Changed Column::getText() to return empty string "" by default instead of NULL pointer (to handle std::string conversion)

- Fix issue #17

CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ Version 0.7.0 - January 9 2014
     Added std::string version of existing APIs
     Improved CMake with more build options and Doxygen auto-detection
     
+Version 0.8.0 - Februrary 26 2014
+    Changed Column::getText() to return empty string "" by default instead of NULL pointer (to handle std::string conversion)
+    

Doxyfile

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = SQLiteC++
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or 
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.7.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.8.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description 
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer 

examples/example1/main.cpp

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  *  Demonstrate how-to use the SQLite++ wrapper
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
  *
  * Distributed under the MIT License (MIT) (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt
  * or copy at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int main (void)
                 std::string name2 = query.getColumn(2).getName();
                 std::cout << "aliased result [\"" << name0.c_str() << "\", \"" << name1.c_str() << "\", \"" << name2.c_str() << "\"]\n";
 #ifdef SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
-                // Show how to get origin names of the table columns from which thoses result columns come from.
+                // Show how to get origin names of the table columns from which theses result columns come from.
                 // Requires the SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA preprocessor macro to be
                 // also defined at compile times of the SQLite library itself.
                 name0 = query.getColumn(0).getOriginName();

src/Column.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @ingroup SQLiteCpp
  * @brief   Encapsulation of a Column in a row of the result pointed by the prepared SQLite::Statement.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
  *
  * Distributed under the MIT License (MIT) (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt
  * or copy at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ double Column::getDouble(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 }
 
 // Return a pointer to the text value (NULL terminated string) of the column specified by its index starting at 0
-const char* Column::getText(void) const noexcept // nothrow
+const char* Column::getText(const char* apDefaultValue /* = "" */) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
-   // TODO what if NULL !?
-    return (const char*)sqlite3_column_text(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
+    const char* pText = (const char*)sqlite3_column_text(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
+    return (pText?pText:apDefaultValue);
 }
 
 // Return a pointer to the text value (NULL terminated string) of the column specified by its index starting at 0

src/Column.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @ingroup SQLiteCpp
  * @brief   Encapsulation of a Column in a row of the result pointed by the prepared SQLite::Statement.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
  *
  * Distributed under the MIT License (MIT) (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt
  * or copy at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ namespace SQLite
  * 2) the SQLite "Serialized" mode is not supported by SQLiteC++,
  *    because of the way it shares the underling SQLite precompiled statement
  *    in a custom shared pointer (See the inner class "Statement::Ptr").
+ *
+ * @todo inline all simple getters
  */
 class Column
 {
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ public:
      * @warning The value pointed at is only valid while the statement is valid (ie. not finalized),
      *          thus you must copy it before using it beyond its scope (to a std::string for instance).
      */
-    const char*     getText  (void) const noexcept; // nothrow
+    const char*     getText  (const char* apDefaultValue = "") const noexcept; // nothrow
     /**
      * @brief Return a pointer to the binary blob value of the column.
      *
@@ -184,7 +186,6 @@ public:
     /// Inline cast operator to std::string
     inline operator const std::string() const
     {
-        // TODO what if NULL !?
         return getText();
     }
 #endif

src/SQLiteC++.h

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * Include this main header file in your project to gain access to all functionality provided by the wrapper.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
  *
  * Distributed under the MIT License (MIT) (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt
  * or copy at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
  * with the value (X*1000000 + Y*1000 + Z) where X, Y, and Z are the same
  * numbers used in [SQLITECPP_VERSION].
  */
-#define SQLITECPP_VERSION           "0.7.0"
-#define SQLITECPP_VERSION_NUMBER    0006000
+#define SQLITECPP_VERSION           "0.8.0"
+#define SQLITECPP_VERSION_NUMBER    0008000