source: code/branches/gamestate/src/libraries/util/StringUtils.h @ 6622

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/**
    @file
    @brief Declaration of several string manipulation functions, used in many parts of the game.
*/

#ifndef _StringUtils_H__
#define _StringUtils_H__

#include "UtilPrereqs.h"
#include <string>

namespace orxonox
{
    extern _UtilExport std::string BLANKSTRING;
    _UtilExport std::string getUniqueNumberString();

    _UtilExport void        strip(std::string* str);
    _UtilExport std::string getStripped(const std::string& str);

    _UtilExport std::string removeTrailingWhitespaces(const std::string& str);

    _UtilExport size_t      getNextQuote(const std::string& str, size_t start);
    _UtilExport bool        isBetweenQuotes(const std::string& str, size_t pos);

    _UtilExport bool        hasStringBetweenQuotes(const std::string& str);
    _UtilExport std::string getStringBetweenQuotes(const std::string& str);

    _UtilExport std::string stripEnclosingQuotes(const std::string& str);
    _UtilExport std::string stripEnclosingBraces(const std::string& str);

    _UtilExport bool        isEmpty(const std::string& str);
    _UtilExport bool        isComment(const std::string& str);
    _UtilExport bool        isNumeric(const std::string& str);

    _UtilExport std::string addSlashes(const std::string& str);
    _UtilExport std::string removeSlashes(const std::string& str);

    _UtilExport void        lowercase(std::string* str);
    _UtilExport std::string getLowercase(const std::string& str);

    _UtilExport void        uppercase(std::string* str);
    _UtilExport std::string getUppercase(const std::string& str);

    _UtilExport int         nocaseCmp(const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2);
    _UtilExport int         nocaseCmp(const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2, size_t len);

    _UtilExport bool        hasComment(const std::string& str);
    _UtilExport std::string getComment(const std::string& str);
    _UtilExport size_t      getCommentPosition(const std::string& str);
    _UtilExport size_t      getNextCommentPosition(const std::string& str, size_t start = 0);

    _UtilExport size_t      replaceCharacters(std::string& str, char target, char replacement);
}

#endif /* _StringUtils_H__ */