//  $Id: string_utils.hxx,v 1.2 2003/07/24 10:10:02 grumbel Exp $
// 
//  Construo - A wire-frame construction gamee
//  Copyright (C) 2002 Ingo Ruhnke <grumbel@gmx.de>
//
//  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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//  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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//
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//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
//  GNU General Public License for more details.
// 
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#ifndef HEADER_CONSTRUO_STRING_UTILS_HXX
#define HEADER_CONSTRUO_STRING_UTILS_HXX

#include <string>
#include <sstream>

namespace StringUtils
{
  template <class T>
  std::string to_string (const T& any)
  {
    std::ostringstream oss;
    oss << any;
    return oss.str();
  }

  /** Convert the contents in string \a rep to type \a T, if conversion
      fails false is returned and the value of \a x is unchanged, if
      true is returned the conversation was successfull. */
  template <class T>
  bool from_string(const std::string& rep, T& x)
  {
    // this is necessary so that if "x" is not modified if the conversion fails
    T temp;
    std::istringstream iss(rep);
    iss >> temp;

    if (iss.fail())
      {
        return false;
      }
    else
      {
        x = temp;
        return true;
      }
  }

  bool has_prefix (const std::string& str, const std::string& prefix);
  bool has_suffix (const std::string& str, const std::string& suffix);
}

#endif

/* EOF */