// StringUtils.h
// Interfaces to various string helper functions
#ifndef STRINGUTILS_H_INCLUDED
#define STRINGUTILS_H_INCLUDED
typedef std::string AString;
typedef std::vector<AString> AStringVector;
typedef std::list<AString> AStringList;
/// Add the formated string to the existing data in the string
extern AString & AppendVPrintf(AString & str, const char * format, va_list args);
/// Output the formatted text into the string
extern AString & Printf (AString & str, const char * format, ...);
/// Add the formatted string to the existing data in the string
extern AString & AppendPrintf (AString & str, const char * format, ...);
/// Split the string at delimiters, return as a stringvector
extern AStringVector StringSplit(const AString & str, const AString & delim);
/// Trime whitespace at both ends of the string
extern AString TrimString(const AString & str);
/// In-place string conversion to uppercase; returns the same string
extern AString & StrToUpper(AString & s);
/// Case-insensitive string comparison; returns 0 if the strings are the same
extern int NoCaseCompare(const AString & s1, const AString & s2);
/// Case-insensitive string comparison that returns a rating of equal-ness between [0 - s1.length()]
extern unsigned int RateCompareString(const AString & s1, const AString & s2 );
/// Replaces *each* occurence of iNeedle in iHayStack with iReplaceWith
extern void ReplaceString(AString & iHayStack, const AString & iNeedle, const AString & iReplaceWith);
/// Returns the list of all items in the specified directory (files, folders, nix pipes, whatever's there)
extern AStringList GetDirectoryContents(const char * a_Directory);
/// Converts a stream of BE shorts into UTF-8 string; returns a ref to a_UTF8
extern AString & RawBEToUTF8(short * a_RawData, int a_NumShorts, AString & a_UTF8);
/// Converts a UTF-8 string into a UTF-16 BE string, packing that back into AString; return a ref to a_UTF16
extern AString & UTF8ToRawBEUTF16(const char * a_UTF8, size_t a_UTF8Length, AString & a_UTF16);
// If you have any other string helper functions, declare them here
#endif // STRINGUTILS_H_INCLUDED
