BansheeEngine/CamelotUtility/Include/CmString.h

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#pragma once

#include "CmPrerequisitesUtil.h"

namespace CamelotFramework 
{
	template <typename T>
	struct BasicString 
	{ 
		typedef typename std::basic_string<T, std::char_traits<T>, StdAlloc<T>> type; 
	}; 

	template <typename T>
	struct BasicStringStream
	{ 
		typedef typename std::basic_stringstream<T, std::char_traits<T>, StdAlloc<T>> type; 
	}; 

	typedef BasicString<wchar_t>::type WString;
	typedef BasicString<char>::type String;

	typedef BasicStringStream<wchar_t>::type WStringStream;
	typedef BasicStringStream<char>::type StringStream;

	/** \addtogroup Core
	*  @{
	*/
	/** \addtogroup General
	*  @{
	*/

    /** Utility class for manipulating Strings.  */
    class CM_UTILITY_EXPORT StringUtil
    {
	public:
        /** Removes any whitespace characters, be it standard space or
            TABs and so on.
            @remarks
                The user may specify wether they want to trim only the
                beginning or the end of the String ( the default action is
                to trim both).
        */
        static void trim(String& str, bool left = true, bool right = true);

        /** Removes any whitespace characters, be it standard space or
            TABs and so on.
            @remarks
                The user may specify wether they want to trim only the
                beginning or the end of the String ( the default action is
                to trim both).
        */
        static void trim(WString& str, bool left = true, bool right = true);

        /** Removes specified characters.
            @remarks
                The user may specify wether they want to trim only the
                beginning or the end of the String ( the default action is
                to trim both).
        */
        static void trim(String& str, const String& delims, bool left = true, bool right = true);

        /** Removes specified characters.
            @remarks
                The user may specify wether they want to trim only the
                beginning or the end of the String ( the default action is
                to trim both).
        */
        static void trim(WString& str, const WString& delims, bool left = true, bool right = true);

        /** Returns a StringVector that contains all the substrings delimited
            by the characters in the passed <code>delims</code> argument.
            @param
                delims A list of delimiter characters to split by
            @param
                maxSplits The maximum number of splits to perform (0 for unlimited splits). If this
                parameters is > 0, the splitting process will stop after this many splits, left to right.
        */
		static Vector<String>::type split(const String& str, const String& delims = "\t\n ", unsigned int maxSplits = 0);

		/** Returns a StringVector that contains all the substrings delimited
            by the characters in the passed <code>delims</code> argument.
            @param
                delims A list of delimiter characters to split by
            @param
                maxSplits The maximum number of splits to perform (0 for unlimited splits). If this
                parameters is > 0, the splitting process will stop after this many splits, left to right.
        */
		static Vector<WString>::type split(const WString& str, const WString& delims = L"\t\n ", unsigned int maxSplits = 0);

		/** Returns a StringVector that contains all the substrings delimited
            by the characters in the passed <code>delims</code> argument, 
			or in the <code>doubleDelims</code> argument, which is used to include (normal) 
			delimeters in the tokenised string. For example, "strings like this".
            @param
                delims A list of delimiter characters to split by
			@param
                delims A list of double delimeters characters to tokenise by
            @param
                maxSplits The maximum number of splits to perform (0 for unlimited splits). If this
                parameters is > 0, the splitting process will stop after this many splits, left to right.
        */
		static Vector<String>::type tokenise(const String& str, const String& delims = "\t\n ", const String& doubleDelims = "\"", unsigned int maxSplits = 0);

		/** Returns a StringVector that contains all the substrings delimited
            by the characters in the passed <code>delims</code> argument, 
			or in the <code>doubleDelims</code> argument, which is used to include (normal) 
			delimeters in the tokenised string. For example, "strings like this".
            @param
                delims A list of delimiter characters to split by
			@param
                delims A list of double delimeters characters to tokenise by
            @param
                maxSplits The maximum number of splits to perform (0 for unlimited splits). If this
                parameters is > 0, the splitting process will stop after this many splits, left to right.
        */
		static Vector<WString>::type tokenise(const WString& str, const WString& delims = L"\t\n ", const WString& doubleDelims = L"\"", unsigned int maxSplits = 0);

		/** Lower-cases all the characters in the string.
        */
        static void toLowerCase(String& str);

		/** Lower-cases all the characters in the string.
        */
        static void toLowerCase(WString& str);

        /** Upper-cases all the characters in the string.
        */
        static void toUpperCase(String& str);

        /** Upper-cases all the characters in the string.
        */
        static void toUpperCase(WString& str);

        /** Returns whether the string begins with the pattern passed in.
        @param pattern The pattern to compare with.
        @param lowerCase If true, the start of the string will be lower cased before
            comparison, pattern should also be in lower case.
        */
        static bool startsWith(const String& str, const String& pattern, bool lowerCase = true);

        /** Returns whether the string begins with the pattern passed in.
        @param pattern The pattern to compare with.
        @param lowerCase If true, the start of the string will be lower cased before
            comparison, pattern should also be in lower case.
        */
        static bool startsWith(const WString& str, const WString& pattern, bool lowerCase = true);

        /** Returns whether the string ends with the pattern passed in.
        @param pattern The pattern to compare with.
        @param lowerCase If true, the end of the string will be lower cased before
            comparison, pattern should also be in lower case.
        */
        static bool endsWith(const String& str, const String& pattern, bool lowerCase = true);

        /** Returns whether the string ends with the pattern passed in.
        @param pattern The pattern to compare with.
        @param lowerCase If true, the end of the string will be lower cased before
            comparison, pattern should also be in lower case.
        */
        static bool endsWith(const WString& str, const WString& pattern, bool lowerCase = true);

        /** Simple pattern-matching routine allowing a wildcard pattern.
        @param str String to test
        @param pattern Pattern to match against; can include simple '*' wildcards
        @param caseSensitive Whether the match is case sensitive or not
        */
        static bool match(const String& str, const String& pattern, bool caseSensitive = true);

		/** Simple pattern-matching routine allowing a wildcard pattern.
        @param str String to test
        @param pattern Pattern to match against; can include simple '*' wildcards
        @param caseSensitive Whether the match is case sensitive or not
        */
        static bool match(const WString& str, const WString& pattern, bool caseSensitive = true);

		/** Replace all instances of a sub-string with a another sub-string.
		@param source Source string
		@param replaceWhat Sub-string to find and replace
		@param replaceWithWhat Sub-string to replace with (the new sub-string)
		@returns An updated string with the sub-string replaced
		*/
		static const String replaceAll(const String& source, const String& replaceWhat, const String& replaceWithWhat);

		/** Replace all instances of a sub-string with a another sub-string.
		@param source Source string
		@param replaceWhat Sub-string to find and replace
		@param replaceWithWhat Sub-string to replace with (the new sub-string)
		@returns An updated string with the sub-string replaced
		*/
		static const WString replaceAll(const WString& source, const WString& replaceWhat, const WString& replaceWithWhat);

        /// Constant blank string, useful for returning by ref where local does not exist
        static const String BLANK;

		/// Constant blank string, useful for returning by ref where local does not exist
		static const WString WBLANK;

	private:
		template <class T>
		static typename Vector<typename BasicString<T>::type>::type splitInternal(const typename BasicString<T>::type& str, const typename BasicString<T>::type& delims, unsigned int maxSplits)
		{
			Vector<BasicString<T>::type>::type ret;
			// Pre-allocate some space for performance
			ret.reserve(maxSplits ? maxSplits+1 : 10);    // 10 is guessed capacity for most case

			unsigned int numSplits = 0;

			// Use STL methods 
			size_t start, pos;
			start = 0;
			do 
			{
				pos = str.find_first_of(delims, start);
				if (pos == start)
				{
					// Do nothing
					start = pos + 1;
				}
				else if (pos == BasicString<T>::type::npos || (maxSplits && numSplits == maxSplits))
				{
					// Copy the rest of the string
					ret.push_back(str.substr(start));
					break;
				}
				else
				{
					// Copy up to delimiter
					ret.push_back(str.substr(start, pos - start));
					start = pos + 1;
				}
				// parse up to next real data
				start = str.find_first_not_of(delims, start);
				++numSplits;

			} while (pos != BasicString<T>::type::npos);

			return ret;
		}

		template <class T>
		static typename Vector<typename BasicString<T>::type>::type tokeniseInternal(const typename BasicString<T>::type& str, const typename BasicString<T>::type& singleDelims, 
			const typename BasicString<T>::type& doubleDelims, unsigned int maxSplits)
		{
			Vector<BasicString<T>::type>::type ret;
			// Pre-allocate some space for performance
			ret.reserve(maxSplits ? maxSplits + 1 : 10);    // 10 is guessed capacity for most case

			unsigned int numSplits = 0;
			BasicString<T>::type delims = singleDelims + doubleDelims;

			// Use STL methods 
			size_t start, pos;
			T curDoubleDelim = 0;
			start = 0;
			do 
			{
				if (curDoubleDelim != 0)
				{
					pos = str.find(curDoubleDelim, start);
				}
				else
				{
					pos = str.find_first_of(delims, start);
				}

				if (pos == start)
				{
					T curDelim = str.at(pos);
					if (doubleDelims.find_first_of(curDelim) != BasicString<T>::type::npos)
					{
						curDoubleDelim = curDelim;
					}
					// Do nothing
					start = pos + 1;
				}
				else if (pos == BasicString<T>::type::npos || (maxSplits && numSplits == maxSplits))
				{
					if (curDoubleDelim != 0)
					{
						//Missing closer. Warn or throw exception?
					}
					// Copy the rest of the string
					ret.push_back( str.substr(start) );
					break;
				}
				else
				{
					if (curDoubleDelim != 0)
					{
						curDoubleDelim = 0;
					}

					// Copy up to delimiter
					ret.push_back( str.substr(start, pos - start) );
					start = pos + 1;
				}
				if (curDoubleDelim == 0)
				{
					// parse up to next real data
					start = str.find_first_not_of(singleDelims, start);
				}

				++numSplits;

			} while (pos != BasicString<T>::type::npos);

			return ret;
		}

		template <class T>
		static bool startsWithInternal(const typename BasicString<T>::type& str, const typename BasicString<T>::type& pattern, bool lowerCase)
		{
			size_t thisLen = str.length();
			size_t patternLen = pattern.length();
			if (thisLen < patternLen || patternLen == 0)
				return false;

			BasicString<T>::type startOfThis = str.substr(0, patternLen);
			if (lowerCase)
				StringUtil::toLowerCase(startOfThis);

			return (startOfThis == pattern);
		}

		template <class T>
		static bool endsWithInternal(const typename BasicString<T>::type& str, const typename BasicString<T>::type& pattern, bool lowerCase)
		{
			size_t thisLen = str.length();
			size_t patternLen = pattern.length();
			if (thisLen < patternLen || patternLen == 0)
				return false;

			BasicString<T>::type endOfThis = str.substr(thisLen - patternLen, patternLen);
			if (lowerCase)
				StringUtil::toLowerCase(endOfThis);

			return (endOfThis == pattern);
		}

		template <class T>
		static bool matchInternal(const typename BasicString<T>::type& str, const typename BasicString<T>::type& pattern, bool caseSensitive)
		{
			BasicString<T>::type tmpStr = str;
			BasicString<T>::type tmpPattern = pattern;
			if (!caseSensitive)
			{
				StringUtil::toLowerCase(tmpStr);
				StringUtil::toLowerCase(tmpPattern);
			}

			BasicString<T>::type::const_iterator strIt = tmpStr.begin();
			BasicString<T>::type::const_iterator patIt = tmpPattern.begin();
			BasicString<T>::type::const_iterator lastWildCardIt = tmpPattern.end();
			while (strIt != tmpStr.end() && patIt != tmpPattern.end())
			{
				if (*patIt == '*')
				{
					lastWildCardIt = patIt;
					// Skip over looking for next character
					++patIt;
					if (patIt == tmpPattern.end())
					{
						// Skip right to the end since * matches the entire rest of the string
						strIt = tmpStr.end();
					}
					else
					{
						// scan until we find next pattern character
						while(strIt != tmpStr.end() && *strIt != *patIt)
							++strIt;
					}
				}
				else
				{
					if (*patIt != *strIt)
					{
						if (lastWildCardIt != tmpPattern.end())
						{
							// The last wildcard can match this incorrect sequence
							// rewind pattern to wildcard and keep searching
							patIt = lastWildCardIt;
							lastWildCardIt = tmpPattern.end();
						}
						else
						{
							// no wildwards left
							return false;
						}
					}
					else
					{
						++patIt;
						++strIt;
					}
				}

			}

			// If we reached the end of both the pattern and the string, we succeeded
			if (patIt == tmpPattern.end() && strIt == tmpStr.end())
				return true;
			else
				return false;
		}

		template <class T>
		static const typename BasicString<T>::type replaceAllInternal(const typename BasicString<T>::type& source, 
			const typename BasicString<T>::type& replaceWhat, const typename BasicString<T>::type& replaceWithWhat)
		{
			BasicString<T>::type result = source;
			BasicString<T>::type::size_type pos = 0;
			while(1)
			{
				pos = result.find(replaceWhat,pos);
				if (pos == BasicString<T>::type::npos) break;
				result.replace(pos,replaceWhat.size(), replaceWithWhat);
				pos += replaceWithWhat.size();
			}
			return result;
		}
    };


	/**
	* @brief	Converts a narrow string to a wide string.
	*/
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(const String& source);

	/** Converts a float to a WString. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(float val, unsigned short precision = 6, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

	/** Converts a double to a WString. */
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(double val, unsigned short precision = 6, 
		unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
		std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts a Radian to a WString. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(Radian val, unsigned short precision = 6, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts a Degree to a WString. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(Degree val, unsigned short precision = 6, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts an int to a WString. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(int val, unsigned short width = 0, 
        char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts an unsigned int to a WString. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(unsigned int val, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

	/** Converts a long to a WString. */
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(long val, 
		unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
		std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts an unsigned long to a WString. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(unsigned long val, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

	/** Converts an INT64 to a WString. */
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(INT64 val, 
		unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
		std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

	/** Converts an UINT64 to a WString. */
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(UINT64 val, 
		unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
		std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts a boolean to a WString. 
    @param yesNo If set to true, result is 'yes' or 'no' instead of 'true' or 'false'
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(bool val, bool yesNo = false);

	/** Converts a Vector2 to a WString. 
    @remarks
        Format is "x y" (i.e. 2x float values, space delimited)
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(const Vector2& val);

    /** Converts a Vector3 to a WString. 
    @remarks
        Format is "x y z" (i.e. 3x float values, space delimited)
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(const Vector3& val);

	/** Converts a Vector4 to a WString. 
    @remarks
        Format is "x y z w" (i.e. 4x float values, space delimited)
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(const Vector4& val);

    /** Converts a Matrix3 to a WString. 
    @remarks
        Format is "00 01 02 10 11 12 20 21 22" where '01' means row 0 column 1 etc.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(const Matrix3& val);

    /** Converts a Matrix4 to a WString. 
    @remarks
        Format is "00 01 02 03 10 11 12 13 20 21 22 23 30 31 32 33" where 
        '01' means row 0 column 1 etc.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(const Matrix4& val);

    /** Converts a Quaternion to a WString. 
    @remarks
        Format is "w x y z" (i.e. 4x float values, space delimited)
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(const Quaternion& val);

    /** Converts a ColourValue to a WString. 
    @remarks
        Format is "r g b a" (i.e. 4x float values, space delimited). 
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(const Color& val);

    /** Converts a StringVector to a WString.
    @remarks
        Strings must not contain spaces since space is used as a delimiter in
        the output.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT WString toWString(const Vector<CamelotFramework::WString>::type& val);

	/**
	* @brief	Converts a wide string to a narrow string.
	*/
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(const WString& source);

	/** Converts a float to a String. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(float val, unsigned short precision = 6, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

	/** Converts a double to a String. */
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(double val, unsigned short precision = 6, 
		unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
		std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts a Radian to a String. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(Radian val, unsigned short precision = 6, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts a Degree to a String. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(Degree val, unsigned short precision = 6, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts an int to a String. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(int val, unsigned short width = 0, 
        char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts an unsigned int to a String. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(unsigned int val, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

	/** Converts a long to a String. */
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(long val, 
		unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
		std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts an unsigned long to a String. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(unsigned long val, 
        unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
        std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

	/** Converts an unsigned long to a String. */
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(INT64 val, 
		unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
		std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

	/** Converts an unsigned long to a String. */
	CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(UINT64 val, 
		unsigned short width = 0, char fill = ' ', 
		std::ios::fmtflags flags = std::ios::fmtflags(0) );

    /** Converts a boolean to a String. 
    @param yesNo If set to true, result is 'yes' or 'no' instead of 'true' or 'false'
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(bool val, bool yesNo = false);

	/** Converts a Vector2 to a String. 
    @remarks
        Format is "x y" (i.e. 2x float values, space delimited)
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(const Vector2& val);

    /** Converts a Vector3 to a String. 
    @remarks
        Format is "x y z" (i.e. 3x float values, space delimited)
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(const Vector3& val);

	/** Converts a Vector4 to a String. 
    @remarks
        Format is "x y z w" (i.e. 4x float values, space delimited)
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(const Vector4& val);

    /** Converts a Matrix3 to a String. 
    @remarks
        Format is "00 01 02 10 11 12 20 21 22" where '01' means row 0 column 1 etc.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(const Matrix3& val);

    /** Converts a Matrix4 to a String. 
    @remarks
        Format is "00 01 02 03 10 11 12 13 20 21 22 23 30 31 32 33" where 
        '01' means row 0 column 1 etc.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(const Matrix4& val);

    /** Converts a Quaternion to a String. 
    @remarks
        Format is "w x y z" (i.e. 4x float values, space delimited)
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(const Quaternion& val);

    /** Converts a ColourValue to a String. 
    @remarks
        Format is "r g b a" (i.e. 4x float values, space delimited). 
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(const Color& val);

    /** Converts a StringVector to a string.
    @remarks
        Strings must not contain spaces since space is used as a delimiter in
        the output.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT String toString(const Vector<CamelotFramework::String>::type& val);

    /** Converts a String to a float. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the float version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT float parseFloat(const String& val, float defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a whole number. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the numeric version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT int parseInt(const String& val, int defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a whole number. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the numeric version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT unsigned int parseUnsignedInt(const String& val, unsigned int defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a whole number. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the numeric version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT long parseLong(const String& val, long defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a whole number. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the numeric version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT unsigned long parseUnsignedLong(const String& val, unsigned long defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a boolean. 
    @remarks
        Returns true if case-insensitive match of the start of the string
		matches "true", "yes" or "1", false otherwise.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT bool parseBool(const String& val, bool defaultValue = 0);

    /** Checks the String is a valid number value. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT bool isNumber(const String& val);

/** Converts a String to a float. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the float version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT float parseFloat(const WString& val, float defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a whole number. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the numeric version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT int parseInt(const WString& val, int defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a whole number. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the numeric version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT unsigned int parseUnsignedInt(const WString& val, unsigned int defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a whole number. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the numeric version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT long parseLong(const WString& val, long defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a whole number. 
    @returns
        0.0 if the value could not be parsed, otherwise the numeric version of the String.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT unsigned long parseUnsignedLong(const WString& val, unsigned long defaultValue = 0);

    /** Converts a String to a boolean. 
    @remarks
        Returns true if case-insensitive match of the start of the string
		matches "true", "yes" or "1", false otherwise.
    */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT bool parseBool(const WString& val, bool defaultValue = 0);

    /** Checks the String is a valid number value. */
    CM_UTILITY_EXPORT bool isNumber(const WString& val);

	/** @} */

	void CM_UTILITY_EXPORT __string_throwDataOverflowException();

	/**
	 * @brief	Strings need to copy their data in a slightly more intricate way than just memcpy.
	 */
	template<> struct RTTIPlainType<String>
	{	
		enum { id = 20 }; enum { hasDynamicSize = 1 };

		static void toMemory(const String& data, char* memory)
		{ 
			UINT32 size = getDynamicSize(data);

			memcpy(memory, &size, sizeof(UINT32));
			memory += sizeof(UINT32);
			size -= sizeof(UINT32);
			memcpy(memory, data.data(), size); 
		}

		static UINT32 fromMemory(String& data, char* memory)
		{ 
			UINT32 size;
			memcpy(&size, memory, sizeof(UINT32)); 
			memory += sizeof(UINT32);

			UINT32 stringSize = size - sizeof(UINT32);
			char* buffer = (char*)cm_alloc<ScratchAlloc>(stringSize + 1);
			memcpy(buffer, memory, stringSize); 
			buffer[stringSize] = '\0';
			data = String(buffer);

			cm_free<ScratchAlloc>(buffer);

			return size;
		}

		static UINT32 getDynamicSize(const String& data)	
		{ 
			UINT64 dataSize = data.size() * sizeof(String::value_type) + sizeof(UINT32);

#if CM_DEBUG_MODE
			if(dataSize > std::numeric_limits<UINT32>::max())
			{
				__string_throwDataOverflowException();
			}
#endif

			return (UINT32)dataSize;
		}	
	}; 

	/**
	 * @brief	Strings need to copy their data in a slightly more intricate way than just memcpy.
	 */
	template<> struct RTTIPlainType<WString>
	{	
		enum { id = TID_WString }; enum { hasDynamicSize = 1 };

		static void toMemory(const WString& data, char* memory)
		{ 
			UINT32 size = getDynamicSize(data);

			memcpy(memory, &size, sizeof(UINT32));
			memory += sizeof(UINT32);
			size -= sizeof(UINT32);
			memcpy(memory, data.data(), size); 
		}

		static UINT32 fromMemory(WString& data, char* memory)
		{ 
			UINT32 size;
			memcpy(&size, memory, sizeof(UINT32)); 
			memory += sizeof(UINT32);

			UINT32 stringSize = size - sizeof(UINT32);
			WString::value_type* buffer = (WString::value_type*)cm_alloc<ScratchAlloc>(stringSize + sizeof(WString::value_type));
			memcpy(buffer, memory, stringSize); 

			UINT32 numChars =  stringSize / sizeof(WString::value_type);
			buffer[numChars] = L'\0';

			data = WString(buffer);

			cm_free<ScratchAlloc>(buffer);

			return size;
		}

		static UINT32 getDynamicSize(const WString& data)	
		{ 
			UINT64 dataSize = data.size() * sizeof(WString::value_type) + sizeof(UINT32);

#if CM_DEBUG_MODE
			if(dataSize > std::numeric_limits<UINT32>::max())
			{
				__string_throwDataOverflowException();
			}
#endif

			return (UINT32)dataSize;
		}	
	}; 

} // namespace CamelotFramework

template<> 
struct std::hash<CamelotFramework::String>
{
	size_t operator()(const CamelotFramework::String& string) const
	{
		size_t hash = 0;
		for(size_t i = 0; i < string.size(); i++) 
			hash = 65599 * hash + string[i];
		return hash ^ (hash >> 16);
	}
};

template<> 
struct std::hash<CamelotFramework::WString>
{
	size_t operator()(const CamelotFramework::WString& string) const
	{
		size_t hash = 0;
		for(size_t i = 0; i < string.size(); i++) 
			hash = 65599 * hash + string[i];
		return hash ^ (hash >> 16);
	}
};


#include "CmHString.h"