4 files changed, 102 insertions, 64 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/common/Utils.cpp b/src/core/common/Utils.cpp
index 4005143..3739c61 100644
--- a/src/core/common/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/common/Utils.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "Utils.hpp"
+#include "WhitespaceHandler.hpp"
 
 namespace ousia {
 
@@ -87,5 +88,29 @@ std::string Utils::extractFileExtension(const std::string &filename)
 	}
 	return std::string{};
 }
+
+std::string Utils::trim(const std::string &s)
+{
+	std::pair<size_t, size_t> bounds = trim(s, Utils::isWhitespace);
+	return s.substr(bounds.first, bounds.second - bounds.first);
+}
+
+std::string Utils::collapse(const std::string &s)
+{
+	CollapsingWhitespaceHandler h;
+	appendToWhitespaceHandler(h, s, 0);
+	return h.toString();
+}
+
+bool Utils::startsWith(const std::string &s, const std::string &prefix)
+{
+	return prefix.size() <= s.size() && s.substr(0, prefix.size()) == prefix;
+}
+
+bool Utils::endsWith(const std::string &s, const std::string &suffix)
+{
+	return suffix.size() <= s.size() &&
+	       s.substr(s.size() - suffix.size(), suffix.size()) == suffix;
+}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/common/Utils.hpp b/src/core/common/Utils.hpp
index af7a773..16a9136 100644
--- a/src/core/common/Utils.hpp
+++ b/src/core/common/Utils.hpp
@@ -100,6 +100,60 @@ public:
 	static bool hasNonWhitepaceChar(const std::string &s);
 
 	/**
+	 * Removes whitespace at the beginning and the end of the given string.
+	 *
+	 * @param s is the string that should be trimmed.
+	 * @return a trimmed copy of s.
+	 */
+	static std::string trim(const std::string &s);
+
+	/**
+	 * Trims the given string or vector of chars by returning the start and end
+	 * index.
+	 *
+	 * @param s is the container that should be trimmed.
+	 * @param f is a function that returns true for values that should be
+	 * removed.
+	 * @return start and end index. Note that "end" points at the character
+	 * beyond the end, thus "end" minus "start"
+	 */
+	template <class T, class Filter>
+	static std::pair<size_t, size_t> trim(const T &s, Filter f)
+	{
+		size_t start = 0;
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) {
+			if (!f(s[i])) {
+				start = i;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		size_t end = 0;
+		for (ssize_t i = s.size() - 1; i >= static_cast<ssize_t>(start); i--) {
+			if (!f(s[i])) {
+				end = i + 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (end < start) {
+			start = 0;
+			end = 0;
+		}
+
+		return std::pair<size_t, size_t>{start, end};
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Collapses the whitespaces in the given string (trims the string and
+	 * replaces all whitespace characters by a single one).
+	 *
+	 * @param s is the string in which the whitespace should be collapsed.
+	 * @return a copy of s with collapsed whitespace.
+	 */
+	static std::string collapse(const std::string &s);
+
+	/**
 	 * Turns the elements of a collection into a string separated by the
 	 * given delimiter.
 	 *
@@ -160,6 +214,24 @@ public:
 	static std::string extractFileExtension(const std::string &filename);
 
 	/**
+	 * Checks whether the given string starts with the given prefix.
+	 *
+	 * @param s is the string.
+	 * @param prefix is the string which should be checked for being a prefix of
+	 * s.
+	 */
+	static bool startsWith(const std::string &s, const std::string &prefix);
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the given string ends with the given suffix.
+	 *
+	 * @param s is the string.
+	 * @param suffix is the string which should be checked for being a suffix of
+	 * s.
+	 */
+	static bool endsWith(const std::string &s, const std::string &suffix);
+
+	/**
 	 * Hash functional to be used for enum classes.
 	 * See http://stackoverflow.com/a/24847480/2188211
 	 */
diff --git a/src/core/common/Whitespace.hpp b/src/core/common/Whitespace.hpp
index 1e9f36a..72a2291 100644
--- a/src/core/common/Whitespace.hpp
+++ b/src/core/common/Whitespace.hpp
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 /**
  * @file Whitespace.hpp
  *
- * Contains the WhitespaceMode enum used in various places, as well es functions
- * for trimming and collapsing whitespaces.
+ * Contains the WhitespaceMode enum used in various places.
  *
  * @author Andreas Stöckel (astoecke@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
  */
@@ -55,65 +54,6 @@ enum class WhitespaceMode {
 	COLLAPSE
 };
 
-/**
- * Collection of functions for trimming or collapsing whitespace.
- */
-class Whitespace {
-	/**
-	 * Removes whitespace at the beginning and the end of the given string.
-	 *
-	 * @param s is the string that should be trimmed.
-	 * @return a trimmed copy of s.
-	 */
-	static std::string trim(const std::string &s);
-
-	/**
-	 * Trims the given string or vector of chars by returning the start and end
-	 * index.
-	 *
-	 * @param s is the container that should be trimmed.
-	 * @param f is a function that returns true for values that should be
-	 * removed.
-	 * @return start and end index. Note that "end" points at the character
-	 * beyond the end, thus "end" minus "start"
-	 */
-	template <class T, class Filter>
-	static std::pair<size_t, size_t> trim(const T &s, Filter f)
-	{
-		size_t start = 0;
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) {
-			if (!f(s[i])) {
-				start = i;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		size_t end = 0;
-		for (ssize_t i = s.size() - 1; i >= static_cast<ssize_t>(start); i--) {
-			if (!f(s[i])) {
-				end = i + 1;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (end < start) {
-			start = 0;
-			end = 0;
-		}
-
-		return std::pair<size_t, size_t>{start, end};
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Collapses the whitespaces in the given string (trims the string and
-	 * replaces all whitespace characters by a single one).
-	 *
-	 * @param s is the string in which the whitespace should be collapsed.
-	 * @return a copy of s with collapsed whitespace.
-	 */
-	static std::string collapse(const std::string &s);
-};
-
 }
 
 #endif /* _OUSIA_WHITESPACE_HPP_ */
diff --git a/src/core/common/WhitespaceHandler.hpp b/src/core/common/WhitespaceHandler.hpp
index 1935c24..79e0518 100644
--- a/src/core/common/WhitespaceHandler.hpp
+++ b/src/core/common/WhitespaceHandler.hpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "WhitespaceHandler.hpp"
+#include "Utils.hpp"
 
 namespace ousia {
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * Returns the content of the WhitespaceHandler as string.
 	 */
-	std::string toString()
+	std::string toString() const
 	{
 		return std::string(textBuf.data(), textBuf.size());
 	}
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ inline void appendToWhitespaceHandler(WhitespaceHandler &handler, Buffer buf,
                                       size_t start)
 {
 	for (auto elem : buf) {
-		handler.append(elem, start++);
+		handler.append(elem, start, start + 1);
+		start++;
 	}
 }
 }