Add string utils from manaplus.

update localconsts.

8 files changed, 1000 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b90361d..0eeb762 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ mplint_SOURCES = \
     main.cpp \
     rulebase.cpp \
     rulebase.h \
+    stringutils.cpp \
+    stringutils.h \
+    stringvector.h \
     template.hpp \
     rules/dump.cpp
 
diff --git a/src/localconsts.h b/src/localconsts.h
index 7967c02..4086301 100644
--- a/src/localconsts.h
+++ b/src/localconsts.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #define nullptr 0
 #define final
 #define override
+#define constexpr
+#define noexcept
 #define A_DELETE(func)
 #define A_DELETE_COPY(func)
 #else
@@ -32,11 +34,16 @@
 #if GCC_VERSION < 40700
 #define final
 #define override
-//#define A_DELETE
-//#define A_DELETE_COPY
+#define constexpr
+#define noexcept
+// #define A_DELETE
+// #define A_DELETE_COPY
+#else
+#define ADVGCC
 #endif
 #undef Z_NULL
 #define Z_NULL nullptr
+#define M_TCPOK
 #define A_DELETE(func) func = delete
 #define A_DELETE_COPY(name) name(const name &) = delete; \
     name &operator=(const name&) = delete;
@@ -45,10 +52,14 @@
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define A_UNUSED  __attribute__ ((unused))
 #define A_WARN_UNUSED __attribute__ ((warn_unused_result))
+#define DEPRECATED __attribute__ ((deprecated))
+#define restrict __restrict__
 #else
 #define A_UNUSED
 #define A_WARN_UNUSED
 #define gnu_printf printf
+#define DEPRECATED
+#define restrict
 #endif
 #ifdef __clang__
 #define gnu_printf printf
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index af3dbb9..edcb5ce 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,20 @@
 
 #include "localconsts.h"
 
-int main(int argc A_UNUSED, char *argv[] A_UNUSED)
+static void showHelp()
 {
-    lint.run("..");
+    printf("mplint - ManaPlus source code lint\n");
+    printf("Usage:\n");
+    printf("mplint dir\n");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    if (argc != 2)
+    {
+        showHelp();
+        return 1;
+    }
+    lint.run(argv[1]);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/rulebase.h b/src/rulebase.h
index 6b41445..d205b7d 100644
--- a/src/rulebase.h
+++ b/src/rulebase.h
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ class RuleBase
         virtual void end()
         { }
 
-        virtual void parseLine(const std::string &data A_UNUSED)
+        virtual void parseLine(std::string data A_UNUSED)
         { }
 
-        virtual void parseFile(const std::string &data A_UNUSED)
+        virtual void parseFile(std::string data A_UNUSED)
         { }
 
         const std::set<std::string> &getMasks() const
diff --git a/src/stringutils.cpp b/src/stringutils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f580266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stringutils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,696 @@
+/*
+ *  The ManaPlus Client
+ *  Copyright (C) 2007-2009  The Mana World Development Team
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009-2010  The Mana Developers
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011-2014  The ManaPlus Developers
+ *
+ *  This file is part of The ManaPlus Client.
+ *
+ *  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 3 of the License, or
+ *  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
+ *  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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "stringutils.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdarg>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cctype>
+#include <list>
+#include <ctime>
+
+std::string &trim(std::string &str)
+{
+    size_t pos = str.find_last_not_of(' ');
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        str.erase(pos + 1);
+        pos = str.find_first_not_of(' ');
+
+        if (pos != std::string::npos)
+            str.erase(0, pos);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // There is nothing else but whitespace in the string
+        str.clear();
+    }
+    return str;
+}
+
+std::string &toLower(std::string &str)
+{
+    std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), &tolower);
+    return str;
+}
+
+std::string &toUpper(std::string &str)
+{
+    std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), &toupper);
+    return str;
+}
+
+unsigned int atox(const std::string &str)
+{
+    unsigned int value;
+    sscanf(str.c_str(), "0x%06x", &value);
+
+    return value;
+}
+
+const char *ipToString(const uint32_t address)
+{
+    static char asciiIP[18];
+
+    snprintf(asciiIP, sizeof(asciiIP), "%i.%i.%i.%i",
+            static_cast<unsigned char>(address),
+            static_cast<unsigned char>(address >> 8),
+            static_cast<unsigned char>(address >> 16),
+            static_cast<unsigned char>(address >> 24));
+    asciiIP[17] = 0;
+
+    return asciiIP;
+}
+
+std::string strprintf(const char *const format, ...)
+{
+    char buf[257];
+    va_list(args);
+    va_start(args, format);
+    size_t nb = vsnprintf(buf, 256, format, args);
+    buf[256] = 0;
+    va_end(args);
+    if (nb < 256)
+        return buf;
+
+    // The static size was not big enough, try again with a dynamic allocation.
+    ++nb;
+    char *buf2 = new char[nb];
+    va_start(args, format);
+    vsnprintf(buf2, nb, format, args);
+    va_end(args);
+    std::string res(buf2);
+    delete [] buf2;
+    return res;
+}
+
+std::string removeColors(std::string msg)
+{
+    for (unsigned int f = 0; f < msg.length() - 2 && msg.length() > 2; f++)
+    {
+        while (msg.length() > f + 2 && msg.at(f) == '#'
+               && msg.at(f + 1) == '#')
+        {
+            msg = msg.erase(f, 3);
+        }
+    }
+    return msg;
+}
+
+int compareStrI(const std::string &a, const std::string &b)
+{
+    std::string::const_iterator itA = a.begin();
+    const std::string::const_iterator endA = a.end();
+    std::string::const_iterator itB = b.begin();
+    const std::string::const_iterator endB = b.end();
+
+    for (; itA < endA && itB < endB; ++itA, ++itB)
+    {
+        const int comp = tolower(*itA) - tolower(*itB);
+        if (comp)
+            return comp;
+    }
+
+    // Check string lengths
+    if (itA == endA && itB == endB)
+        return 0;
+    else if (itA == endA)
+        return -1;
+    else
+        return 1;
+}
+
+
+bool isWordSeparator(const signed char chr)
+{
+    return (chr == ' ' || chr == ',' || chr == '.' || chr == '"');
+}
+
+const std::string findSameSubstring(const std::string &restrict str1,
+                                    const std::string &restrict str2)
+{
+    const int minLength = str1.length() > str2.length()
+        ? static_cast<int>(str2.length()) : static_cast<int>(str1.length());
+    for (int f = 0; f < minLength; f ++)
+    {
+        if (str1.at(f) != str2.at(f))
+            return str1.substr(0, f);
+    }
+    return str1.substr(0, minLength);
+}
+
+const std::string findSameSubstringI(const std::string &restrict s1,
+                                     const std::string &restrict s2)
+{
+    std::string str1 = s1;
+    std::string str2 = s2;
+    toLower(str1);
+    toLower(str2);
+
+    const size_t minLength = str1.length() > str2.length()
+        ? str2.length() : str1.length();
+    for (size_t f = 0; f < minLength; f ++)
+    {
+        if (str1.at(f) != str2.at(f))
+            return s1.substr(0, f);
+    }
+    return s1.substr(0, minLength);
+}
+
+size_t findI(std::string str, std::string subStr)
+{
+    str = toLower(str);
+    subStr = toLower(subStr);
+    return str.find(subStr);
+}
+
+size_t findI(std::string text, const StringVect &list)
+{
+    toLower(text);
+    FOR_EACH (StringVectCIter, i, list)
+    {
+        std::string subStr = *i;
+        subStr = toLower(subStr);
+        const size_t idx = text.find(subStr);
+        if (idx != std::string::npos)
+            return idx;
+    }
+    return std::string::npos;
+}
+
+int base = 94;
+int start = 33;
+
+const std::string encodeStr(unsigned int value, const unsigned int size)
+{
+    std::string buf;
+
+    do
+    {
+        buf += static_cast<signed char>(value % base + start);
+        value /= base;
+    }
+    while (value);
+
+    while (buf.length() < size)
+        buf += static_cast<signed char>(start);
+    return buf;
+}
+
+
+unsigned int decodeStr(const std::string &str)
+{
+    if (str.empty())
+        return 0;
+
+    int res = str[0] - start;
+    int mult = 1;
+    for (unsigned int f = 1; f < str.length(); f ++)
+    {
+        mult *= base;
+        res = res + (str[f] - start) * mult;
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
+std::string extractNameFromSprite(std::string str)
+{
+    const size_t pos1 = str.rfind(".");
+    if (pos1 != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        size_t pos2 = str.rfind("/");
+        const size_t pos3 = str.rfind("\\");
+        if (pos3 != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            if (pos2 == std::string::npos || pos3 > pos2)
+                pos2 = pos3;
+        }
+        if (pos2 == std::string::npos)
+            pos2 = static_cast<size_t>(-1);
+
+        const int size = static_cast<int>(pos1) - static_cast<int>(pos2) - 1;
+        if (size > 0)
+            str = str.substr(pos2 + 1, size);
+    }
+    return str;
+}
+
+std::string removeSpriteIndex(std::string str)
+{
+    const size_t pos1 = str.rfind("[");
+
+    if (pos1 != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        size_t pos2 = str.rfind("/");
+        const size_t pos3 = str.rfind("\\");
+        if (pos3 != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            if (pos2 == std::string::npos || pos3 > pos2)
+                pos2 = pos3;
+        }
+        if (pos2 == std::string::npos)
+            pos2 = static_cast<size_t>(-1);
+
+        const int size = static_cast<int>(pos1) - static_cast<int>(pos2) - 1;
+        if (size > 0)
+            str = str.substr(pos2 + 1, size);
+    }
+    return str;
+}
+
+std::string getFileName(const std::string &path)
+{
+    size_t pos1 = path.rfind("/");
+    const size_t pos2 = path.rfind("\\");
+    if (pos1 == std::string::npos)
+        pos1 = pos2;
+    else if (pos2 != std::string::npos && pos2 > pos1)
+        pos1 = pos2;
+
+    if (pos1 == std::string::npos)
+        return path;
+    return path.substr(pos1 + 1);
+}
+
+std::string getFileDir(const std::string &path)
+{
+    size_t pos1 = path.rfind("/");
+    const size_t pos2 = path.rfind("\\");
+    if (pos1 == std::string::npos)
+        pos1 = pos2;
+    else if (pos2 != std::string::npos && pos2 > pos1)
+        pos1 = pos2;
+
+    if (pos1 == std::string::npos)
+        return path;
+    return path.substr(0, pos1);
+}
+
+std::string& replaceAll(std::string& context, const std::string &restrict from,
+                        const std::string &restrict to)
+{
+    if (from.empty())
+        return context;
+    size_t lookHere = 0;
+    size_t foundHere;
+    const size_t fromSize = from.size();
+    const size_t toSize = to.size();
+    while ((foundHere = context.find(from, lookHere)) != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        context.replace(foundHere, fromSize, to);
+        lookHere = foundHere + toSize;
+    }
+    return context;
+}
+
+bool getBoolFromString(const std::string &text)
+{
+    std::string txt = text;
+    toLower(trim(txt));
+    if (txt == "true" || txt == "yes" || txt == "on" || txt == "1")
+        return true;
+    else if (txt == "false" || txt == "no" || txt == "off" || txt == "0")
+        return false;
+    else
+        return static_cast<bool>(atoi(txt.c_str()));
+}
+
+void replaceSpecialChars(std::string &text)
+{
+    size_t pos1 = text.find("&");
+    while (pos1 != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        const size_t idx = pos1 + 1;
+        const size_t sz = text.size();
+        if (idx >= sz)
+            break;
+
+        size_t f;
+        for (f = idx; f < sz; f ++)
+        {
+            if (text[f] < '0' || text[f] > '9')
+                break;
+        }
+        if (idx + 1 < f && text[f] == ';')
+        {
+            std::string str(" ");
+            str[0] = static_cast<signed char>(atoi(text.substr(
+                idx, f - idx).c_str()));
+            text = text.substr(0, pos1) + str + text.substr(f + 1);
+            pos1 += 1;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            pos1 = f + 1;
+        }
+
+        pos1 = text.find("&", pos1);
+    }
+}
+
+std::string normalize(const std::string &name)
+{
+    std::string normalized = name;
+    return toLower(trim(normalized));
+}
+
+void splitToIntSet(std::set<int> &tokens,
+                   const std::string &text,
+                   const char separator)
+{
+    std::stringstream ss(text);
+    std::string item;
+    while (std::getline(ss, item, separator))
+        tokens.insert(atoi(item.c_str()));
+}
+
+std::list<int> splitToIntList(const std::string &text,
+                              const char separator)
+{
+    std::list<int> tokens;
+    std::stringstream ss(text);
+    std::string item;
+    while (std::getline(ss, item, separator))
+        tokens.push_back(atoi(item.c_str()));
+
+    return tokens;
+}
+
+std::list<std::string> splitToStringList(const std::string &text,
+                                         const char separator)
+{
+    std::list<std::string> tokens;
+    std::stringstream ss(text);
+    std::string item;
+    while (std::getline(ss, item, separator))
+        tokens.push_back(item);
+
+    return tokens;
+}
+
+void splitToStringVector(StringVect &tokens, const std::string &text,
+                         const char separator)
+{
+    std::stringstream ss(text);
+    std::string item;
+    while (std::getline(ss, item, separator))
+    {
+        item = trim(item);
+        if (!item.empty())
+            tokens.push_back(item);
+    }
+}
+
+void splitToStringSet(std::set<std::string> &tokens, const std::string &text,
+                      const char separator)
+{
+    std::stringstream ss(text);
+    std::string item;
+    while (std::getline(ss, item, separator))
+    {
+        item = trim(item);
+        if (!item.empty())
+            tokens.insert(item);
+    }
+}
+
+void splitToIntVector(std::vector<int> &tokens, const std::string &text,
+                      const char separator)
+{
+    std::stringstream ss(text);
+    std::string item;
+    while (std::getline(ss, item, separator))
+    {
+        item = trim(item);
+        if (!item.empty())
+            tokens.push_back(atoi(item.c_str()));
+    }
+}
+
+std::string combineDye(std::string file, const std::string &dye)
+{
+    if (dye.empty())
+        return file;
+    const size_t pos = file.find_last_of("|");
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+        return file.substr(0, pos).append("|").append(dye);
+    return file.append("|").append(dye);
+}
+
+std::string combineDye2(std::string file, const std::string &dye)
+{
+    if (dye.empty())
+        return file;
+
+    const size_t pos = file.find_last_of("|");
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        const std::string dye1 = file.substr(pos + 1);
+        std::string str;
+        file = file.substr(0, pos);
+        const std::list<std::string> list1 = splitToStringList(dye1, ';');
+        const std::list<std::string> list2 = splitToStringList(dye, ';');
+        for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it1 = list1.begin(),
+             it2 = list2.begin(), it1_end = list1.end(), it2_end = list2.end();
+             it1 != it1_end && it2 != it2_end; ++it1, ++it2)
+        {
+            str.append(*it1).append(":").append(*it2).append(";");
+        }
+        return file.append("|").append(str);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return file;
+    }
+}
+
+std::string combineDye3(std::string file, const std::string &dye)
+{
+    if (dye.empty())
+        return file;
+
+    const size_t pos = file.find_last_of("|");
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        const std::string dye1 = file.substr(pos + 1);
+        std::string str;
+        file = file.substr(0, pos);
+        const std::list<std::string> list1 = splitToStringList(dye1, ';');
+        const std::list<std::string> list2 = splitToStringList(dye, ';');
+        for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it1 = list1.begin(),
+             it2 = list2.begin(), it1_end = list1.end(), it2_end = list2.end();
+             it1 != it1_end && it2 != it2_end; ++it1, ++it2)
+        {
+            str.append(*it1).append(":").append(*it2).append(";");
+        }
+        return file.append("|").append(str);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if (dye.empty() || file.empty())
+            return file;
+        else
+            return file.append("|").append(dye);
+    }
+}
+
+std::string packList(const std::list<std::string> &list)
+{
+    std::list<std::string>::const_iterator i = list.begin();
+    std::string str;
+    while (i != list.end())
+    {
+        str.append(*i).append("|");
+        ++ i;
+    }
+    const size_t sz = str.size();
+    if (sz > 1)
+        str = str.substr(0, sz - 1);
+    return str;
+}
+
+std::list<std::string> unpackList(const std::string &str)
+{
+    return splitToStringList(str, '|');
+}
+
+std::string stringToHexPath(const std::string &str)
+{
+    if (str.empty())
+        return "";
+
+    std::string hex = strprintf("%%%2x/", static_cast<int>(str[0]));
+    for (unsigned f = 1, sz = static_cast<unsigned>(str.size()); f < sz; f ++)
+        hex.append(strprintf("%%%2x", static_cast<int>(str[f])));
+    return hex;
+}
+
+void deleteCharLeft(std::string &str, unsigned *const pos)
+{
+    if (!pos)
+        return;
+
+    while (*pos > 0)
+    {
+        (*pos)--;
+        const int v = str[*pos];
+        str.erase(*pos, 1);
+        if ((v & 192) != 128)
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+bool findLast(const std::string &restrict str1,
+              const std::string &restrict str2)
+{
+    const size_t s1 = str1.size();
+    const size_t s2 = str2.size();
+    if (s1 < s2)
+        return false;
+    if (str1.substr(s1 - s2) == str2)
+        return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool findFirst(const std::string &restrict str1,
+               const std::string &restrict str2)
+{
+    const size_t s1 = str1.size();
+    const size_t s2 = str2.size();
+    if (s1 < s2)
+        return false;
+    if (str1.substr(0, s2) == str2)
+        return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool findCutLast(std::string &restrict str1, const std::string &restrict str2)
+{
+    const size_t s1 = str1.size();
+    const size_t s2 = str2.size();
+    if (s1 < s2)
+        return false;
+    if (str1.substr(s1 - s2) == str2)
+    {
+        str1 = str1.substr(0, s1 - s2);
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool findCutFirst(std::string &restrict str1, const std::string &restrict str2)
+{
+    const size_t s1 = str1.size();
+    const size_t s2 = str2.size();
+    if (s1 < s2)
+        return false;
+    if (str1.substr(0, s2) == str2)
+    {
+        str1 = str1.substr(s2);
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+std::string &removeProtocol(std::string &url)
+{
+    const size_t i = url.find("://");
+    if (i != std::string::npos)
+        url = url.substr(i + 3);
+    return url;
+}
+
+bool strStartWith(const std::string &restrict str1,
+                  const std::string &restrict str2)
+{
+    const size_t sz2 = str2.size();
+    if (str1.size() < sz2)
+        return false;
+    return str1.substr(0, sz2) == str2;
+}
+
+std::string getDateString()
+{
+    char buffer[80];
+    time_t rawtime;
+    time(&rawtime);
+    const tm *const timeinfo = localtime(&rawtime);
+
+    strftime(buffer, 79, "%Y-%m-%d", timeinfo);
+    return std::string(buffer);
+}
+
+signed char parseBoolean(const std::string &value)
+{
+    const std::string opt = value.substr(0, 1);
+
+    if (opt == "1" ||
+        opt == "y" || opt == "Y" ||
+        opt == "t" || opt == "T")
+        return 1;
+    else if (opt == "0" ||
+             opt == "n" || opt == "N" ||
+             opt == "f" || opt == "F")
+        return 0;
+    else
+        return -1;
+}
+
+std::string encodeLinkText(std::string data)
+{
+    return replaceAll(data, "|", "\342\235\230");
+}
+
+std::string decodeLinkText(std::string data)
+{
+    return replaceAll(data, "\342\235\230", "|");
+}
+
+std::string toStringPrint(const unsigned int val)
+{
+    static char str[100];
+    snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%u 0x%x", val, val);
+    str[99] = 0;
+    return str;
+}
+
+bool isDigit(const std::string &str)
+{
+    if (str.empty())
+        return false;
+    const size_t sz = str.size();
+    for (size_t f = 0; f < sz; f ++)
+    {
+        const char &chr = str[f];
+        if (chr < '0' || chr > '9')
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+void secureChatCommand(std::string &str)
+{
+    if (str[0] == '/' || str[0] == '@' || str[0] == '#')
+        str = "_" + str;
+}
diff --git a/src/stringutils.h b/src/stringutils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8943317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stringutils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+/*
+ *  The ManaPlus Client
+ *  Copyright (C) 2007-2009  The Mana World Development Team
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009-2010  The Mana Developers
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011-2014  The ManaPlus Developers
+ *
+ *  This file is part of The ManaPlus Client.
+ *
+ *  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 3 of the License, or
+ *  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
+ *  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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef STRINGUTILS_H
+#define STRINGUTILS_H
+
+#include "stringvector.h"
+
+#include <sstream>
+#include <list>
+#include <set>
+
+#include "localconsts.h"
+
+/**
+ * Trims spaces off the end and the beginning of the given string.
+ *
+ * @param str the string to trim spaces off
+ * @return a reference to the trimmed string
+ */
+std::string &trim(std::string &str);
+
+/**
+ * Converts the given string to lower case.
+ *
+ * @param str the string to convert to lower case
+ * @return a reference to the given string converted to lower case
+ */
+std::string &toLower(std::string &str);
+
+/**
+ * Converts the given string to upper case.
+ *
+ * @param str the string to convert to upper case
+ * @return a reference to the given string converted to upper case
+ */
+std::string &toUpper(std::string &str);
+
+
+/**
+ * Converts an ascii hexidecimal string to an integer
+ *
+ * @param str the hex string to convert to an int
+ * @return the integer representation of the hex string
+ */
+unsigned int atox(const std::string &str) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+template<typename T> std::string toString(const T &arg) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+/**
+ * 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();
+}
+
+std::string toStringPrint(const unsigned int val);
+
+/**
+ * Converts the given IP address to a string.
+ *
+ * The returned string is statically allocated, and shouldn't be freed. It is
+ * changed upon the next use of this method.
+ *
+ * @param address the address to convert to a string
+ * @return the string representation of the address
+ */
+const char *ipToString(const uint32_t address) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+/**
+ * A safe version of sprintf that returns a std::string of the result.
+ */
+std::string strprintf(const char *const format, ...) A_WARN_UNUSED
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+    /* This attribute is nice: it even works through gettext invokation. For
+       example, gcc will complain that strprintf(_("%s"), 42) is ill-formed. */
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+    __attribute__((__format__(printf, 1, 2)))
+#else
+    __attribute__((__format__(gnu_printf, 1, 2)))
+#endif
+#endif
+;
+
+/**
+ * Removes colors from a string
+ *
+ * @param msg the string to remove the colors from
+ * @return string without colors
+ */
+std::string removeColors(std::string msg) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+const std::string findSameSubstring(const std::string &restrict str1,
+                                    const std::string &restrict str2);
+
+const std::string findSameSubstringI(const std::string &restrict str1,
+                                     const std::string &restrict str2);
+
+/**
+ * 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) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+/**
+ * Tells wether the character is a word separator.
+ */
+bool isWordSeparator(const signed char chr) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+size_t findI(std::string str, std::string subStr) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+size_t findI(std::string text, const StringVect &list) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+const std::string encodeStr(unsigned int value,
+                            const unsigned int size = 0) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+unsigned int decodeStr(const std::string &str) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string extractNameFromSprite(std::string str) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string removeSpriteIndex(std::string str) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string getFileName(const std::string &path) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string getFileDir(const std::string &path) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string& replaceAll(std::string& context, const std::string &restrict from,
+                        const std::string &restrict to);
+
+/**
+ * Returns a bool value depending on the given string value.
+ *
+ * @param text the string used to get the bool value
+ * @return a boolean value..
+ */
+bool getBoolFromString(const std::string &text) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+void replaceSpecialChars(std::string &text);
+
+/**
+ * Normalize a string, which means lowercase and trim it.
+ */
+std::string normalize(const std::string &name) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+void splitToIntSet(std::set<int> &tokens, const std::string &text,
+                   const char separator);
+
+std::list<int> splitToIntList(const std::string &text,
+                              const char separator) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::list<std::string> splitToStringList(const std::string &text,
+                                         const char separator) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+void splitToStringVector(StringVect &tokens,
+                         const std::string &text, const char separator);
+
+void splitToStringSet(std::set<std::string> &tokens,
+                      const std::string &text, const char separator);
+
+void splitToIntVector(std::vector<int> &tokens,
+                      const std::string &text, const char separator);
+
+std::string combineDye(std::string file, const std::string &dye) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string combineDye2(std::string file,
+                        const std::string &dye) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string combineDye3(std::string file,
+                        const std::string &dye) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string packList(const std::list<std::string> &list) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::list<std::string> unpackList(const std::string &str) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string stringToHexPath(const std::string &str) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+void deleteCharLeft(std::string &str, unsigned *const pos);
+
+bool findLast(const std::string &restrict str1,
+              const std::string &restrict str2) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+bool findFirst(const std::string &restrict str1,
+               const std::string &restrict str2) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+bool findCutLast(std::string &restrict str1,
+                 const std::string &restrict str2) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+bool findCutFirst(std::string &restrict str1,
+                  const std::string &restrict str2) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string &removeProtocol(std::string &url);
+
+bool strStartWith(const std::string &restrict str,
+                  const std::string &restrict start) A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+std::string getDateString() A_WARN_UNUSED;
+
+signed char parseBoolean(const std::string &value);
+
+std::string encodeLinkText(std::string data);
+
+std::string decodeLinkText(std::string data);
+
+bool isDigit(const std::string &str);
+
+void secureChatCommand(std::string &str);
+
+#endif  // STRINGUTILS_H
diff --git a/src/stringvector.h b/src/stringvector.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aced69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stringvector.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ *  The ManaPlus Client
+ *  Copyright (C) 2012-2014  The ManaPlus Developers
+ *
+ *  This file is part of The ManaPlus Client.
+ *
+ *  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 3 of the License, or
+ *  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
+ *  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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef STRINGVECTOR_H
+#define STRINGVECTOR_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+typedef std::vector<std::string> StringVect;
+typedef StringVect::iterator StringVectIter;
+typedef StringVect::const_iterator StringVectCIter;
+
+#endif  // STRINGVECTOR_H
diff --git a/src/template.hpp b/src/template.hpp
index 7345fff..0002a35 100644
--- a/src/template.hpp
+++ b/src/template.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "rulebase.h"
+#include "stringutils.h"
 
 #include "localconsts.h"
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class name : public RuleBase \
 \
         void end(); \
 \
-        void parseLine(const std::string &data); \
+        void parseLine(std::string data); \
 }; \
 \
 namespace \
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class name : public RuleBase \
 \
         void end(); \
 \
-        void parseLine(const std::string &data); \
+        void parseLine(std::string data); \
 }; \
 \
 namespace \
@@ -66,4 +67,4 @@ namespace \
 #define constructRule(name) name::name()
 #define startRule(name) void name::start()
 #define endRule(name) void name::end()
-#define parseLineRule(name) void name::parseLine(const std::string &data)
+#define parseLineRule(name) void name::parseLine(std::string data)