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#ifndef _PARSEUTIL_H_
#define _PARSEUTIL_H_

#include <vjConfig.h>
#include <Config/vjVarValue.h>

bool readString (std::istream& in, char* buffer, int size, bool *quoted = NULL);
VarType readType (std::istream &ip);
char *typeString (VarType t);
char *unitString (CfgUnit t);
float toFeet (float val, CfgUnit unit);

//: same as stdlib strcasecmp, but args are std::strings
bool vjstrcasecmp (const std::string& a, const std::string& b);

//: strncasecmp(), but with strings as arguments
//! NOTE: if n < 0, or n is ommitted, n is set to the size of the shorter arg
//! NOTE: comparisons are case-insensitive
//! RETURNS: true - if the first n chars of a & b do NOT match
//! RETURNS: false - if the first n chars of strings a & b match
bool vjstrncasecmp (const std::string& a, const std::string& b, int _n = -1);

//: same as strncmp, but with std::strings as arguments
//! NOTE: if n < 0, or n is ommitted, n is set to the size of the shorter arg
//! RETURNS: true - if the first n chars of a & b do NOT match
//! RETURNS: false - if the first n chars of strings a & b match
bool vjstrncmp (const std::string& a, const std::string& b, int _n = -1);

//: mangles a filename n in several ways: replacing env variables & appending
//+ the parentfile's directory if n is a relative pathname
std::string demangleFileName (const std::string& n, std::string parentfile);

#endif