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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ * Port to the D programming language:
+ *     Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
+ *******************************************************************************/
+module dwtx.jface.text.templates.TemplateBuffer;
+
+import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
+
+import dwtx.core.runtime.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A template buffer is a container for a string and variables.
+ * <p>
+ * Clients may instantiate this class.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public final class TemplateBuffer {
+
+    /** The string of the template buffer */
+    private String fString;
+    /** The variable positions of the template buffer */
+    private TemplateVariable[] fVariables;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a template buffer.
+     *
+     * @param string the string
+     * @param variables the variable positions
+     */
+    public TemplateBuffer(String string, TemplateVariable[] variables) {
+        setContent(string, variables);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the content of the template buffer.
+     *
+     * @param string the string
+     * @param variables the variable positions
+     */
+    public final void setContent(String string, TemplateVariable[] variables) {
+        Assert.isNotNull(string);
+        Assert.isNotNull(variables);
+
+        // XXX assert non-overlapping variable properties
+
+        fString= string;
+        fVariables= copy(variables);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a copy of the given array.
+     *
+     * @param array the array to be copied
+     * @return a copy of the given array or <code>null</code> when <code>array</code> is <code>null</code>
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    private static TemplateVariable[] copy(TemplateVariable[] array) {
+        if (array !is null) {
+            TemplateVariable[] copy= new TemplateVariable[array.length];
+            System.arraycopy(array, 0, copy, 0, array.length);
+            return copy;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the string of the template buffer.
+     *
+     * @return the string representation of the template buffer
+     */
+    public final String getString() {
+        return fString;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the variable positions of the template buffer. The returned array is
+     * owned by this variable and must not be modified.
+     *
+     * @return the variable positions of the template buffer
+     */
+    public final TemplateVariable[] getVariables() {
+        return fVariables;
+    }
+
+}