.size());
+  }
+};
+
+// Convenience function to get std::string from a String returning an empty
+// string on null pointer.
+static inline std::string GetString(const String *str) {
+  return str ? str->str() : "";
+}
+
+// Convenience function to get char* from a String returning an empty string on
+// null pointer.
+static inline const char *GetCstring(const String *str) {
+  return str ? str->c_str() : "";
+}
+
+#ifdef FLATBUFFERS_HAS_STRING_VIEW
+// Convenience function to get string_view from a String returning an empty
+// string_view on null pointer.
+static inline flatbuffers::string_view GetStringView(const String *str) {
+  return str ? str->string_view() : flatbuffers::string_view();
+}
+#endif  // FLATBUFFERS_HAS_STRING_VIEW
+
+}  // namespace flatbuffers
+
+#endif  // FLATBUFFERS_STRING_H_
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