--- trunk/OOPSE-4/src/utils/StringUtils.hpp	2005/02/01 22:49:23	1962
+++ trunk/OOPSE-4/src/utils/StringUtils.hpp	2008/07/30 18:11:19	3437
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- /*
+/*
  * Copyright (c) 2005 The University of Notre Dame. All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * The University of Notre Dame grants you ("Licensee") a
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@
 #ifndef UTILS_STRINGUTILS_HPP
 #define UTILS_STRINGUTILS_HPP
 #include <string>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
 
 namespace oopse {
  
-
   /**
    * Converts a string to UPPER CASE
    * @param S
@@ -103,38 +103,76 @@ namespace oopse {
    */
   int isEndLine(char *line);
 
+  bool CaseInsensitiveEquals(char ch1, char ch2);
 
+  size_t CaseInsensitiveFind(const std::string& str1, const std::string& str2);
+
+
   /**
    * 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;        
-        if (!oss << v) {
-            std::cerr << "toString Error" << std::endl;
-        }
-        return oss.str();
+  template<typename T>
+  std::string toString(const T& v) {
+    std::ostringstream oss;        
+    if (!oss << v) {
+      std::cerr << "toString Error" << std::endl;
     }
+    return oss.str();
+  }
+  
+  template<typename T>
+  T lexi_cast(const std::string& str) {
+    T result;
+    std::istringstream iss(str);        
+    if (!(iss >> result)) {
+      std::cerr << "lexi_cast Error" << std::endl;
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
 
-    template<typename T>
-    T lexi_cast(const std::string& str) {
-        T result;
-        std::istringstream iss;        
-        if (iss >> result) {
-            std::cerr << "lexi_cast Error" << std::endl;
-        }
-        return result;
+
+  template<typename T>
+  bool isType(const std::string& str) {
+    T result;
+    std::istringstream iss(str);        
+    bool ret = true;
+    if (!(iss >> result)) {
+        ret = false;
     }
+    return ret;
+  }
 
-    /**@todo need implementation */
-    std::string getPrefix(const std::string& str);
+  bool isInteger(const std::string& str);
+  
+  std::string OOPSE_itoa(int value, unsigned int base = 10);
+  
+  /**@todo need implementation */
+  std::string getPrefix(const std::string& str);
+  
+  /**@todo need implementation */
+  std::string getSuffix(const std::string& str);
+  
 
-    /**@todo need implementation */
-    std::string getSuffix(const std::string& str);
-    
-}
+template<class ContainerType>
+std::string containerToString(const ContainerType& cont) {
+    std::ostringstream oss;
+    oss << "(";
+    typename ContainerType::const_iterator i = cont.begin();
+    if (i != cont.end()) {
+        oss << *i;
+        ++i;
+    }
+    for (; i != cont.end();++i) {
+        oss << ", ";
+        oss << *i;
+    }
+    oss << ")";
+    return oss.str();
+}  
 
+  
+}  
 #endif