common: fs_util: Add buffer to string view utility functions

These functions allow to construct a string view from an input buffer, avoiding the copy done by the non string view counterparts. However, callers must be cognizant of the viewed buffer's lifetime to avoid a use-after-free.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/fs/fs_util.cpp b/src/common/fs/fs_util.cpp
index 9f8671982..0068112e6 100644
--- a/src/common/fs/fs_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fs/fs_util.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ std::u8string BufferToU8String(std::span<const u8> buffer) {
     return std::u8string{buffer.begin(), std::ranges::find(buffer, u8{0})};
 }
 
+std::u8string_view BufferToU8StringView(std::span<const u8> buffer) {
+    return std::u8string_view{reinterpret_cast<const char8_t*>(buffer.data())};
+}
+
 std::string ToUTF8String(std::u8string_view u8_string) {
     return std::string{u8_string.begin(), u8_string.end()};
 }
@@ -24,6 +28,10 @@ std::string BufferToUTF8String(std::span<const u8> buffer) {
     return std::string{buffer.begin(), std::ranges::find(buffer, u8{0})};
 }
 
+std::string_view BufferToUTF8StringView(std::span<const u8> buffer) {
+    return std::string_view{reinterpret_cast<const char*>(buffer.data())};
+}
+
 std::string PathToUTF8String(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
     return ToUTF8String(path.u8string());
 }