Implicit const char* cast removed, operator<< added to hidl_string.
hidl_string no longer will provide an implicit cast to const char* as it
interfers with other expected behaviors of the class. It now emulated
std::string in requiring a call to .c_str() to get the same behavior.
Bug: 36532780
Test: Build the tree for marlin, bullhead, bat
Change-Id: I6ba76522ef65aa211bc156144990ad8b7495b051
diff --git a/base/HidlSupport.cpp b/base/HidlSupport.cpp
index 91c9717..5a07554 100644
--- a/base/HidlSupport.cpp
+++ b/base/HidlSupport.cpp
@@ -257,8 +257,9 @@
return std::string(mBuffer, mSize);
}
-hidl_string::operator const char *() const {
- return mBuffer;
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const hidl_string& str) {
+ os << str.c_str();
+ return os;
}
void hidl_string::copyFrom(const char *data, size_t size) {