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// -*- c++ -*-
#ifndef _GLIBMM_STRINGUTILS_H
#define _GLIBMM_STRINGUTILS_H
/* $Id: stringutils.h 116 2004-06-07 17:26:39Z daniel $ */
/* Copyright (C) 2002 The gtkmm Development Team
*
* 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 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
* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
#include <glibmm/ustring.h>
namespace Glib
{
/** @defgroup StringUtils String Utility Functions
*
* This section describes a number of utility functions for creating
* and manipulating strings, as well as other string-related stuff.
*/
/** Looks whether the string @a str begins with @a prefix.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* @param str A string.
* @param prefix The prefix to look for.
* @return <tt>true</tt> if @a str begins with @a prefix, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
*/
bool str_has_prefix(const std::string& str, const std::string& prefix);
/** Looks whether the string @a str ends with @a suffix.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* @param str A string.
* @param suffix The suffix to look for.
* @return <tt>true</tt> if @a str ends with @a suffix, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
*/
bool str_has_suffix(const std::string& str, const std::string& suffix);
namespace Ascii
{
/** Converts a string to a <tt>double</tt> value.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* This function behaves like the standard <tt>%strtod()</tt> function does in
* the C&nbsp;locale. It does this without actually changing the current
* locale, since that would not be thread-safe.
*
* This function is typically used when reading configuration files or other
* non-user input that should be locale independent. To handle input from the
* user you should normally use locale-sensitive C++ streams.
*
* To convert from a string to <tt>double</tt> in a locale-insensitive way, use
* Glib::Ascii::dtostr().
*
* @param str The string to convert to a numeric value.
* @return The <tt>double</tt> value.
* @throw std::overflow_error Thrown if the correct value would cause overflow.
* @throw std::underflow_error Thrown if the correct value would cause underflow.
*/
double strtod(const std::string& str);
/** Converts a string to a <tt>double</tt> value.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* This function behaves like the standard <tt>%strtod()</tt> function does in
* the C&nbsp;locale. It does this without actually changing the current
* locale, since that would not be thread-safe.
*
* This function is typically used when reading configuration files or other
* non-user input that should be locale independent. To handle input from the
* user you should normally use locale-sensitive C++ streams.
*
* To convert from a string to <tt>double</tt> in a locale-insensitive way, use
* Glib::Ascii::dtostr().
*
* @param str The string to convert to a numeric value.
* @param start_index The index of the first character that should be used in the conversion.
* @retval end_index The index of the character after the last character used in the conversion.
* @return The <tt>double</tt> value.
* @throw std::out_of_range Thrown if @a start_index is out of range.
* @throw std::overflow_error Thrown if the correct value would cause overflow.
* @throw std::underflow_error Thrown if the correct value would cause underflow.
*/
double strtod(const std::string& str,
std::string::size_type& end_index,
std::string::size_type start_index = 0);
/** Converts a <tt>double</tt> to a string, using the <tt>'.'</tt> as decimal point.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* This functions generates enough precision that converting the string back
* using Glib::Ascii::strtod() gives the same machine-number (on machines with
* IEEE compatible 64bit doubles).
*
* @param d The <tt>double</tt> value to convert.
* @return The converted string.
*/
std::string dtostr(double d);
} // namespace Ascii
/** Escapes all special characters in the string.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* Escapes the special characters <tt>'\\b'</tt>, <tt>'\\f'</tt>, <tt>'\\n'</tt>,
* <tt>'\\r'</tt>, <tt>'\\t'</tt>, <tt>'\\'</tt> and <tt>'"'</tt> in the string
* @a source by inserting a <tt>'\\'</tt> before them. Additionally all characters
* in the range <tt>0x01</tt>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<tt>0x1F</tt> (everything below <tt>SPACE</tt>)
* and in the range <tt>0x80</tt>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<tt>0xFF</tt> (all non-ASCII chars)
* are replaced with a <tt>'\\'</tt> followed by their octal representation.
*
* Glib::strcompress() does the reverse conversion.
*
* @param source A string to escape.
* @return A copy of @a source with certain characters escaped. See above.
*/
std::string strescape(const std::string& source);
/** Escapes all special characters in the string.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* Escapes the special characters <tt>'\\b'</tt>, <tt>'\\f'</tt>, <tt>'\\n'</tt>,
* <tt>'\\r'</tt>, <tt>'\\t'</tt>, <tt>'\\'</tt> and <tt>'"'</tt> in the string
* @a source by inserting a <tt>'\\'</tt> before them. Additionally all characters
* in the range <tt>0x01</tt>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<tt>0x1F</tt> (everything below <tt>SPACE</tt>)
* and in the range <tt>0x80</tt>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<tt>0xFF</tt> (all non-ASCII chars)
* are replaced with a <tt>'\\'</tt> followed by their octal representation.
* Characters supplied in @a exceptions are not escaped.
*
* Glib::strcompress() does the reverse conversion.
*
* @param source A string to escape.
* @param exceptions A string of characters not to escape in @a source.
* @return A copy of @a source with certain characters escaped. See above.
*/
std::string strescape(const std::string& source, const std::string& exceptions);
/** Replaces all escaped characters with their one byte equivalent.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* This function does the reverse conversion of Glib::strescape().
*
* @param source A string to compress.
* @return A copy of @a source with all escaped characters compressed.
*/
std::string strcompress(const std::string& source);
/** Returns a string corresponding to the given error code, e.g.\ <tt>"no such process"</tt>.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* This function is included since not all platforms support the
* <tt>%strerror()</tt> function.
*
* @param errnum The system error number. See the standard C <tt>errno</tt> documentation.
* @return A string describing the error code. If the error code is unknown,
* <tt>&quot;unknown error (<em>\<errnum\></em>)&quot;</tt> is returned.
*/
Glib::ustring strerror(int errnum);
/** Returns a string describing the given signal, e.g.\ <tt>"Segmentation fault"</tt>.
* @ingroup StringUtils
* This function is included since not all platforms support the
* <tt>%strsignal()</tt> function.
*
* @param signum The signal number. See the <tt>signal()</tt> documentation.
* @return A string describing the signal. If the signal is unknown,
* <tt>&quot;unknown signal (<em>\<signum\></em>)&quot;</tt> is returned.
*/
Glib::ustring strsignal(int signum);
} // namespace Glib
#endif /* _GLIBMM_STRINGUTILS_H */