Core/Players: Prevent creating characters with duplicate name by reserving name early in the process

Closes #21656
Closes #21809

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/server/game/Cache/CharacterCache.cpp b/src/server/game/Cache/CharacterCache.cpp
index da119fc6cba..1bc9a4905a8 100644
--- a/src/server/game/Cache/CharacterCache.cpp
+++ b/src/server/game/Cache/CharacterCache.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace
 {
     std::unordered_map<ObjectGuid, CharacterCacheEntry> _characterCacheStore;
     std::unordered_map<std::string, CharacterCacheEntry*> _characterCacheByNameStore;
+    std::unordered_set<std::string> _characterCreationNameStore;
 }
 
 CharacterCache::CharacterCache()
@@ -201,6 +202,21 @@ CharacterCacheEntry const* CharacterCache::GetCharacterCacheByName(std::string c
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+std::shared_ptr<std::string const> CharacterCache::TryCreateCharacterWithName(std::string const& name) const
+{
+    auto itr = _characterCacheByNameStore.find(name);
+    if (itr != _characterCacheByNameStore.end())
+        return nullptr;
+
+    auto insertResult = _characterCreationNameStore.insert(name);
+    if (!insertResult.second)
+        return nullptr;
+
+    // shared_ptr with custom deleter that erases its held value from _characterCreationNameStore instead of deleting it (points to value inside the container)
+    return std::shared_ptr<std::string const>(&(*insertResult.first),
+        [this](std::string const* storedName) { _characterCreationNameStore.erase(*storedName); });
+}
+
 ObjectGuid CharacterCache::GetCharacterGuidByName(std::string const& name) const
 {
     auto itr = _characterCacheByNameStore.find(name);
diff --git a/src/server/game/Cache/CharacterCache.h b/src/server/game/Cache/CharacterCache.h
index ed3239410c4..151b6dcba9e 100644
--- a/src/server/game/Cache/CharacterCache.h
+++ b/src/server/game/Cache/CharacterCache.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class TC_GAME_API CharacterCache
         bool HasCharacterCacheEntry(ObjectGuid const& guid) const;
         CharacterCacheEntry const* GetCharacterCacheByGuid(ObjectGuid const& guid) const;
         CharacterCacheEntry const* GetCharacterCacheByName(std::string const& name) const;
-
+        std::shared_ptr<std::string const> TryCreateCharacterWithName(std::string const& name) const;
         ObjectGuid GetCharacterGuidByName(std::string const& name) const;
         bool GetCharacterNameByGuid(ObjectGuid guid, std::string& name) const;
         uint32 GetCharacterTeamByGuid(ObjectGuid guid) const;