From 917ccb19eae8e39a119cda10d82e23dc60d133a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emanuel Sprung <emanuel.sprung@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 18:53:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] AK: Add to_string() method to StringView

This allows easy creation of a new string from an existing StringView.
Can be used e.g. for output with printf(..., view.to_string().characters())
instead of writing printf(..., String{view}.characters()).
---
 AK/StringView.cpp | 2 ++
 AK/StringView.h   | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AK/StringView.cpp b/AK/StringView.cpp
index 88a4d9217b..f65e324a3f 100644
--- a/AK/StringView.cpp
+++ b/AK/StringView.cpp
@@ -264,4 +264,6 @@ Optional<size_t> StringView::find_last_of(const StringView& view) const
     return {};
 }
 
+String StringView::to_string() const { return String { *this }; }
+
 }
diff --git a/AK/StringView.h b/AK/StringView.h
index 3d7105888d..e82dbf5455 100644
--- a/AK/StringView.h
+++ b/AK/StringView.h
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ public:
 
     const StringImpl* impl() const { return m_impl; }
 
+    String to_string() const;
+
 private:
     friend class String;
     const StringImpl* m_impl { nullptr };