source: code/branches/release2012/src/libraries/util/StringUtils.h @ 11899

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/**
    @defgroup String String functions
    @ingroup Util
*/

/**
    @file
    @ingroup String
    @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>
#include <vector>

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 void         vectorize(const std::string& str, char delimiter, std::vector<std::string>* output);

    _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);

    _UtilExport unsigned int getLevenshteinDistance(const std::string& str1, const std::string& str2);

    _UtilExport std::string  getTimestamp(void);
}

#endif /* _StringUtils_H__ */