String.h

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/*******************************************************************************
 *  String.h
 *
 *  (C) 2007 AG Aktives Sehen <agas@uni-koblenz.de>
 *           Universitaet Koblenz-Landau
 *
 *  Additional information:
 *  $Id: $
 *******************************************************************************/

#ifndef String_H
#define String_H

#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

class String
{
        public:

                String();

                ~String();

                static std::string upCase ( std::string text );

                static std::string downCase ( std::string text );

                static std::string removeCharacters ( std::string text, std::string characters );

                static std::vector<std::string> explode ( const std::string& text, const std::string& separators, bool keepSeparators = false );

                template<class C>
                inline static std::string implode ( C& container, const std::string& separator )
                {
                        typename C::const_iterator it;
                        typename C::const_iterator it2;
                        std::string result = "";
                        for ( it = container.begin() ; it != container.end(); ++it )
                        {
                                it2 = it;
                                it2++;
                                if ( it2 != container.end() )
                                {
                                        result += *it + separator;
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                        result += *it;
                                }
                        }
                        return result;
                }

                template<class T>
                inline static std::vector<T> convertTo ( std::vector<std::string> strVec )
                {
                        std::vector<T> tVec;
                        tVec.resize ( strVec.size() );

                        for ( unsigned i = 0; i < strVec.size(); i++ )
                        {
                                std::stringstream s;
                                s << strVec[i];
                                s >> tVec[i];
                        }
                        return tVec;
                }

                template<class T>
                inline static T convertTo ( std::string str )
                {
                        std::stringstream s;
                        T t;
                        s << str;
                        s >> t;
                        return t;
                }

                template<class T>
                inline static std::string toString ( T value )
                {
                        std::ostringstream s;
                        s << value;
                        return s.str();
                }

        private:

};

#endif