--- trunk/OOPSE-4/src/utils/StringUtils.hpp	2004/09/24 04:16:43	1490
+++ trunk/OOPSE-4/src/utils/StringUtils.hpp	2005/01/14 16:49:46	1945
@@ -1,9 +1,128 @@
-#ifndef _STRINGUTILS_HPP_
-#define _STRINGUTILS_HPP_
+ /*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005 The University of Notre Dame. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * The University of Notre Dame grants you ("Licensee") a
+ * non-exclusive, royalty free, license to use, modify and
+ * redistribute this software in source and binary code form, provided
+ * that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ * 1. Acknowledgement of the program authors must be made in any
+ *    publication of scientific results based in part on use of the
+ *    program.  An acceptable form of acknowledgement is citation of
+ *    the article in which the program was described (Matthew
+ *    A. Meineke, Charles F. Vardeman II, Teng Lin, Christopher
+ *    J. Fennell and J. Daniel Gezelter, "OOPSE: An Object-Oriented
+ *    Parallel Simulation Engine for Molecular Dynamics,"
+ *    J. Comput. Chem. 26, pp. 252-271 (2005))
+ *
+ * 2. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * 3. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *    distribution.
+ *
+ * This software is provided "AS IS," without a warranty of any
+ * kind. All express or implied conditions, representations and
+ * warranties, including any implied warranty of merchantability,
+ * fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement, are hereby
+ * excluded.  The University of Notre Dame and its licensors shall not
+ * be liable for any damages suffered by licensee as a result of
+ * using, modifying or distributing the software or its
+ * derivatives. In no event will the University of Notre Dame or its
+ * licensors be liable for any lost revenue, profit or data, or for
+ * direct, indirect, special, consequential, incidental or punitive
+ * damages, however caused and regardless of the theory of liability,
+ * arising out of the use of or inability to use software, even if the
+ * University of Notre Dame has been advised of the possibility of
+ * such damages.
+ */
+ 
+/**
+ * @file StringUtils.hpp
+ * @author Dan Gezelter
+ * @date 10/18/2004
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+
+#ifndef UTILS_STRINGUTILS_HPP
+#define UTILS_STRINGUTILS_HPP
 #include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
 
-using namespace std;
-string UpperCase(const string& S);
-string LowerCase(const string& S);
+namespace oopse {
+ 
 
+  /**
+   * Converts a string to UPPER CASE
+   * @param S
+   */
+  std::string UpperCase(const std::string& S);
+
+  /**
+   * Converts a string to lower case
+   * @param S
+   */
+  std::string LowerCase(const std::string& S);
+
+  /**
+   * Removes left and right spaces from a string
+   *
+   * @param str  String to trim
+   *
+   * @return  char* to the trimed string
+   */
+  char* trimSpaces(char *str);
+
+  /**
+   * Finds the location of the string "begin <startText>" in an input stream.
+   * @param theStream
+   * @param startText
+   *
+   * @return the line number of the block within the theStream
+   */
+  int findBegin(std::istream &theStream, char* startText );
+
+  /**
+   * Counts the number of tokens on line which are delimited by the characters 
+   * listed in delimiters
+   * @param line
+   * @param delimiters
+   */
+  int countTokens(char *line, char *delimiters);
+
+  /**
+   * discovers whether or not the line contains the "end" token
+   *
+   * @param line  The line to test
+   * 
+   * @return int  (==1 if the line has "end", ==0 if not).
+   */
+  int isEndLine(char *line);
+
+
+  /**
+   * Convert a variable to a string
+   * @param T data type
+   * @param v data to be converted
+   * @return a string
+   */
+    template<typename T>
+    std::string toString(const T& v) {
+        std::ostringstream oss;        
+        oss << v;
+        return oss.str();
+    }
+
+    /**@todo need implementation */
+    std::string getPrefix(const std::string& str);
+
+    /**@todo need implementation */
+    std::string getSuffix(const std::string& str);
+    
+}
+
 #endif