From 41d99ad48a833723e65183431ae85993f6cd7d2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: s-hadinger <49731213+s-hadinger@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:47:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] WString explicit converters to reduce Flash size (#6759)

* WString explicit converters to reduce Flash size

* Fix add return value for start/endsWith

* Adding const to startsWith() and endsWith()
---
 cores/esp8266/WString.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cores/esp8266/WString.h b/cores/esp8266/WString.h
index 8c970abf1..3f026f2f7 100644
--- a/cores/esp8266/WString.h
+++ b/cores/esp8266/WString.h
@@ -202,8 +202,20 @@ class String {
         unsigned char equalsIgnoreCase(const String &s) const;
         unsigned char equalsConstantTime(const String &s) const;
         unsigned char startsWith(const String &prefix) const;
+        unsigned char startsWith(const char * prefix) const {
+            return this->startsWith(String(prefix));
+        }
+        unsigned char startsWith(const __FlashStringHelper * prefix) const {
+            return this->startsWith(String(prefix));
+        }
         unsigned char startsWith(const String &prefix, unsigned int offset) const;
         unsigned char endsWith(const String &suffix) const;
+        unsigned char endsWith(const char * suffix) const {
+            return this->endsWith(String(suffix));
+        }
+        unsigned char endsWith(const __FlashStringHelper * suffix) const {
+            return this->endsWith(String(suffix));
+        }
 
         // character access
         char charAt(unsigned int index) const;
@@ -238,6 +250,21 @@ class String {
         // modification
         void replace(char find, char replace);
         void replace(const String& find, const String& replace);
+        void replace(const char * find, const String& replace) {
+            this->replace(String(find), replace);
+        }
+        void replace(const __FlashStringHelper * find, const String& replace) {
+            this->replace(String(find), replace);
+        }
+        void replace(const char * find, const char * replace) {
+            this->replace(String(find), String(replace));
+        }
+        void replace(const __FlashStringHelper * find, const char * replace) {
+            this->replace(String(find), String(replace));
+        }
+        void replace(const __FlashStringHelper * find, const __FlashStringHelper * replace) {
+            this->replace(String(find), String(replace));
+        }
         void remove(unsigned int index);
         void remove(unsigned int index, unsigned int count);
         void toLowerCase(void);