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+module vibe.container.internal.appender;
+
+import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator;
+import std.algorithm.comparison : max;
+import std.traits : Unqual, hasAliasing, hasElaborateDestructor, hasIndirections;
+
+
+enum AppenderResetMode {
+	keepData,
+	freeData,
+	reuseData
+}
+
+struct AllocAppender(ArrayType : E[], E) {
+	alias ElemType = Unqual!E;
+
+	static assert(!hasIndirections!E && !hasElaborateDestructor!E);
+
+	private {
+		ElemType[] m_data;
+		ElemType[] m_remaining;
+		IAllocator m_alloc;
+		bool m_allocatedBuffer = false;
+	}
+
+	this(IAllocator alloc, ElemType[] initial_buffer = null)
+	{
+		m_alloc = alloc;
+		m_data = initial_buffer;
+		m_remaining = initial_buffer;
+	}
+
+	@disable this(this);
+
+	@property ArrayType data() { return cast(ArrayType)m_data[0 .. m_data.length - m_remaining.length]; }
+
+	void reset(AppenderResetMode reset_mode = AppenderResetMode.keepData)
+	{
+		if (reset_mode == AppenderResetMode.keepData) m_data = null;
+		else if (reset_mode == AppenderResetMode.freeData) { if (m_allocatedBuffer) m_alloc.deallocate(m_data); m_data = null; }
+		m_remaining = m_data;
+	}
+
+	/** Grows the capacity of the internal buffer so that it can hold a minumum amount of elements.
+
+		Params:
+			amount = The minimum amount of elements that shall be appendable without
+				triggering a re-allocation.
+
+	*/
+	void reserve(size_t amount)
+	@trusted {
+		size_t nelems = m_data.length - m_remaining.length;
+		if (!m_data.length) {
+			m_data = cast(ElemType[])m_alloc.allocate(amount*E.sizeof);
+			m_remaining = m_data;
+			m_allocatedBuffer = true;
+		}
+		if (m_remaining.length < amount) {
+			if (m_allocatedBuffer) {
+				void[] vdata = m_data;
+				m_alloc.reallocate(vdata, (nelems+amount)*E.sizeof);
+				m_data = () @trusted { return cast(ElemType[])vdata; } ();
+			} else {
+				auto newdata = cast(ElemType[])m_alloc.allocate((nelems+amount)*E.sizeof);
+				newdata[0 .. nelems] = m_data[0 .. nelems];
+				m_data = newdata;
+				m_allocatedBuffer = true;
+			}
+		}
+		m_remaining = m_data[nelems .. m_data.length];
+	}
+
+	void put(E el)
+	@safe {
+		if( m_remaining.length == 0 ) grow(1);
+		m_remaining[0] = el;
+		m_remaining = m_remaining[1 .. $];
+	}
+
+	void put(ArrayType arr)
+	@safe {
+		if (m_remaining.length < arr.length) grow(arr.length);
+		m_remaining[0 .. arr.length] = arr[];
+		m_remaining = m_remaining[arr.length .. $];
+	}
+
+	static if( !hasAliasing!E ){
+		void put(in ElemType[] arr)
+			@trusted
+		{
+			put(cast(ArrayType)arr);
+		}
+	}
+
+	static if( is(ElemType == char) ){
+		void put(dchar el)
+			@safe
+		{
+			import std.utf : encode;
+
+			if( el < 128 ) put(cast(char)el);
+			else {
+				char[4] buf;
+				auto len = encode(buf, el);
+				put(() @trusted { return cast(ArrayType)buf[0 .. len]; }());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	static if( is(ElemType == wchar) ){
+		void put(dchar el)
+			@safe
+		{
+			if( el < 128 ) put(cast(wchar)el);
+			else {
+				wchar[3] buf;
+				auto len = std.utf.encode(buf, el);
+				put(() @trusted { return cast(ArrayType)buf[0 .. len]; } ());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	static if (!is(E == immutable) || !hasAliasing!E) {
+		/** Appends a number of bytes in-place.
+
+			The delegate will get the memory slice of the memory that follows
+			the already written data. Use `reserve` to ensure that this slice
+			has enough room. The delegate should overwrite as much of the
+			slice as desired and then has to return the number of elements
+			that should be appended (counting from the start of the slice).
+		*/
+		void append(scope size_t delegate(scope ElemType[] dst) @safe del)
+		{
+			auto n = del(m_remaining);
+			assert(n <= m_remaining.length);
+			m_remaining = m_remaining[n .. $];
+		}
+	}
+
+	void grow(size_t min_free)
+	{
+		if( !m_data.length && min_free < 16 ) min_free = 16;
+
+		auto min_size = m_data.length + min_free - m_remaining.length;
+		auto new_size = max(m_data.length, 16);
+		while( new_size < min_size )
+			new_size = (new_size * 3) / 2;
+		reserve(new_size - m_data.length + m_remaining.length);
+	}
+}
+
+unittest {
+	auto a = AllocAppender!string(theAllocator());
+	a.put("Hello");
+	a.put(' ');
+	a.put("World");
+	assert(a.data == "Hello World");
+	a.reset();
+	assert(a.data == "");
+}
+
+unittest {
+	char[4] buf;
+	auto a = AllocAppender!string(theAllocator(), buf);
+	a.put("He");
+	assert(a.data == "He");
+	assert(a.data.ptr == buf.ptr);
+	a.put("ll");
+	assert(a.data == "Hell");
+	assert(a.data.ptr == buf.ptr);
+	a.put('o');
+	assert(a.data == "Hello");
+	assert(a.data.ptr != buf.ptr);
+}
+
+unittest {
+	char[4] buf;
+	auto a = AllocAppender!string(theAllocator(), buf);
+	a.put("Hello");
+	assert(a.data == "Hello");
+	assert(a.data.ptr != buf.ptr);
+}
+
+unittest {
+	auto app = AllocAppender!(int[])(theAllocator);
+	app.reserve(2);
+	app.append((scope mem) {
+		assert(mem.length >= 2);
+		mem[0] = 1;
+		mem[1] = 2;
+		return size_t(2);
+	});
+	assert(app.data == [1, 2]);
+}
+
+unittest {
+	auto app = AllocAppender!string(theAllocator);
+	app.reserve(3);
+	app.append((scope mem) {
+		assert(mem.length >= 3);
+		mem[0] = 'f';
+		mem[1] = 'o';
+		mem[2] = 'o';
+		return size_t(3);
+	});
+	assert(app.data == "foo");
+}
+
+
+struct FixedAppender(ArrayType : E[], size_t NELEM, E) {
+	alias ElemType = Unqual!E;
+	private {
+		ElemType[NELEM] m_data;
+		size_t m_fill;
+	}
+
+	void clear()
+	{
+		m_fill = 0;
+	}
+
+	void put(E el)
+	{
+		m_data[m_fill++] = el;
+	}
+
+	static if( is(ElemType == char) ){
+		void put(dchar el)
+		{
+			import std.utf : encode;
+
+			if( el < 128 ) put(cast(char)el);
+			else {
+				char[4] buf;
+				auto len = encode(buf, el);
+				put(cast(ArrayType)buf[0 .. len]);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	static if( is(ElemType == wchar) ){
+		void put(dchar el)
+		{
+			if( el < 128 ) put(cast(wchar)el);
+			else {
+				wchar[3] buf;
+				auto len = std.utf.encode(buf, el);
+				put(cast(ArrayType)buf[0 .. len]);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	void put(ArrayType arr)
+	{
+		m_data[m_fill .. m_fill+arr.length] = arr[];
+		m_fill += arr.length;
+	}
+
+	@property ArrayType data() { return cast(ArrayType)m_data[0 .. m_fill]; }
+
+	static if (!is(E == immutable)) {
+		void reset() { m_fill = 0; }
+	}
+}
+
+unittest {
+	FixedAppender!(string, 16) app;
+	app.put("foo");
+	app.put('b');
+	app.put("ar");
+	assert(app.data == "foobar");
+}