-// String utilities.
-//
-// Written by Bernie Bright, 1998
+/**
+ * \file strutils.hxx
+ * String utilities.
+ */
+
+// Written by Bernie Bright, started 1998
//
-// Copyright (C) 1998 Bernie Bright - bbright@c031.aone.net.au
+// Copyright (C) 1998 Bernie Bright - bbright@bigpond.net.au
//
-// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
-// License, or (at your option) any later version.
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-// General Public License for more details.
+// Library General Public License for more details.
//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-// Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the
+// Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+// Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
//
// $Id$
+
#ifndef STRUTILS_H
#define STRUTILS_H
#include STL_STRING
-#ifdef FG_HAVE_STD_INCLUDES
+#include <vector>
+SG_USING_STD(vector);
+
+#ifdef SG_HAVE_STD_INCLUDES
# include <cstdlib>
#else
# include <stdlib.h>
#endif
-FG_USING_STD(string);
-
-// Default characters to remove.
-extern const string whitespace;
+SG_USING_STD(string);
-// Returns a string with trailing characters removed.
-string trimleft( const string& s, const string& trimmings = whitespace );
+namespace simgear {
+ namespace strutils {
-// Returns a string with leading characters removed.
-string trimright( const string& s, const string& trimmings = whitespace );
+// /**
+// * atof() wrapper for "string" type
+// */
+// inline double
+// atof( const string& str )
+// {
+// return ::atof( str.c_str() );
+// }
-// Returns a string with leading and trailing characters removed.
-string trim( const string& s, const string& trimmings = whitespace );
+// /**
+// * atoi() wrapper for "string" type
+// */
+// inline int
+// atoi( const string& str )
+// {
+// return ::atoi( str.c_str() );
+// }
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ /**
+ * Strip leading and/or trailing whitespace from s.
+ * @param s String to strip.
+ * @return The stripped string.
+ */
+ string lstrip( const string& s );
+ string rstrip( const string& s );
+ string strip( const string& s );
-inline double
-atof( const string& str )
-{
- return ::atof( str.c_str() );
-}
+ /**
+ * Split a string into a words using 'sep' as the delimiter string.
+ * Produces a result similar to the perl and python functions of the
+ * same name.
+ *
+ * @param s The string to split into words,
+ * @param sep Word delimiters. If not specified then any whitespace is a separator,
+ * @param maxsplit If given, splits at no more than maxsplit places,
+ * resulting in at most maxsplit+1 words.
+ * @return Array of words.
+ */
+ vector<string>
+ split( const string& s,
+ const char* sep = 0,
+ int maxsplit = 0 );
-inline int
-atoi( const string& str )
-{
- return ::atoi( str.c_str() );
-}
+ } // end namespace strutils
+} // end namespace simgear
#endif // STRUTILS_H