Merge pull request #1163 from win7-7/nsHtml5HtmlAttributes-clear

Introduce a new non-heap-allocated type for holding nsStringBuffer* in the HTML parser

34 files changed, 719 insertions, 358 deletions

diff --git a/parser/html/moz.build b/parser/html/moz.build
index 4a2da8a79..cd6031abe 100644
--- a/parser/html/moz.build
+++ b/parser/html/moz.build
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ EXPORTS += [
     'nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad.h',
     'nsHtml5StreamListener.h',
     'nsHtml5StreamParser.h',
+    'nsHtml5String.h',
     'nsHtml5StringParser.h',
     'nsHtml5SVGLoadDispatcher.h',
     'nsHtml5TreeOperation.h',
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
     'nsHtml5StateSnapshot.cpp',
     'nsHtml5StreamListener.cpp',
     'nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp',
+    'nsHtml5String.cpp',
     'nsHtml5StringParser.cpp',
     'nsHtml5SVGLoadDispatcher.cpp',
     'nsHtml5Tokenizer.cpp',
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5ArrayCopy.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5ArrayCopy.h
index 78ed65568..594a801ab 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5ArrayCopy.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5ArrayCopy.h
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ class nsHtml5ArrayCopy {
       memcpy(target, source, size_t(length) * sizeof(int32_t));
     }
 
-    static inline void
-    arraycopy(nsString** source, nsString** target, int32_t length)
+    static inline void arraycopy(nsHtml5String* source,
+                                 nsHtml5String* target,
+                                 int32_t length)
     {
-      memcpy(target, source, size_t(length) * sizeof(nsString*));
+      memcpy(target, source, size_t(length) * sizeof(nsHtml5String));
     }
 
     static inline void
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5AttributeName.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5AttributeName.cpp
index fc7745adc..dc546c111 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5AttributeName.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5AttributeName.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5AttributeName.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5AttributeName.h
index 748dcf3c9..d0b93341b 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5AttributeName.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5AttributeName.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5ElementName.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5ElementName.cpp
index 1aa6f11ce..fb523e7ef 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5ElementName.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5ElementName.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5ElementName.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5ElementName.h
index b4df323a6..b5f0e4b9b 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5ElementName.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5ElementName.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5Highlighter.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5Highlighter.cpp
index 259803ee1..23cdf7d84 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5Highlighter.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5Highlighter.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ nsHtml5Highlighter::Start(const nsAutoString& aTitle)
   if (length > INT32_MAX) {
     length = INT32_MAX;
   }
-  AppendCharacters(aTitle.get(), 0, (int32_t)length);
+  AppendCharacters(aTitle.BeginReading(), 0, (int32_t)length);
   Pop(); // title
 
   Push(nsGkAtoms::link, nsHtml5ViewSourceUtils::NewLinkAttributes());
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ nsHtml5Highlighter::Start(const nsAutoString& aTitle)
   Push(nsGkAtoms::body, nsHtml5ViewSourceUtils::NewBodyAttributes());
 
   nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* preAttrs = new nsHtml5HtmlAttributes(0);
-  nsString* preId = new nsString(NS_LITERAL_STRING("line1"));
+  nsHtml5String preId = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromLiteral("line1");
   preAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_ID, preId, -1);
   Push(nsGkAtoms::pre, preAttrs);
 
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ nsHtml5Highlighter::FlushOps()
 
 void
 nsHtml5Highlighter::MaybeLinkifyAttributeValue(nsHtml5AttributeName* aName,
-                                               nsString* aValue)
+                                               nsHtml5String aValue)
 {
   if (!(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF == aName ||
         nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_SRC == aName ||
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ nsHtml5Highlighter::MaybeLinkifyAttributeValue(nsHtml5AttributeName* aName,
         nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_DEFINITIONURL == aName)) {
     return;
   }
-  AddViewSourceHref(*aValue);
+  AddViewSourceHref(aValue);
 }
 
 void
@@ -717,10 +717,10 @@ nsHtml5Highlighter::AddClass(const char16_t* aClass)
 }
 
 void
-nsHtml5Highlighter::AddViewSourceHref(const nsString& aValue)
+nsHtml5Highlighter::AddViewSourceHref(nsHtml5String aValue)
 {
   char16_t* bufferCopy = new char16_t[aValue.Length() + 1];
-  memcpy(bufferCopy, aValue.get(), aValue.Length() * sizeof(char16_t));
+  aValue.CopyToBuffer(bufferCopy);
   bufferCopy[aValue.Length()] = 0;
 
   mOpQueue.AppendElement()->Init(eTreeOpAddViewSourceHref,
@@ -730,14 +730,14 @@ nsHtml5Highlighter::AddViewSourceHref(const nsString& aValue)
 }
 
 void
-nsHtml5Highlighter::AddBase(const nsString& aValue)
+nsHtml5Highlighter::AddBase(nsHtml5String aValue)
 {
   if(mSeenBase) {
     return;
   }
   mSeenBase = true;
   char16_t* bufferCopy = new char16_t[aValue.Length() + 1];
-  memcpy(bufferCopy, aValue.get(), aValue.Length() * sizeof(char16_t));
+  aValue.CopyToBuffer(bufferCopy);
   bufferCopy[aValue.Length()] = 0;
 
   mOpQueue.AppendElement()->Init(eTreeOpAddViewSourceBase,
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5Highlighter.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5Highlighter.h
index e9474869e..366f11582 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5Highlighter.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5Highlighter.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class nsHtml5Highlighter
      * @param aValue the value of the attribute
      */
     void MaybeLinkifyAttributeValue(nsHtml5AttributeName* aName,
-                                    nsString* aValue);
+                                    nsHtml5String aValue);
 
     /**
      * Inform the highlighter that the tokenizer successfully completed a
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class nsHtml5Highlighter
      *
      * @param aValue the base URL to add
      */
-    void AddBase(const nsString& aValue);
+    void AddBase(nsHtml5String aValue);
 
   private:
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class nsHtml5Highlighter
      *
      * @param aValue the (potentially relative) URL to link to
      */
-    void AddViewSourceHref(const nsString& aValue);
+    void AddViewSourceHref(nsHtml5String aValue);
     
     /**
      * The state we are transitioning away from.
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5HtmlAttributes.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5HtmlAttributes.cpp
index d515f381d..62b9ae2b2 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5HtmlAttributes.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5HtmlAttributes.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
 nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::EMPTY_ATTRIBUTES = nullptr;
 
 nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::nsHtml5HtmlAttributes(int32_t mode)
-  : mode(mode),
-    length(0),
-    names(jArray<nsHtml5AttributeName*,int32_t>::newJArray(8)),
-    values(jArray<nsString*,int32_t>::newJArray(8)),
-    lines(jArray<int32_t,int32_t>::newJArray(8))
+  : mode(mode)
+  , length(0)
+  , names(jArray<nsHtml5AttributeName*, int32_t>::newJArray(8))
+  , values(jArray<nsHtml5String, int32_t>::newJArray(8))
+  , lines(jArray<int32_t, int32_t>::newJArray(8))
 {
   MOZ_COUNT_CTOR(nsHtml5HtmlAttributes);
 }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::getIndex(nsHtml5AttributeName* name)
   return -1;
 }
 
-nsString* 
+nsHtml5String 
 nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName* name)
 {
   int32_t index = getIndex(name);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::getPrefixNoBoundsCheck(int32_t index)
   return names[index]->getPrefix(mode);
 }
 
-nsString* 
+nsHtml5String 
 nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::getValueNoBoundsCheck(int32_t index)
 {
   MOZ_ASSERT(index < length && index >= 0, "Index out of bounds");
@@ -145,14 +145,17 @@ nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::getLineNoBoundsCheck(int32_t index)
 }
 
 void 
-nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName* name, nsString* value, int32_t line)
+nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName* name,
+                                    nsHtml5String value,
+                                    int32_t line)
 {
   if (names.length == length) {
     int32_t newLen = length << 1;
     jArray<nsHtml5AttributeName*,int32_t> newNames = jArray<nsHtml5AttributeName*,int32_t>::newJArray(newLen);
     nsHtml5ArrayCopy::arraycopy(names, newNames, names.length);
     names = newNames;
-    jArray<nsString*,int32_t> newValues = jArray<nsString*,int32_t>::newJArray(newLen);
+    jArray<nsHtml5String, int32_t> newValues =
+      jArray<nsHtml5String, int32_t>::newJArray(newLen);
     nsHtml5ArrayCopy::arraycopy(values, newValues, values.length);
     values = newValues;
     jArray<int32_t,int32_t> newLines = jArray<int32_t,int32_t>::newJArray(newLen);
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::clear(int32_t m)
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < length; i++) {
     names[i]->release();
     names[i] = nullptr;
-    nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(values[i]);
+    values[i].Release();
     values[i] = nullptr;
   }
   length = 0;
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::clear(int32_t m)
 void 
 nsHtml5HtmlAttributes::releaseValue(int32_t i)
 {
-  nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(values[i]);
+  values[i].Release();
 }
 
 void 
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5HtmlAttributes.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5HtmlAttributes.h
index c02d0a08c..12149a0b5 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5HtmlAttributes.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5HtmlAttributes.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
@@ -64,21 +64,23 @@ class nsHtml5HtmlAttributes
     int32_t mode;
     int32_t length;
     autoJArray<nsHtml5AttributeName*,int32_t> names;
-    autoJArray<nsString*,int32_t> values;
+    autoJArray<nsHtml5String, int32_t> values;
     autoJArray<int32_t,int32_t> lines;
   public:
     explicit nsHtml5HtmlAttributes(int32_t mode);
     ~nsHtml5HtmlAttributes();
     int32_t getIndex(nsHtml5AttributeName* name);
-    nsString* getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName* name);
+    nsHtml5String getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName* name);
     int32_t getLength();
     nsIAtom* getLocalNameNoBoundsCheck(int32_t index);
     int32_t getURINoBoundsCheck(int32_t index);
     nsIAtom* getPrefixNoBoundsCheck(int32_t index);
-    nsString* getValueNoBoundsCheck(int32_t index);
+    nsHtml5String getValueNoBoundsCheck(int32_t index);
     nsHtml5AttributeName* getAttributeNameNoBoundsCheck(int32_t index);
     int32_t getLineNoBoundsCheck(int32_t index);
-    void addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName* name, nsString* value, int32_t line);
+    void addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName* name,
+                      nsHtml5String value,
+                      int32_t line);
     void clear(int32_t m);
     void releaseValue(int32_t i);
     void clearWithoutReleasingContents();
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScanner.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScanner.cpp
index d39eacd9b..24f17b02b 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScanner.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScanner.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ nsHtml5MetaScanner::nsHtml5MetaScanner(nsHtml5TreeBuilder* tb)
 nsHtml5MetaScanner::~nsHtml5MetaScanner()
 {
   MOZ_COUNT_DTOR(nsHtml5MetaScanner);
-  nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(content);
-  nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(charset);
+  content.Release();
+  charset.Release();
 }
 
 void 
@@ -771,9 +771,9 @@ bool
 nsHtml5MetaScanner::handleTag()
 {
   bool stop = handleTagInner();
-  nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(content);
+  content.Release();
   content = nullptr;
-  nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(charset);
+  charset.Release();
   charset = nullptr;
   httpEquivState = NS_HTML5META_SCANNER_HTTP_EQUIV_NOT_SEEN;
   return stop;
@@ -786,12 +786,13 @@ nsHtml5MetaScanner::handleTagInner()
     return true;
   }
   if (!!content && httpEquivState == NS_HTML5META_SCANNER_HTTP_EQUIV_CONTENT_TYPE) {
-    nsString* extract = nsHtml5TreeBuilder::extractCharsetFromContent(content, treeBuilder);
+    nsHtml5String extract =
+      nsHtml5TreeBuilder::extractCharsetFromContent(content, treeBuilder);
     if (!extract) {
       return false;
     }
     bool success = tryCharset(extract);
-    nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(extract);
+    extract.Release();
     return success;
   }
   return false;
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScanner.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScanner.h
index 4e0ad7647..a4d308147 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScanner.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScanner.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ class nsHtml5MetaScanner
   private:
     int32_t strBufLen;
     autoJArray<char16_t,int32_t> strBuf;
-    nsString* content;
-    nsString* charset;
+    nsHtml5String content;
+    nsHtml5String charset;
     int32_t httpEquivState;
     nsHtml5TreeBuilder* treeBuilder;
   public:
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class nsHtml5MetaScanner
     bool handleTag();
     bool handleTagInner();
   protected:
-    bool tryCharset(nsString* encoding);
+    bool tryCharset(nsHtml5String encoding);
   public:
     static void initializeStatics();
     static void releaseStatics();
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScannerCppSupplement.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScannerCppSupplement.h
index 5e7033777..9d2496361 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScannerCppSupplement.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5MetaScannerCppSupplement.h
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ nsHtml5MetaScanner::sniff(nsHtml5ByteReadable* bytes, nsACString& charset)
 }
 
 bool
-nsHtml5MetaScanner::tryCharset(nsString* charset)
+nsHtml5MetaScanner::tryCharset(nsHtml5String charset)
 {
   // This code needs to stay in sync with
   // nsHtml5StreamParser::internalEncodingDeclaration. Unfortunately, the
   // trickery with member fields here leads to some copy-paste reuse. :-(
   nsAutoCString label;
-  CopyUTF16toUTF8(*charset, label);
+  nsString charset16; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+  charset.ToString(charset16);
+  CopyUTF16toUTF8(charset16, label);
   nsAutoCString encoding;
   if (!EncodingUtils::FindEncodingForLabel(label, encoding)) {
     return false;
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5PlainTextUtils.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5PlainTextUtils.cpp
index 4f0eab81b..0d2933150 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5PlainTextUtils.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5PlainTextUtils.cpp
@@ -5,21 +5,24 @@
 
 #include "nsHtml5PlainTextUtils.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AttributeName.h"
+#include "nsHtml5Portability.h"
 #include "nsIServiceManager.h"
 #include "nsIStringBundle.h"
 #include "mozilla/Preferences.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 
 // static
 nsHtml5HtmlAttributes*
 nsHtml5PlainTextUtils::NewLinkAttributes()
 {
   nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* linkAttrs = new nsHtml5HtmlAttributes(0);
-  nsString* rel = new nsString(NS_LITERAL_STRING("alternate stylesheet"));
+  nsHtml5String rel =
+    nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromLiteral("alternate stylesheet");
   linkAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_REL, rel, -1);
-  nsString* type = new nsString(NS_LITERAL_STRING("text/css"));
+  nsHtml5String type = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromLiteral("text/css");
   linkAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_TYPE, type, -1);
-  nsString* href = new nsString(
-      NS_LITERAL_STRING("resource://gre-resources/plaintext.css"));
+  nsHtml5String href = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromLiteral(
+    "resource://gre-resources/plaintext.css");
   linkAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF, href, -1);
 
   nsresult rv;
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ nsHtml5PlainTextUtils::NewLinkAttributes()
     bundle->GetStringFromName(u"plainText.wordWrap", getter_Copies(title));
   }
 
-  nsString* titleCopy = new nsString(title);
-  linkAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_TITLE, titleCopy, -1);
+  linkAttrs->addAttribute(
+    nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_TITLE, nsHtml5String::FromString(title), -1);
   return linkAttrs;
 }
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5Portability.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5Portability.cpp
index 0a7c6f845..5a76b3c56 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5Portability.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5Portability.cpp
@@ -16,37 +16,31 @@ nsHtml5Portability::newLocalNameFromBuffer(char16_t* buf, int32_t offset, int32_
   return interner->GetAtom(nsDependentSubstring(buf, buf + length));
 }
 
-nsString*
-nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromBuffer(char16_t* buf, int32_t offset, int32_t length, nsHtml5TreeBuilder* treeBuilder)
+nsHtml5String
+nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromBuffer(char16_t* buf,
+                                        int32_t offset,
+                                        int32_t length,
+                                        nsHtml5TreeBuilder* treeBuilder)
 {
-  nsString* str = new nsString();
-  bool succeeded = str->Append(buf + offset, length, mozilla::fallible);
-  if (!succeeded) {
-    str->Assign(char16_t(0xFFFD));
-    treeBuilder->MarkAsBroken(NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
-  }
-  return str;
+  return nsHtml5String::FromBuffer(buf + offset, length, treeBuilder);
 }
 
-nsString*
+nsHtml5String
 nsHtml5Portability::newEmptyString()
 {
-  return new nsString();
+  return nsHtml5String::EmptyString();
 }
 
-nsString*
+nsHtml5String
 nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromLiteral(const char* literal)
 {
-  nsString* str = new nsString();
-  str->AssignASCII(literal);
-  return str;
+  return nsHtml5String::FromLiteral(literal);
 }
 
-nsString*
-nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromString(nsString* string) {
-  nsString* newStr = new nsString();
-  newStr->Assign(*string);
-  return newStr;
+nsHtml5String
+nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromString(nsHtml5String string)
+{
+  return string.Clone();
 }
 
 jArray<char16_t,int32_t>
@@ -60,12 +54,14 @@ nsHtml5Portability::newCharArrayFromLocal(nsIAtom* local)
   return arr;
 }
 
-jArray<char16_t,int32_t>
-nsHtml5Portability::newCharArrayFromString(nsString* string)
+jArray<char16_t, int32_t>
+nsHtml5Portability::newCharArrayFromString(nsHtml5String string)
 {
-  int32_t len = string->Length();
+  MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(string);
+  uint32_t len = string.Length();
+  MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(len < INT32_MAX);
   jArray<char16_t,int32_t> arr = jArray<char16_t,int32_t>::newJArray(len);
-  memcpy(arr, string->BeginReading(), len * sizeof(char16_t));
+  string.CopyToBuffer(arr);
   return arr;
 }
 
@@ -82,12 +78,6 @@ nsHtml5Portability::newLocalFromLocal(nsIAtom* local, nsHtml5AtomTable* interner
   return local;
 }
 
-void
-nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(nsString* str)
-{
-  delete str;
-}
-
 bool
 nsHtml5Portability::localEqualsBuffer(nsIAtom* local, char16_t* buf, int32_t offset, int32_t length)
 {
@@ -95,55 +85,32 @@ nsHtml5Portability::localEqualsBuffer(nsIAtom* local, char16_t* buf, int32_t off
 }
 
 bool
-nsHtml5Portability::lowerCaseLiteralIsPrefixOfIgnoreAsciiCaseString(const char* lowerCaseLiteral, nsString* string)
+nsHtml5Portability::lowerCaseLiteralIsPrefixOfIgnoreAsciiCaseString(
+  const char* lowerCaseLiteral,
+  nsHtml5String string)
 {
-  if (!string) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  const char* litPtr = lowerCaseLiteral;
-  const char16_t* strPtr = string->BeginReading();
-  const char16_t* end = string->EndReading();
-  char16_t litChar;
-  while ((litChar = *litPtr)) {
-    NS_ASSERTION(!(litChar >= 'A' && litChar <= 'Z'), "Literal isn't in lower case.");
-    if (strPtr == end) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    char16_t strChar = *strPtr;
-    if (strChar >= 'A' && strChar <= 'Z') {
-      strChar += 0x20;
-    }
-    if (litChar != strChar) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    ++litPtr;
-    ++strPtr;
-  }
-  return true;
+  return string.LowerCaseStartsWithASCII(lowerCaseLiteral);
 }
 
 bool
-nsHtml5Portability::lowerCaseLiteralEqualsIgnoreAsciiCaseString(const char* lowerCaseLiteral, nsString* string)
+nsHtml5Portability::lowerCaseLiteralEqualsIgnoreAsciiCaseString(
+  const char* lowerCaseLiteral,
+  nsHtml5String string)
 {
-  if (!string) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return string->LowerCaseEqualsASCII(lowerCaseLiteral);
+  return string.LowerCaseEqualsASCII(lowerCaseLiteral);
 }
 
 bool
-nsHtml5Portability::literalEqualsString(const char* literal, nsString* string)
+nsHtml5Portability::literalEqualsString(const char* literal,
+                                        nsHtml5String string)
 {
-  if (!string) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return string->EqualsASCII(literal);
+  return string.EqualsASCII(literal);
 }
 
 bool
-nsHtml5Portability::stringEqualsString(nsString* one, nsString* other)
+nsHtml5Portability::stringEqualsString(nsHtml5String one, nsHtml5String other)
 {
-  return one->Equals(*other);
+  return one.Equals(other);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5Portability.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5Portability.h
index bd85ccbdb..a3214dd2f 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5Portability.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5Portability.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
@@ -59,19 +59,26 @@ class nsHtml5Portability
 {
   public:
     static nsIAtom* newLocalNameFromBuffer(char16_t* buf, int32_t offset, int32_t length, nsHtml5AtomTable* interner);
-    static nsString* newStringFromBuffer(char16_t* buf, int32_t offset, int32_t length, nsHtml5TreeBuilder* treeBuilder);
-    static nsString* newEmptyString();
-    static nsString* newStringFromLiteral(const char* literal);
-    static nsString* newStringFromString(nsString* string);
+    static nsHtml5String newStringFromBuffer(char16_t* buf,
+                                             int32_t offset,
+                                             int32_t length,
+                                             nsHtml5TreeBuilder* treeBuilder);
+    static nsHtml5String newEmptyString();
+	static nsHtml5String newStringFromLiteral(const char* literal);
+	static nsHtml5String newStringFromString(nsHtml5String string);
     static jArray<char16_t,int32_t> newCharArrayFromLocal(nsIAtom* local);
-    static jArray<char16_t,int32_t> newCharArrayFromString(nsString* string);
+    static jArray<char16_t, int32_t> newCharArrayFromString(
+      nsHtml5String string);
     static nsIAtom* newLocalFromLocal(nsIAtom* local, nsHtml5AtomTable* interner);
-    static void releaseString(nsString* str);
     static bool localEqualsBuffer(nsIAtom* local, char16_t* buf, int32_t offset, int32_t length);
-    static bool lowerCaseLiteralIsPrefixOfIgnoreAsciiCaseString(const char* lowerCaseLiteral, nsString* string);
-    static bool lowerCaseLiteralEqualsIgnoreAsciiCaseString(const char* lowerCaseLiteral, nsString* string);
-    static bool literalEqualsString(const char* literal, nsString* string);
-    static bool stringEqualsString(nsString* one, nsString* other);
+    static bool lowerCaseLiteralIsPrefixOfIgnoreAsciiCaseString(
+      const char* lowerCaseLiteral,
+      nsHtml5String string);
+    static bool lowerCaseLiteralEqualsIgnoreAsciiCaseString(
+      const char* lowerCaseLiteral,
+      nsHtml5String string);
+    static bool literalEqualsString(const char* literal, nsHtml5String string);
+    static bool stringEqualsString(nsHtml5String one, nsHtml5String other);
     static void initializeStatics();
     static void releaseStatics();
 };
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad.h
index 575f6186d..6f1365bcf 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad.h
@@ -35,45 +35,57 @@ class nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad {
     nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad();
     ~nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad();
 
-    inline void InitBase(const nsAString& aUrl)
+    inline void InitBase(nsHtml5String aUrl)
     {
       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eSpeculativeLoadUninitialized,
                       "Trying to reinitialize a speculative load!");
       mOpCode = eSpeculativeLoadBase;
-      mUrl.Assign(aUrl);
+      aUrl.ToString(mUrl);
     }
 
-    inline void InitMetaCSP(const nsAString& aCSP) {
+    inline void InitMetaCSP(nsHtml5String aCSP)
+    {
       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eSpeculativeLoadUninitialized,
                       "Trying to reinitialize a speculative load!");
       mOpCode = eSpeculativeLoadCSP;
+      nsString csp; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+      aCSP.ToString(csp);
       mMetaCSP.Assign(
-        nsContentUtils::TrimWhitespace<nsContentUtils::IsHTMLWhitespace>(aCSP));
+        nsContentUtils::TrimWhitespace<nsContentUtils::IsHTMLWhitespace>(csp));
     }
 
-    inline void InitMetaReferrerPolicy(const nsAString& aReferrerPolicy) {
+    inline void InitMetaReferrerPolicy(nsHtml5String aReferrerPolicy)
+    {
       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eSpeculativeLoadUninitialized,
                       "Trying to reinitialize a speculative load!");
       mOpCode = eSpeculativeLoadMetaReferrer;
+      nsString
+        referrerPolicy; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+      aReferrerPolicy.ToString(referrerPolicy);
       mReferrerPolicy.Assign(
-        nsContentUtils::TrimWhitespace<nsContentUtils::IsHTMLWhitespace>(aReferrerPolicy));
+        nsContentUtils::TrimWhitespace<nsContentUtils::IsHTMLWhitespace>(
+          referrerPolicy));
     }
 
-    inline void InitImage(const nsAString& aUrl,
-                          const nsAString& aCrossOrigin,
-                          const nsAString& aReferrerPolicy,
-                          const nsAString& aSrcset,
-                          const nsAString& aSizes)
+    inline void InitImage(nsHtml5String aUrl,
+                          nsHtml5String aCrossOrigin,
+                          nsHtml5String aReferrerPolicy,
+                          nsHtml5String aSrcset,
+                          nsHtml5String aSizes)
     {
       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eSpeculativeLoadUninitialized,
                       "Trying to reinitialize a speculative load!");
       mOpCode = eSpeculativeLoadImage;
-      mUrl.Assign(aUrl);
-      mCrossOrigin.Assign(aCrossOrigin);
+      aUrl.ToString(mUrl);
+      aCrossOrigin.ToString(mCrossOrigin);
+      nsString
+        referrerPolicy; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+      aReferrerPolicy.ToString(referrerPolicy);
       mReferrerPolicy.Assign(
-        nsContentUtils::TrimWhitespace<nsContentUtils::IsHTMLWhitespace>(aReferrerPolicy));
-      mSrcset.Assign(aSrcset);
-      mSizes.Assign(aSizes);
+        nsContentUtils::TrimWhitespace<nsContentUtils::IsHTMLWhitespace>(
+          referrerPolicy));
+      aSrcset.ToString(mSrcset);
+      aSizes.ToString(mSizes);
     }
 
     // <picture> elements have multiple <source> nodes followed by an <img>,
@@ -97,49 +109,50 @@ class nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad {
       mOpCode = eSpeculativeLoadEndPicture;
     }
 
-    inline void InitPictureSource(const nsAString& aSrcset,
-                                  const nsAString& aSizes,
-                                  const nsAString& aType,
-                                  const nsAString& aMedia)
+    inline void InitPictureSource(nsHtml5String aSrcset,
+                                  nsHtml5String aSizes,
+                                  nsHtml5String aType,
+                                  nsHtml5String aMedia)
     {
       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eSpeculativeLoadUninitialized,
                       "Trying to reinitialize a speculative load!");
       mOpCode = eSpeculativeLoadPictureSource;
-      mSrcset.Assign(aSrcset);
-      mSizes.Assign(aSizes);
-      mTypeOrCharsetSourceOrDocumentMode.Assign(aType);
-      mMedia.Assign(aMedia);
+      aSrcset.ToString(mSrcset);
+      aSizes.ToString(mSizes);
+      aType.ToString(mTypeOrCharsetSourceOrDocumentMode);
+      aMedia.ToString(mMedia);
     }
 
-    inline void InitScript(const nsAString& aUrl,
-                           const nsAString& aCharset,
-                           const nsAString& aType,
-                           const nsAString& aCrossOrigin,
-                           const nsAString& aIntegrity,
+    inline void InitScript(nsHtml5String aUrl,
+                           nsHtml5String aCharset,
+                           nsHtml5String aType,
+                           nsHtml5String aCrossOrigin,
+                           nsHtml5String aIntegrity,
                            bool aParserInHead)
     {
       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eSpeculativeLoadUninitialized,
                       "Trying to reinitialize a speculative load!");
       mOpCode = aParserInHead ?
           eSpeculativeLoadScriptFromHead : eSpeculativeLoadScript;
-      mUrl.Assign(aUrl);
-      mCharset.Assign(aCharset);
-      mTypeOrCharsetSourceOrDocumentMode.Assign(aType);
-      mCrossOrigin.Assign(aCrossOrigin);
-      mIntegrity.Assign(aIntegrity);
+      aUrl.ToString(mUrl);
+      aCharset.ToString(mCharset);
+      aType.ToString(mTypeOrCharsetSourceOrDocumentMode);
+      aCrossOrigin.ToString(mCrossOrigin);
+      aIntegrity.ToString(mIntegrity);
     }
 
-    inline void InitStyle(const nsAString& aUrl, const nsAString& aCharset,
-                          const nsAString& aCrossOrigin,
-                          const nsAString& aIntegrity)
+    inline void InitStyle(nsHtml5String aUrl,
+                          nsHtml5String aCharset,
+                          nsHtml5String aCrossOrigin,
+                          nsHtml5String aIntegrity)
     {
       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eSpeculativeLoadUninitialized,
                       "Trying to reinitialize a speculative load!");
       mOpCode = eSpeculativeLoadStyle;
-      mUrl.Assign(aUrl);
-      mCharset.Assign(aCharset);
-      mCrossOrigin.Assign(aCrossOrigin);
-      mIntegrity.Assign(aIntegrity);
+      aUrl.ToString(mUrl);
+      aCharset.ToString(mCharset);
+      aCrossOrigin.ToString(mCrossOrigin);
+      aIntegrity.ToString(mIntegrity);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -153,12 +166,12 @@ class nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad {
      * manifests seen by the parser thread have to maintain the queue order
      * relative to true speculative loads. See bug 541079.
      */
-    inline void InitManifest(const nsAString& aUrl)
+    inline void InitManifest(nsHtml5String aUrl)
     {
       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eSpeculativeLoadUninitialized,
                       "Trying to reinitialize a speculative load!");
       mOpCode = eSpeculativeLoadManifest;
-      mUrl.Assign(aUrl);
+      aUrl.ToString(mUrl);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -195,14 +208,13 @@ class nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad {
       mTypeOrCharsetSourceOrDocumentMode.Assign((char16_t)aMode);
     }
 
-    inline void InitPreconnect(const nsAString& aUrl,
-                               const nsAString& aCrossOrigin)
+    inline void InitPreconnect(nsHtml5String aUrl, nsHtml5String aCrossOrigin)
     {
       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eSpeculativeLoadUninitialized,
                       "Trying to reinitialize a speculative load!");
       mOpCode = eSpeculativeLoadPreconnect;
-      mUrl.Assign(aUrl);
-      mCrossOrigin.Assign(aCrossOrigin);
+      aUrl.ToString(mUrl);
+      aCrossOrigin.ToString(mCrossOrigin);
     }
 
     void Perform(nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor* aExecutor);
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5StackNode.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5StackNode.cpp
index ac5f0b2a3..41163ae40 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5StackNode.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5StackNode.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5StackNode.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5StackNode.h
index 57909ca9c..1677ec571 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5StackNode.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5StackNode.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5StateSnapshot.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5StateSnapshot.cpp
index e8e3debf0..90780738b 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5StateSnapshot.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5StateSnapshot.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5StateSnapshot.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5StateSnapshot.h
index 141b34340..119570499 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5StateSnapshot.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5StateSnapshot.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp
index 83bf4d8b6..ab4548125 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ nsHtml5StreamParser::PreferredForInternalEncodingDecl(nsACString& aEncoding)
 }
 
 bool
-nsHtml5StreamParser::internalEncodingDeclaration(nsString* aEncoding)
+nsHtml5StreamParser::internalEncodingDeclaration(nsHtml5String aEncoding)
 {
   // This code needs to stay in sync with
   // nsHtml5MetaScanner::tryCharset. Unfortunately, the
@@ -1270,9 +1270,10 @@ nsHtml5StreamParser::internalEncodingDeclaration(nsString* aEncoding)
   if (mCharsetSource >= kCharsetFromMetaTag) { // this threshold corresponds to "confident" in the HTML5 spec
     return false;
   }
-
+  nsString newEncoding16; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+  aEncoding.ToString(newEncoding16);
   nsAutoCString newEncoding;
-  CopyUTF16toUTF8(*aEncoding, newEncoding);
+  CopyUTF16toUTF8(newEncoding16, newEncoding);
 
   if (!PreferredForInternalEncodingDecl(newEncoding)) {
     return false;
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.h
index 9a38ba067..2560f84ab 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class nsHtml5StreamParser : public nsICharsetDetectionObserver {
     /**
      * Tree builder uses this to report a late <meta charset>
      */
-    bool internalEncodingDeclaration(nsString* aEncoding);
+    bool internalEncodingDeclaration(nsHtml5String aEncoding);
 
     // Not from an external interface
 
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5String.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5String.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d26eeaede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5String.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
+#include "nsCharTraits.h"
+#include "nsUTF8Utils.h"
+#include "nsHtml5TreeBuilder.h"
+
+nsHtml5String::nsHtml5String(already_AddRefed<nsStringBuffer> aBuffer,
+                             uint32_t aLength)
+  : mBuffer(aBuffer.take())
+  , mLength(aLength)
+{
+  if (mBuffer) {
+    MOZ_ASSERT(aLength);
+  } else {
+    MOZ_ASSERT(!aLength || aLength == UINT32_MAX);
+  }
+}
+
+void
+nsHtml5String::ToString(nsAString& aString)
+{
+  if (mBuffer) {
+    mBuffer->ToString(mLength, aString);
+  } else {
+    aString.Truncate();
+    if (mLength) {
+      aString.SetIsVoid(true);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void
+nsHtml5String::CopyToBuffer(char16_t* aBuffer)
+{
+  if (mBuffer) {
+    memcpy(aBuffer, mBuffer->Data(), mLength * sizeof(char16_t));
+  }
+}
+
+bool
+nsHtml5String::LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const char* aLowerCaseLiteral)
+{
+  if (!mBuffer) {
+    if (mLength) {
+      // This string is null
+      return false;
+    }
+    // this string is empty
+    return !(*aLowerCaseLiteral);
+  }
+  return !nsCharTraits<char16_t>::compareLowerCaseToASCIINullTerminated(
+    reinterpret_cast<char16_t*>(mBuffer->Data()), Length(), aLowerCaseLiteral);
+}
+
+bool
+nsHtml5String::EqualsASCII(const char* aLiteral)
+{
+  if (!mBuffer) {
+    if (mLength) {
+      // This string is null
+      return false;
+    }
+    // this string is empty
+    return !(*aLiteral);
+  }
+  return !nsCharTraits<char16_t>::compareASCIINullTerminated(
+    reinterpret_cast<char16_t*>(mBuffer->Data()), Length(), aLiteral);
+}
+
+bool
+nsHtml5String::LowerCaseStartsWithASCII(const char* aLowerCaseLiteral)
+{
+  if (!mBuffer) {
+    if (mLength) {
+      // This string is null
+      return false;
+    }
+    // this string is empty
+    return !(*aLowerCaseLiteral);
+  }
+  const char* litPtr = aLowerCaseLiteral;
+  const char16_t* strPtr = reinterpret_cast<char16_t*>(mBuffer->Data());
+  const char16_t* end = strPtr + Length();
+  char16_t litChar;
+  while ((litChar = *litPtr) && (strPtr != end)) {
+    MOZ_ASSERT(!(litChar >= 'A' && litChar <= 'Z'),
+               "Literal isn't in lower case.");
+    char16_t strChar = *strPtr;
+    if (strChar >= 'A' && strChar <= 'Z') {
+      strChar += 0x20;
+    }
+    if (litChar != strChar) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    ++litPtr;
+    ++strPtr;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool
+nsHtml5String::Equals(nsHtml5String aOther)
+{
+  MOZ_ASSERT(operator bool());
+  MOZ_ASSERT(aOther);
+  if (mLength != aOther.mLength) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!mBuffer) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  MOZ_ASSERT(aOther.mBuffer);
+  return !memcmp(
+    mBuffer->Data(), aOther.mBuffer->Data(), Length() * sizeof(char16_t));
+}
+
+nsHtml5String
+nsHtml5String::Clone()
+{
+  MOZ_ASSERT(operator bool());
+  RefPtr<nsStringBuffer> ref(mBuffer);
+  return nsHtml5String(ref.forget(), mLength);
+}
+
+void
+nsHtml5String::Release()
+{
+  if (mBuffer) {
+    mBuffer->Release();
+    mBuffer = nullptr;
+  }
+  mLength = UINT32_MAX;
+}
+
+// static
+nsHtml5String
+nsHtml5String::FromBuffer(char16_t* aBuffer,
+                          int32_t aLength,
+                          nsHtml5TreeBuilder* aTreeBuilder)
+{
+  if (!aLength) {
+    return nsHtml5String(nullptr, 0U);
+  }
+  // Work with nsStringBuffer directly to make sure that storage is actually
+  // nsStringBuffer and to make sure the allocation strategy matches
+  // nsAttrValue::GetStringBuffer, so that it doesn't need to reallocate and
+  // copy.
+  RefPtr<nsStringBuffer> buffer(
+    nsStringBuffer::Alloc((aLength + 1) * sizeof(char16_t)));
+  if (!buffer) {
+    if (!aTreeBuilder) {
+      MOZ_CRASH("Out of memory.");
+    }
+    aTreeBuilder->MarkAsBroken(NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
+    buffer = nsStringBuffer::Alloc(2 * sizeof(char16_t));
+    if (!buffer) {
+      MOZ_CRASH(
+        "Out of memory so badly that couldn't even allocate placeholder.");
+    }
+    char16_t* data = reinterpret_cast<char16_t*>(buffer->Data());
+    data[0] = 0xFFFD;
+    data[1] = 0;
+    return nsHtml5String(buffer.forget(), 1);
+  }
+  char16_t* data = reinterpret_cast<char16_t*>(buffer->Data());
+  memcpy(data, aBuffer, aLength * sizeof(char16_t));
+  data[aLength] = 0;
+  return nsHtml5String(buffer.forget(), aLength);
+}
+
+// static
+nsHtml5String
+nsHtml5String::FromLiteral(const char* aLiteral)
+{
+  size_t length = std::strlen(aLiteral);
+  if (!length) {
+    return nsHtml5String(nullptr, 0U);
+  }
+  // Work with nsStringBuffer directly to make sure that storage is actually
+  // nsStringBuffer and to make sure the allocation strategy matches
+  // nsAttrValue::GetStringBuffer, so that it doesn't need to reallocate and
+  // copy.
+  RefPtr<nsStringBuffer> buffer(
+    nsStringBuffer::Alloc((length + 1) * sizeof(char16_t)));
+  if (!buffer) {
+    MOZ_CRASH("Out of memory.");
+  }
+  char16_t* data = reinterpret_cast<char16_t*>(buffer->Data());
+  LossyConvertEncoding8to16 converter(data);
+  converter.write(aLiteral, length);
+  data[length] = 0;
+  return nsHtml5String(buffer.forget(), length);
+}
+
+// static
+nsHtml5String
+nsHtml5String::FromString(const nsAString& aString)
+{
+  auto length = aString.Length();
+  if (!length) {
+    return nsHtml5String(nullptr, 0U);
+  }
+  RefPtr<nsStringBuffer> buffer = nsStringBuffer::FromString(aString);
+  if (buffer) {
+    return nsHtml5String(buffer.forget(), length);
+  }
+  buffer = nsStringBuffer::Alloc((length + 1) * sizeof(char16_t));
+  if (!buffer) {
+    MOZ_CRASH("Out of memory.");
+  }
+  char16_t* data = reinterpret_cast<char16_t*>(buffer->Data());
+  memcpy(data, aString.BeginReading(), length * sizeof(char16_t));
+  data[length] = 0;
+  return nsHtml5String(buffer.forget(), length);
+}
+
+// static
+nsHtml5String
+nsHtml5String::EmptyString()
+{
+  return nsHtml5String(nullptr, 0U);
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5String.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5String.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..191bf6be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5String.h
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef nsHtml5String_h
+#define nsHtml5String_h
+
+#include "nsString.h"
+
+class nsHtml5TreeBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * A pass-by-value type that combines an unsafe `nsStringBuffer*` with its
+ * logical length (`uint32_t`). (`nsStringBuffer` knows its capacity but not
+ * its logical length, i.e. how much of the capacity is in use.)
+ *
+ * Holding or passing this type is as unsafe as holding or passing
+ * `nsStringBuffer*`.
+ *
+ * Empty strings and null strings are distinct. Since an empty nsString does
+ * not have a an `nsStringBuffer`, both empty and null `nsHtml5String` have
+ * `nullptr` as `mBuffer`. If `mBuffer` is `nullptr`, the empty case is marked
+ * with `mLength` being zero and the null case with `mLength` being non-zero.
+ */
+class nsHtml5String final
+{
+public:
+  /**
+   * Default constructor.
+   */
+  inline nsHtml5String()
+    : nsHtml5String(nullptr)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor from nullptr.
+   */
+  inline MOZ_IMPLICIT nsHtml5String(decltype(nullptr))
+    : mBuffer(nullptr)
+    , mLength(UINT32_MAX)
+  {
+  }
+
+  inline uint32_t Length() const { return mBuffer ? mLength : 0; }
+
+  /**
+   * False iff the string is logically null
+   */
+  inline MOZ_IMPLICIT operator bool() const { return !(!mBuffer && mLength); }
+
+  void ToString(nsAString& aString);
+
+  void CopyToBuffer(char16_t* aBuffer);
+
+  bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const char* aLowerCaseLiteral);
+
+  bool EqualsASCII(const char* aLiteral);
+
+  bool LowerCaseStartsWithASCII(const char* aLowerCaseLiteral);
+
+  bool Equals(nsHtml5String aOther);
+
+  nsHtml5String Clone();
+
+  void Release();
+
+  static nsHtml5String FromBuffer(char16_t* aBuffer,
+                                  int32_t aLength,
+                                  nsHtml5TreeBuilder* aTreeBuilder);
+
+  static nsHtml5String FromLiteral(const char* aLiteral);
+
+  static nsHtml5String FromString(const nsAString& aString);
+
+  static nsHtml5String EmptyString();
+
+private:
+  /**
+   * Constructor from raw parts.
+   */
+  nsHtml5String(already_AddRefed<nsStringBuffer> aBuffer, uint32_t aLength);
+
+  /**
+   * nullptr if the string is logically null or logically empty
+   */
+  nsStringBuffer* mBuffer;
+
+  /**
+   * The length of the string. non-zero if the string is logically null.
+   */
+  uint32_t mLength;
+};
+
+#endif // nsHtml5String_h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5Tokenizer.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5Tokenizer.cpp
index 2838d74aa..a9db8d0c1 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5Tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5Tokenizer.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
 #include "jArray.h"
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ nsHtml5Tokenizer::setInterner(nsHtml5AtomTable* interner)
 }
 
 void 
-nsHtml5Tokenizer::initLocation(nsString* newPublicId, nsString* newSystemId)
+nsHtml5Tokenizer::initLocation(nsHtml5String newPublicId,
+                               nsHtml5String newSystemId)
 {
   this->systemId = newSystemId;
   this->publicId = newPublicId;
@@ -222,10 +223,11 @@ nsHtml5Tokenizer::emitOrAppendCharRefBuf(int32_t returnState)
   }
 }
 
-nsString* 
+nsHtml5String
 nsHtml5Tokenizer::strBufToString()
 {
-  nsString* str = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromBuffer(strBuf, 0, strBufLen, tokenHandler);
+  nsHtml5String str =
+    nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromBuffer(strBuf, 0, strBufLen, tokenHandler);
   clearStrBufAfterUse();
   return str;
 }
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ void
 nsHtml5Tokenizer::addAttributeWithValue()
 {
   if (attributeName) {
-    nsString* val = strBufToString();
+    nsHtml5String val = strBufToString();
     if (mViewSource) {
       mViewSource->MaybeLinkifyAttributeValue(attributeName, val);
     }
@@ -3496,11 +3498,11 @@ nsHtml5Tokenizer::initDoctypeFields()
   clearStrBufAfterUse();
   doctypeName = nsHtml5Atoms::emptystring;
   if (systemIdentifier) {
-    nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(systemIdentifier);
+    systemIdentifier.Release();
     systemIdentifier = nullptr;
   }
   if (publicIdentifier) {
-    nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(publicIdentifier);
+    publicIdentifier.Release();
     publicIdentifier = nullptr;
   }
   forceQuirks = false;
@@ -3662,11 +3664,11 @@ nsHtml5Tokenizer::eof()
           errEofInDoctype();
           doctypeName = nsHtml5Atoms::emptystring;
           if (systemIdentifier) {
-            nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(systemIdentifier);
+            systemIdentifier.Release();
             systemIdentifier = nullptr;
           }
           if (publicIdentifier) {
-            nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(publicIdentifier);
+            publicIdentifier.Release();
             publicIdentifier = nullptr;
           }
           forceQuirks = true;
@@ -3896,14 +3898,14 @@ nsHtml5Tokenizer::emitDoctypeToken(int32_t pos)
   cstart = pos + 1;
   tokenHandler->doctype(doctypeName, publicIdentifier, systemIdentifier, forceQuirks);
   doctypeName = nullptr;
-  nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(publicIdentifier);
+  publicIdentifier.Release();
   publicIdentifier = nullptr;
-  nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(systemIdentifier);
+  systemIdentifier.Release();
   systemIdentifier = nullptr;
 }
 
 bool 
-nsHtml5Tokenizer::internalEncodingDeclaration(nsString* internalCharset)
+nsHtml5Tokenizer::internalEncodingDeclaration(nsHtml5String internalCharset)
 {
   if (encodingDeclarationHandler) {
     return encodingDeclarationHandler->internalEncodingDeclaration(internalCharset);
@@ -3938,11 +3940,11 @@ nsHtml5Tokenizer::end()
   strBuf = nullptr;
   doctypeName = nullptr;
   if (systemIdentifier) {
-    nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(systemIdentifier);
+    systemIdentifier.Release();
     systemIdentifier = nullptr;
   }
   if (publicIdentifier) {
-    nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(publicIdentifier);
+    publicIdentifier.Release();
     publicIdentifier = nullptr;
   }
   if (tagName) {
@@ -4041,13 +4043,13 @@ nsHtml5Tokenizer::loadState(nsHtml5Tokenizer* other)
   } else {
     doctypeName = nsHtml5Portability::newLocalFromLocal(other->doctypeName, interner);
   }
-  nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(systemIdentifier);
+  systemIdentifier.Release();
   if (!other->systemIdentifier) {
     systemIdentifier = nullptr;
   } else {
     systemIdentifier = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromString(other->systemIdentifier);
   }
-  nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(publicIdentifier);
+  publicIdentifier.Release();
   if (!other->publicIdentifier) {
     publicIdentifier = nullptr;
   } else {
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5Tokenizer.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5Tokenizer.h
index da509b69b..00cca9a9c 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5Tokenizer.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5Tokenizer.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
 #include "jArray.h"
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ class nsHtml5Tokenizer
   protected:
     int32_t cstart;
   private:
-    nsString* publicId;
-    nsString* systemId;
+    nsHtml5String publicId;
+    nsHtml5String systemId;
     autoJArray<char16_t,int32_t> strBuf;
     int32_t strBufLen;
     autoJArray<char16_t,int32_t> charRefBuf;
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ class nsHtml5Tokenizer
     nsHtml5AttributeName* attributeName;
   private:
     nsIAtom* doctypeName;
-    nsString* publicIdentifier;
-    nsString* systemIdentifier;
+    nsHtml5String publicIdentifier;
+    nsHtml5String systemIdentifier;
     nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* attributes;
     bool newAttributesEachTime;
     bool shouldSuspend;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class nsHtml5Tokenizer
   public:
     nsHtml5Tokenizer(nsHtml5TreeBuilder* tokenHandler, bool viewingXmlSource);
     void setInterner(nsHtml5AtomTable* interner);
-    void initLocation(nsString* newPublicId, nsString* newSystemId);
+    void initLocation(nsHtml5String newPublicId, nsHtml5String newSystemId);
     bool isViewingXmlSource();
     void setStateAndEndTagExpectation(int32_t specialTokenizerState, nsIAtom* endTagExpectation);
     void setStateAndEndTagExpectation(int32_t specialTokenizerState, nsHtml5ElementName* endTagExpectation);
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class nsHtml5Tokenizer
     }
 
   protected:
-    nsString* strBufToString();
+    nsHtml5String strBufToString();
   private:
     void strBufToDoctypeName();
     void emitStrBuf();
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class nsHtml5Tokenizer
     }
 
   public:
-    bool internalEncodingDeclaration(nsString* internalCharset);
+    bool internalEncodingDeclaration(nsHtml5String internalCharset);
   private:
     void emitOrAppendTwo(const char16_t* val, int32_t returnState);
     void emitOrAppendOne(const char16_t* val, int32_t returnState);
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilder.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilder.cpp
index f694116ba..457c7deb1 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilder.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilder.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
 #include "nsITimer.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
@@ -154,13 +154,16 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::startTokenization(nsHtml5Tokenizer* self)
 }
 
 void 
-nsHtml5TreeBuilder::doctype(nsIAtom* name, nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* systemIdentifier, bool forceQuirks)
+nsHtml5TreeBuilder::doctype(nsIAtom* name,
+                            nsHtml5String publicIdentifier,
+                            nsHtml5String systemIdentifier,
+                            bool forceQuirks)
 {
   needToDropLF = false;
   if (!isInForeign() && mode == NS_HTML5TREE_BUILDER_INITIAL) {
-    nsString* emptyString = nsHtml5Portability::newEmptyString();
+    nsHtml5String emptyString = nsHtml5Portability::newEmptyString();
     appendDoctypeToDocument(!name ? nsHtml5Atoms::emptystring : name, !publicIdentifier ? emptyString : publicIdentifier, !systemIdentifier ? emptyString : systemIdentifier);
-    nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(emptyString);
+    emptyString.Release();
     if (isQuirky(name, publicIdentifier, systemIdentifier, forceQuirks)) {
       errQuirkyDoctype();
       documentModeInternal(QUIRKS_MODE, publicIdentifier, systemIdentifier, false);
@@ -1990,8 +1993,9 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::isSpecialParentInForeign(nsHtml5StackNode* stackNode)
   return (kNameSpaceID_XHTML == ns) || (stackNode->isHtmlIntegrationPoint()) || ((kNameSpaceID_MathML == ns) && (stackNode->getGroup() == NS_HTML5TREE_BUILDER_MI_MO_MN_MS_MTEXT));
 }
 
-nsString* 
-nsHtml5TreeBuilder::extractCharsetFromContent(nsString* attributeValue, nsHtml5TreeBuilder* tb)
+nsHtml5String 
+nsHtml5TreeBuilder::extractCharsetFromContent(nsHtml5String attributeValue,
+                                              nsHtml5TreeBuilder* tb)
 {
   int32_t charsetState = NS_HTML5TREE_BUILDER_CHARSET_INITIAL;
   int32_t start = -1;
@@ -2175,12 +2179,13 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::extractCharsetFromContent(nsString* attributeValue, nsHtml5T
     }
   }
   charsetloop_end: ;
-  nsString* charset = nullptr;
+  nsHtml5String charset = nullptr;
   if (start != -1) {
     if (end == -1) {
       end = buffer.length;
     }
-    charset = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromBuffer(buffer, start, end - start, tb);
+    charset =
+      nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromBuffer(buffer, start, end - start, tb);
   }
   return charset;
 }
@@ -2188,7 +2193,8 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::extractCharsetFromContent(nsString* attributeValue, nsHtml5T
 void 
 nsHtml5TreeBuilder::checkMetaCharset(nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* attributes)
 {
-  nsString* charset = attributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CHARSET);
+  nsHtml5String charset =
+    attributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CHARSET);
   if (charset) {
     if (tokenizer->internalEncodingDeclaration(charset)) {
       requestSuspension();
@@ -2199,15 +2205,17 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::checkMetaCharset(nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* attributes)
   if (!nsHtml5Portability::lowerCaseLiteralEqualsIgnoreAsciiCaseString("content-type", attributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HTTP_EQUIV))) {
     return;
   }
-  nsString* content = attributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CONTENT);
+  nsHtml5String content =
+    attributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CONTENT);
   if (content) {
-    nsString* extract = nsHtml5TreeBuilder::extractCharsetFromContent(content, this);
+    nsHtml5String extract =
+      nsHtml5TreeBuilder::extractCharsetFromContent(content, this);
     if (extract) {
       if (tokenizer->internalEncodingDeclaration(extract)) {
         requestSuspension();
       }
     }
-    nsHtml5Portability::releaseString(extract);
+    extract.Release();
   }
 }
 
@@ -3208,7 +3216,11 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::isSecondOnStackBody()
 }
 
 void 
-nsHtml5TreeBuilder::documentModeInternal(nsHtml5DocumentMode m, nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* systemIdentifier, bool html4SpecificAdditionalErrorChecks)
+nsHtml5TreeBuilder::documentModeInternal(
+  nsHtml5DocumentMode m,
+  nsHtml5String publicIdentifier,
+  nsHtml5String systemIdentifier,
+  bool html4SpecificAdditionalErrorChecks)
 {
   if (isSrcdocDocument) {
     quirks = false;
@@ -3220,7 +3232,8 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::documentModeInternal(nsHtml5DocumentMode m, nsString* public
 }
 
 bool 
-nsHtml5TreeBuilder::isAlmostStandards(nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* systemIdentifier)
+nsHtml5TreeBuilder::isAlmostStandards(nsHtml5String publicIdentifier,
+                                      nsHtml5String systemIdentifier)
 {
   if (nsHtml5Portability::lowerCaseLiteralEqualsIgnoreAsciiCaseString("-//w3c//dtd xhtml 1.0 transitional//en", publicIdentifier)) {
     return true;
@@ -3240,7 +3253,10 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::isAlmostStandards(nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* syst
 }
 
 bool 
-nsHtml5TreeBuilder::isQuirky(nsIAtom* name, nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* systemIdentifier, bool forceQuirks)
+nsHtml5TreeBuilder::isQuirky(nsIAtom* name,
+                             nsHtml5String publicIdentifier,
+                             nsHtml5String systemIdentifier,
+                             bool forceQuirks)
 {
   if (forceQuirks) {
     return true;
@@ -4051,7 +4067,8 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::appendToCurrentNodeAndPushElementMayFosterMathML(nsHtml5Elem
 bool 
 nsHtml5TreeBuilder::annotationXmlEncodingPermitsHtml(nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* attributes)
 {
-  nsString* encoding = attributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_ENCODING);
+  nsHtml5String encoding =
+    attributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_ENCODING);
   if (!encoding) {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilder.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilder.h
index a66b168be..67f5010c5 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilder.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilder.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
 #include "nsITimer.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ class nsHtml5TreeBuilder : public nsAHtml5TreeBuilderState
     bool isSrcdocDocument;
   public:
     void startTokenization(nsHtml5Tokenizer* self);
-    void doctype(nsIAtom* name, nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* systemIdentifier, bool forceQuirks);
+    void doctype(nsIAtom* name,
+                 nsHtml5String publicIdentifier,
+                 nsHtml5String systemIdentifier,
+                 bool forceQuirks);
     void comment(char16_t* buf, int32_t start, int32_t length);
     void characters(const char16_t* buf, int32_t start, int32_t length);
     void zeroOriginatingReplacementCharacter();
@@ -119,7 +122,8 @@ class nsHtml5TreeBuilder : public nsAHtml5TreeBuilderState
     bool isTemplateModeStackEmpty();
     bool isSpecialParentInForeign(nsHtml5StackNode* stackNode);
   public:
-    static nsString* extractCharsetFromContent(nsString* attributeValue, nsHtml5TreeBuilder* tb);
+    static nsHtml5String extractCharsetFromContent(nsHtml5String attributeValue,
+                                                   nsHtml5TreeBuilder* tb);
   private:
     void checkMetaCharset(nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* attributes);
   public:
@@ -136,9 +140,16 @@ class nsHtml5TreeBuilder : public nsAHtml5TreeBuilderState
     void generateImpliedEndTagsExceptFor(nsIAtom* name);
     void generateImpliedEndTags();
     bool isSecondOnStackBody();
-    void documentModeInternal(nsHtml5DocumentMode m, nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* systemIdentifier, bool html4SpecificAdditionalErrorChecks);
-    bool isAlmostStandards(nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* systemIdentifier);
-    bool isQuirky(nsIAtom* name, nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* systemIdentifier, bool forceQuirks);
+    void documentModeInternal(nsHtml5DocumentMode m,
+                              nsHtml5String publicIdentifier,
+                              nsHtml5String systemIdentifier,
+                              bool html4SpecificAdditionalErrorChecks);
+    bool isAlmostStandards(nsHtml5String publicIdentifier,
+                           nsHtml5String systemIdentifier);
+    bool isQuirky(nsIAtom* name,
+                  nsHtml5String publicIdentifier,
+                  nsHtml5String systemIdentifier,
+                  bool forceQuirks);
     void closeTheCell(int32_t eltPos);
     int32_t findLastInTableScopeTdTh();
     void clearStackBackTo(int32_t eltPos);
@@ -224,7 +235,9 @@ class nsHtml5TreeBuilder : public nsAHtml5TreeBuilderState
     void markMalformedIfScript(nsIContentHandle* elt);
     void start(bool fragmentMode);
     void end();
-    void appendDoctypeToDocument(nsIAtom* name, nsString* publicIdentifier, nsString* systemIdentifier);
+    void appendDoctypeToDocument(nsIAtom* name,
+                                 nsHtml5String publicIdentifier,
+                                 nsHtml5String systemIdentifier);
     void elementPushed(int32_t ns, nsIAtom* name, nsIContentHandle* node);
     void elementPopped(int32_t ns, nsIAtom* name, nsIContentHandle* node);
   public:
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderCppSupplement.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderCppSupplement.h
index ff17c326e..aacc5a3e0 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderCppSupplement.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderCppSupplement.h
@@ -123,181 +123,178 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::createElement(int32_t aNamespace, nsIAtom* aName,
     switch (aNamespace) {
       case kNameSpaceID_XHTML:
         if (nsHtml5Atoms::img == aName) {
-          nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_SRC);
-          nsString* srcset =
+          nsHtml5String url =
+            aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_SRC);
+          nsHtml5String srcset =
             aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_SRCSET);
-          nsString* crossOrigin =
+          nsHtml5String crossOrigin =
             aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CROSSORIGIN);
-          nsString* referrerPolicy =
+          nsHtml5String referrerPolicy =
             aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_REFERRERPOLICY);
-          nsString* sizes =
+          nsHtml5String sizes =
             aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_SIZES);
-          mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->
-            InitImage(url ? *url : NullString(),
-                      crossOrigin ? *crossOrigin : NullString(),
-                      referrerPolicy ? *referrerPolicy : NullString(),
-                      srcset ? *srcset : NullString(),
-                      sizes ? *sizes : NullString());
+          mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitImage(
+           url, crossOrigin, referrerPolicy, srcset, sizes);
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::source == aName) {
-          nsString* srcset =
+          nsHtml5String srcset =
             aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_SRCSET);
           // Sources without srcset cannot be selected. The source could also be
           // for a media element, but in that context doesn't use srcset.  See
           // comments in nsHtml5SpeculativeLoad.h about <picture> preloading
           if (srcset) {
-            nsString* sizes =
+            nsHtml5String sizes =
               aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_SIZES);
-            nsString* type =
+            nsHtml5String type =
               aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_TYPE);
-            nsString* media =
+            nsHtml5String media =
               aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_MEDIA);
-            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->
-              InitPictureSource(*srcset,
-                                sizes ? *sizes : NullString(),
-                                type ? *type : NullString(),
-                                media ? *media : NullString());
+            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitPictureSource(
+             srcset, sizes, type, media);
           }
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::script == aName) {
           nsHtml5TreeOperation* treeOp = mOpQueue.AppendElement();
           NS_ASSERTION(treeOp, "Tree op allocation failed.");
           treeOp->Init(eTreeOpSetScriptLineNumberAndFreeze, content, tokenizer->getLineNumber());
 
-          nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_SRC);
+          nsHtml5String url =
+            aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_SRC);
           if (url) {
-            nsString* charset = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CHARSET);
-            nsString* type = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_TYPE);
-            nsString* crossOrigin =
+            nsHtml5String charset =
+              aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CHARSET);
+            nsHtml5String type =
+              aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_TYPE);
+            nsHtml5String crossOrigin =
               aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CROSSORIGIN);
-            nsString* integrity =
+            nsHtml5String integrity =
               aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_INTEGRITY);
-            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->
-              InitScript(*url,
-                         (charset) ? *charset : EmptyString(),
-                         (type) ? *type : EmptyString(),
-                         (crossOrigin) ? *crossOrigin : NullString(),
-                         (integrity) ? *integrity : NullString(),
-                         mode == NS_HTML5TREE_BUILDER_IN_HEAD);
+            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitScript(
+              url,
+              charset,
+              type,
+              crossOrigin,
+              integrity,
+              mode == NS_HTML5TREE_BUILDER_IN_HEAD);
             mCurrentHtmlScriptIsAsyncOrDefer =
               aAttributes->contains(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_ASYNC) ||
               aAttributes->contains(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_DEFER);
           }
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::link == aName) {
-          nsString* rel = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_REL);
+          nsHtml5String rel =
+            aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_REL);
           // Not splitting on space here is bogus but the old parser didn't even
           // do a case-insensitive check.
           if (rel) {
-            if (rel->LowerCaseEqualsASCII("stylesheet")) {
-              nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF);
+            if (rel.LowerCaseEqualsASCII("stylesheet")) {
+              nsHtml5String url =
+                aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF);
               if (url) {
-                nsString* charset = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CHARSET);
-                nsString* crossOrigin =
+                nsHtml5String charset =
+                  aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CHARSET);
+                nsHtml5String crossOrigin =
                   aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CROSSORIGIN);
-                nsString* integrity =
+                nsHtml5String integrity =
                   aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_INTEGRITY);
-                mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->
-                  InitStyle(*url,
-                            (charset) ? *charset : EmptyString(),
-                            (crossOrigin) ? *crossOrigin : NullString(),
-                            (integrity) ? *integrity : NullString());
+                mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitStyle(
+                  url, charset, crossOrigin, integrity);
               }
-            } else if (rel->LowerCaseEqualsASCII("preconnect")) {
-              nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF);
+            } else if (rel.LowerCaseEqualsASCII("preconnect")) {
+              nsHtml5String url =
+                aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF);
               if (url) {
-                nsString* crossOrigin =
+                nsHtml5String crossOrigin =
                   aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CROSSORIGIN);
-                mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->
-                  InitPreconnect(*url, (crossOrigin) ? *crossOrigin : NullString());
+                mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitPreconnect(
+                  url, crossOrigin);
               }
             }
           }
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::video == aName) {
-          nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_POSTER);
+          nsHtml5String url =
+            aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_POSTER);
           if (url) {
-            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitImage(*url, NullString(),
-                                                             NullString(),
-                                                             NullString(),
-                                                             NullString());
+            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitImage(
+              url, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
           }
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::style == aName) {
           nsHtml5TreeOperation* treeOp = mOpQueue.AppendElement();
           NS_ASSERTION(treeOp, "Tree op allocation failed.");
           treeOp->Init(eTreeOpSetStyleLineNumber, content, tokenizer->getLineNumber());
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::html == aName) {
-          nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_MANIFEST);
-          if (url) {
-            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitManifest(*url);
-          } else {
-            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitManifest(EmptyString());
-          }
+          nsHtml5String url =
+            aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_MANIFEST);
+          mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitManifest(url);
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::base == aName) {
-          nsString* url =
-              aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF);
+          nsHtml5String url =
+            aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF);
           if (url) {
-            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitBase(*url);
+            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitBase(url);
           }
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::meta == aName) {
           if (nsHtml5Portability::lowerCaseLiteralEqualsIgnoreAsciiCaseString(
                       "content-security-policy",
                       aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HTTP_EQUIV))) {
-            nsString* csp = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CONTENT);
+            nsHtml5String csp =
+              aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CONTENT);
             if (csp) {
-              mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitMetaCSP(*csp);
+              mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitMetaCSP(csp);
             }
           }
           else if (nsHtml5Portability::lowerCaseLiteralEqualsIgnoreAsciiCaseString(
                       "referrer",
                       aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_NAME))) {
-            nsString* referrerPolicy = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CONTENT);
+            nsHtml5String referrerPolicy =
+              aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CONTENT);
             if (referrerPolicy) {
-              mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitMetaReferrerPolicy(*referrerPolicy);
+              mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitMetaReferrerPolicy(
+                referrerPolicy);
             }
           }
         }
         break;
       case kNameSpaceID_SVG:
         if (nsHtml5Atoms::image == aName) {
-          nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_XLINK_HREF);
+          nsHtml5String url =
+            aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_XLINK_HREF);
           if (url) {
-            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitImage(*url, NullString(),
-                                                             NullString(),
-                                                             NullString(),
-                                                             NullString());
+            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitImage(
+              url, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
           }
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::script == aName) {
           nsHtml5TreeOperation* treeOp = mOpQueue.AppendElement();
           NS_ASSERTION(treeOp, "Tree op allocation failed.");
           treeOp->Init(eTreeOpSetScriptLineNumberAndFreeze, content, tokenizer->getLineNumber());
 
-          nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_XLINK_HREF);
+          nsHtml5String url =
+            aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_XLINK_HREF);
           if (url) {
-            nsString* type = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_TYPE);
-            nsString* crossOrigin =
+            nsHtml5String type =
+              aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_TYPE);
+            nsHtml5String crossOrigin =
               aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CROSSORIGIN);
-            nsString* integrity =
+            nsHtml5String integrity =
               aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_INTEGRITY);
-            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->
-              InitScript(*url,
-                         EmptyString(),
-                         (type) ? *type : EmptyString(),
-                         (crossOrigin) ? *crossOrigin : NullString(),
-                         (integrity) ? *integrity : NullString(),
-                         mode == NS_HTML5TREE_BUILDER_IN_HEAD);
+            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitScript(
+              url,
+              nullptr,
+              type,
+              crossOrigin,
+              integrity,
+              mode == NS_HTML5TREE_BUILDER_IN_HEAD);
           }
         } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::style == aName) {
           nsHtml5TreeOperation* treeOp = mOpQueue.AppendElement();
           NS_ASSERTION(treeOp, "Tree op allocation failed.");
           treeOp->Init(eTreeOpSetStyleLineNumber, content, tokenizer->getLineNumber());
 
-          nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_XLINK_HREF);
+          nsHtml5String url =
+            aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_XLINK_HREF);
           if (url) {
-            nsString* crossOrigin =
+            nsHtml5String crossOrigin =
               aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CROSSORIGIN);
-            nsString* integrity =
+            nsHtml5String integrity =
               aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_INTEGRITY);
-            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->
-              InitStyle(*url, EmptyString(),
-                        (crossOrigin) ? *crossOrigin : NullString(),
-                        (integrity) ? *integrity : NullString());
+            mSpeculativeLoadQueue.AppendElement()->InitStyle(
+              url, nullptr, crossOrigin, integrity);
           }
         }
         break;
@@ -320,18 +317,23 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::createElement(int32_t aNamespace, nsIAtom* aName,
       }
     } else if (aNamespace == kNameSpaceID_XHTML) {
       if (nsHtml5Atoms::html == aName) {
-        nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_MANIFEST);
+        nsHtml5String url =
+          aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_MANIFEST);
         nsHtml5TreeOperation* treeOp = mOpQueue.AppendElement();
         NS_ASSERTION(treeOp, "Tree op allocation failed.");
         if (url) {
-          treeOp->Init(eTreeOpProcessOfflineManifest, *url);
+          nsString
+            urlString; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+          url.ToString(urlString);
+          treeOp->Init(eTreeOpProcessOfflineManifest, urlString);
         } else {
           treeOp->Init(eTreeOpProcessOfflineManifest, EmptyString());
         }
       } else if (nsHtml5Atoms::base == aName && mViewSource) {
-        nsString* url = aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF);
+        nsHtml5String url =
+          aAttributes->getValue(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF);
         if (url) {
-          mViewSource->AddBase(*url);
+          mViewSource->AddBase(url);
         } 
       }
     }
@@ -743,17 +745,19 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::end()
 }
 
 void
-nsHtml5TreeBuilder::appendDoctypeToDocument(nsIAtom* aName, nsString* aPublicId, nsString* aSystemId)
+nsHtml5TreeBuilder::appendDoctypeToDocument(nsIAtom* aName,
+                                            nsHtml5String aPublicId,
+                                            nsHtml5String aSystemId)
 {
   NS_PRECONDITION(aName, "Null name");
-
+  nsString publicId; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+  nsString systemId; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+  aPublicId.ToString(publicId);
+  aSystemId.ToString(systemId);
   if (mBuilder) {
     nsCOMPtr<nsIAtom> name = nsHtml5TreeOperation::Reget(aName);
-    nsresult rv =
-      nsHtml5TreeOperation::AppendDoctypeToDocument(name,
-                                                    *aPublicId,
-                                                    *aSystemId,
-                                                    mBuilder);
+    nsresult rv = nsHtml5TreeOperation::AppendDoctypeToDocument(
+      name, publicId, systemId, mBuilder);
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
       MarkAsBrokenAndRequestSuspension(rv);
     }
@@ -762,7 +766,7 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::appendDoctypeToDocument(nsIAtom* aName, nsString* aPublicId,
 
   nsHtml5TreeOperation* treeOp = mOpQueue.AppendElement();
   NS_ASSERTION(treeOp, "Tree op allocation failed.");
-  treeOp->Init(aName, *aPublicId, *aSystemId);
+  treeOp->Init(aName, publicId, systemId);
   // nsXMLContentSink can flush here, but what's the point?
   // It can also interrupt here, but we can't.
 }
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp
index af246a253..3877e01b8 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp
@@ -319,11 +319,10 @@ nsHtml5TreeOperation::AddAttributes(nsIContent* aNode,
     if (!node->HasAttr(nsuri, localName)) {
       // prefix doesn't need regetting. it is always null or a static atom
       // local name is never null
-      node->SetAttr(nsuri,
-                    localName,
-                    aAttributes->getPrefixNoBoundsCheck(i),
-                    *(aAttributes->getValueNoBoundsCheck(i)),
-                    true);
+      nsString value; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+      aAttributes->getValueNoBoundsCheck(i).ToString(value);
+      node->SetAttr(
+        nsuri, localName, aAttributes->getPrefixNoBoundsCheck(i), value, true);
       // XXX what to do with nsresult?
     }
   }
@@ -418,12 +417,14 @@ nsHtml5TreeOperation::CreateElement(int32_t aNs,
     nsCOMPtr<nsIAtom> prefix = aAttributes->getPrefixNoBoundsCheck(i);
     int32_t nsuri = aAttributes->getURINoBoundsCheck(i);
 
+    nsString value; // Not Auto, because using it to hold nsStringBuffer*
+    aAttributes->getValueNoBoundsCheck(i).ToString(value);
     if (aNs == kNameSpaceID_XHTML &&
         nsHtml5Atoms::a == aName &&
         nsHtml5Atoms::name == localName) {
       // This is an HTML5-incompliant Geckoism.
       // Remove when fixing bug 582361
-      NS_ConvertUTF16toUTF8 cname(*(aAttributes->getValueNoBoundsCheck(i)));
+      NS_ConvertUTF16toUTF8 cname(value);
       NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16 uv(nsUnescape(cname.BeginWriting()));
       newContent->SetAttr(nsuri,
                           localName,
@@ -431,7 +432,6 @@ nsHtml5TreeOperation::CreateElement(int32_t aNs,
                           uv,
                           false);
     } else {
-      nsString& value = *(aAttributes->getValueNoBoundsCheck(i));
       newContent->SetAttr(nsuri,
                           localName,
                           prefix,
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5UTF16Buffer.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5UTF16Buffer.cpp
index f70365ce4..0d6870bc4 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5UTF16Buffer.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5UTF16Buffer.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5UTF16Buffer.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5UTF16Buffer.h
index cf810e124..c94245f74 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5UTF16Buffer.h
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5UTF16Buffer.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "nsIAtom.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AtomTable.h"
-#include "nsString.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 #include "nsNameSpaceManager.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5ViewSourceUtils.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5ViewSourceUtils.cpp
index 4dd33fc05..b2f635bff 100644
--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5ViewSourceUtils.cpp
+++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5ViewSourceUtils.cpp
@@ -6,32 +6,35 @@
 #include "nsHtml5ViewSourceUtils.h"
 #include "nsHtml5AttributeName.h"
 #include "mozilla/Preferences.h"
-#include "mozilla/UniquePtr.h"
+#include "nsHtml5String.h"
 
 // static
 nsHtml5HtmlAttributes*
 nsHtml5ViewSourceUtils::NewBodyAttributes()
 {
   nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* bodyAttrs = new nsHtml5HtmlAttributes(0);
-  auto id = MakeUnique<nsString>(NS_LITERAL_STRING("viewsource"));
-  bodyAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_ID, id.release(), -1);
+  nsHtml5String id = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromLiteral("viewsource");
+  bodyAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_ID, id, -1);
 
-  auto klass = MakeUnique<nsString>();
+  nsString klass;
   if (mozilla::Preferences::GetBool("view_source.wrap_long_lines", true)) {
-    klass->Append(NS_LITERAL_STRING("wrap "));
+    klass.Append(NS_LITERAL_STRING("wrap "));
   }
   if (mozilla::Preferences::GetBool("view_source.syntax_highlight", true)) {
-    klass->Append(NS_LITERAL_STRING("highlight"));
+    klass.Append(NS_LITERAL_STRING("highlight"));
   }
-  if (!klass->IsEmpty()) {
-    bodyAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CLASS, klass.release(), -1);
+  if (!klass.IsEmpty()) {
+    bodyAttrs->addAttribute(
+      nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_CLASS, nsHtml5String::FromString(klass), -1);
   }
 
   int32_t tabSize = mozilla::Preferences::GetInt("view_source.tab_size", 4);
   if (tabSize > 0) {
-    auto style = MakeUnique<nsString>(NS_LITERAL_STRING("-moz-tab-size: "));
-    style->AppendInt(tabSize);
-    bodyAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_STYLE, style.release(), -1);
+    nsString style;
+    style.AssignASCII("-moz-tab-size: ");
+    style.AppendInt(tabSize);
+    bodyAttrs->addAttribute(
+      nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_STYLE, nsHtml5String::FromString(style), -1);
   }
 
   return bodyAttrs;
@@ -42,12 +45,12 @@ nsHtml5HtmlAttributes*
 nsHtml5ViewSourceUtils::NewLinkAttributes()
 {
   nsHtml5HtmlAttributes* linkAttrs = new nsHtml5HtmlAttributes(0);
-  nsString* rel = new nsString(NS_LITERAL_STRING("stylesheet"));
+  nsHtml5String rel = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromLiteral("stylesheet");
   linkAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_REL, rel, -1);
-  nsString* type = new nsString(NS_LITERAL_STRING("text/css"));
+  nsHtml5String type = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromLiteral("text/css");
   linkAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_TYPE, type, -1);
-  nsString* href = new nsString(
-      NS_LITERAL_STRING("resource://gre-resources/viewsource.css"));
+  nsHtml5String href = nsHtml5Portability::newStringFromLiteral(
+    "resource://gre-resources/viewsource.css");
   linkAttrs->addAttribute(nsHtml5AttributeName::ATTR_HREF, href, -1);
   return linkAttrs;
 }