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+/*
+ *  The Mana Server
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004-2010  The Mana World Development Team
+ *
+ *  This file is part of The Mana Server.
+ *
+ *  The Mana Server 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
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  The Mana Server 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.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with The Mana Server.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef UTILS_STRING_H
+#define UTILS_STRING_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace utils
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns an upper-cased copy of the string.
+     */
+    std::string toUpper(std::string);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an lower-cased copy of the string.
+     */
+    std::string toLower(std::string);
+
+    /**
+     * Tells whether the string is a numerical representation.
+     */
+    bool isNumeric(const std::string &);
+
+    /**
+     * Turns a string representing a numerical representation
+     * into an integer value.
+     */
+    int stringToInt(const std::string &);
+
+    /**
+     * Compares the two strings case-insensitively.
+     *
+     * @param a the first string in the comparison
+     * @param b the second string in the comparison
+     * @return 0 if the strings are equal, positive if the first is greater,
+     *           negative if the second is greater
+     */
+    int compareStrI(const std::string &a, const std::string &b);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the boolean value represented in a string, or default.
+     */
+    bool stringToBool(const std::string &s, bool defaultValue);
+
+    /**
+     * Trims spaces off the end and the beginning of the given string.
+     *
+     * @param str the string to trim spaces off
+     */
+    void trim(std::string &str);
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the given value to a string using std::stringstream.
+     *
+     * @param arg the value to convert to a string
+     * @return the string representation of arg
+     */
+    template<typename T> std::string toString(const T &arg)
+    {
+        std::stringstream ss;
+        ss << arg;
+        return ss.str();
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // UTILS_STRING_H