--- trunk/OOPSE-4/src/utils/StringUtils.hpp	2004/10/19 18:21:25	1598
+++ trunk/OOPSE-4/src/utils/StringUtils.hpp	2005/02/07 19:13:43	1980
@@ -1,3 +1,44 @@
+ /*
+ * 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
@@ -10,23 +51,22 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
 
 namespace oopse {
-
-  using namespace std;
  
 
   /**
    * Converts a string to UPPER CASE
    * @param S
    */
-  string UpperCase(const string& S);
+  std::string UpperCase(const std::string& S);
 
   /**
    * Converts a string to lower case
    * @param S
    */
-  string LowerCase(const string& S);
+  std::string LowerCase(const std::string& S);
 
   /**
    * Removes left and right spaces from a string
@@ -44,7 +84,7 @@ namespace oopse {
    *
    * @return the line number of the block within the theStream
    */
-  int findBegin(istream &theStream, char* startText );
+  int findBegin(std::istream &theStream, char* startText );
 
   /**
    * Counts the number of tokens on line which are delimited by the characters 
@@ -62,6 +102,39 @@ namespace oopse {
    * @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;        
+        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;
+    }
+
+    /**@todo need implementation */
+    std::string getPrefix(const std::string& str);
+
+    /**@todo need implementation */
+    std::string getSuffix(const std::string& str);
+    
 }
 
 #endif