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      1 // Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 //
      5 // This file defines utility functions for working with strings.
      6 
      7 #ifndef BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
      8 #define BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
      9 
     10 #include <ctype.h>
     11 #include <stdarg.h>   // va_list
     12 
     13 #include <string>
     14 #include <vector>
     15 
     16 #include "base/base_export.h"
     17 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     18 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
     19 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
     20 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"  // For implicit conversions.
     21 
     22 // Safe standard library wrappers for all platforms.
     23 
     24 namespace base {
     25 
     26 // C standard-library functions like "strncasecmp" and "snprintf" that aren't
     27 // cross-platform are provided as "base::strncasecmp", and their prototypes
     28 // are listed below.  These functions are then implemented as inline calls
     29 // to the platform-specific equivalents in the platform-specific headers.
     30 
     31 // Compares the two strings s1 and s2 without regard to case using
     32 // the current locale; returns 0 if they are equal, 1 if s1 > s2, and -1 if
     33 // s2 > s1 according to a lexicographic comparison.
     34 int strcasecmp(const char* s1, const char* s2);
     35 
     36 // Compares up to count characters of s1 and s2 without regard to case using
     37 // the current locale; returns 0 if they are equal, 1 if s1 > s2, and -1 if
     38 // s2 > s1 according to a lexicographic comparison.
     39 int strncasecmp(const char* s1, const char* s2, size_t count);
     40 
     41 // Same as strncmp but for char16 strings.
     42 int strncmp16(const char16* s1, const char16* s2, size_t count);
     43 
     44 // Wrapper for vsnprintf that always null-terminates and always returns the
     45 // number of characters that would be in an untruncated formatted
     46 // string, even when truncation occurs.
     47 int vsnprintf(char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, va_list arguments)
     48     PRINTF_FORMAT(3, 0);
     49 
     50 // vswprintf always null-terminates, but when truncation occurs, it will either
     51 // return -1 or the number of characters that would be in an untruncated
     52 // formatted string.  The actual return value depends on the underlying
     53 // C library's vswprintf implementation.
     54 int vswprintf(wchar_t* buffer, size_t size,
     55               const wchar_t* format, va_list arguments)
     56     WPRINTF_FORMAT(3, 0);
     57 
     58 // Some of these implementations need to be inlined.
     59 
     60 // We separate the declaration from the implementation of this inline
     61 // function just so the PRINTF_FORMAT works.
     62 inline int snprintf(char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, ...)
     63     PRINTF_FORMAT(3, 4);
     64 inline int snprintf(char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, ...) {
     65   va_list arguments;
     66   va_start(arguments, format);
     67   int result = vsnprintf(buffer, size, format, arguments);
     68   va_end(arguments);
     69   return result;
     70 }
     71 
     72 // We separate the declaration from the implementation of this inline
     73 // function just so the WPRINTF_FORMAT works.
     74 inline int swprintf(wchar_t* buffer, size_t size, const wchar_t* format, ...)
     75     WPRINTF_FORMAT(3, 4);
     76 inline int swprintf(wchar_t* buffer, size_t size, const wchar_t* format, ...) {
     77   va_list arguments;
     78   va_start(arguments, format);
     79   int result = vswprintf(buffer, size, format, arguments);
     80   va_end(arguments);
     81   return result;
     82 }
     83 
     84 // BSD-style safe and consistent string copy functions.
     85 // Copies |src| to |dst|, where |dst_size| is the total allocated size of |dst|.
     86 // Copies at most |dst_size|-1 characters, and always NULL terminates |dst|, as
     87 // long as |dst_size| is not 0.  Returns the length of |src| in characters.
     88 // If the return value is >= dst_size, then the output was truncated.
     89 // NOTE: All sizes are in number of characters, NOT in bytes.
     90 BASE_EXPORT size_t strlcpy(char* dst, const char* src, size_t dst_size);
     91 BASE_EXPORT size_t wcslcpy(wchar_t* dst, const wchar_t* src, size_t dst_size);
     92 
     93 // Scan a wprintf format string to determine whether it's portable across a
     94 // variety of systems.  This function only checks that the conversion
     95 // specifiers used by the format string are supported and have the same meaning
     96 // on a variety of systems.  It doesn't check for other errors that might occur
     97 // within a format string.
     98 //
     99 // Nonportable conversion specifiers for wprintf are:
    100 //  - 's' and 'c' without an 'l' length modifier.  %s and %c operate on char
    101 //     data on all systems except Windows, which treat them as wchar_t data.
    102 //     Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data instead.
    103 //  - 'S' and 'C', which operate on wchar_t data on all systems except Windows,
    104 //     which treat them as char data.  Use %ls and %lc for wchar_t data
    105 //     instead.
    106 //  - 'F', which is not identified by Windows wprintf documentation.
    107 //  - 'D', 'O', and 'U', which are deprecated and not available on all systems.
    108 //     Use %ld, %lo, and %lu instead.
    109 //
    110 // Note that there is no portable conversion specifier for char data when
    111 // working with wprintf.
    112 //
    113 // This function is intended to be called from base::vswprintf.
    114 BASE_EXPORT bool IsWprintfFormatPortable(const wchar_t* format);
    115 
    116 // ASCII-specific tolower.  The standard library's tolower is locale sensitive,
    117 // so we don't want to use it here.
    118 template <class Char> inline Char ToLowerASCII(Char c) {
    119   return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ? (c + ('a' - 'A')) : c;
    120 }
    121 
    122 // ASCII-specific toupper.  The standard library's toupper is locale sensitive,
    123 // so we don't want to use it here.
    124 template <class Char> inline Char ToUpperASCII(Char c) {
    125   return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') ? (c + ('A' - 'a')) : c;
    126 }
    127 
    128 // Function objects to aid in comparing/searching strings.
    129 
    130 template<typename Char> struct CaseInsensitiveCompare {
    131  public:
    132   bool operator()(Char x, Char y) const {
    133     // TODO(darin): Do we really want to do locale sensitive comparisons here?
    134     // See http://crbug.com/24917
    135     return tolower(x) == tolower(y);
    136   }
    137 };
    138 
    139 template<typename Char> struct CaseInsensitiveCompareASCII {
    140  public:
    141   bool operator()(Char x, Char y) const {
    142     return ToLowerASCII(x) == ToLowerASCII(y);
    143   }
    144 };
    145 
    146 }  // namespace base
    147 
    148 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    149 #include "base/strings/string_util_win.h"
    150 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
    151 #include "base/strings/string_util_posix.h"
    152 #else
    153 #error Define string operations appropriately for your platform
    154 #endif
    155 
    156 // These threadsafe functions return references to globally unique empty
    157 // strings.
    158 //
    159 // DO NOT USE THESE AS A GENERAL-PURPOSE SUBSTITUTE FOR DEFAULT CONSTRUCTORS.
    160 // There is only one case where you should use these: functions which need to
    161 // return a string by reference (e.g. as a class member accessor), and don't
    162 // have an empty string to use (e.g. in an error case).  These should not be
    163 // used as initializers, function arguments, or return values for functions
    164 // which return by value or outparam.
    165 BASE_EXPORT const std::string& EmptyString();
    166 BASE_EXPORT const std::wstring& EmptyWString();
    167 BASE_EXPORT const string16& EmptyString16();
    168 
    169 BASE_EXPORT extern const wchar_t kWhitespaceWide[];
    170 BASE_EXPORT extern const char16 kWhitespaceUTF16[];
    171 BASE_EXPORT extern const char kWhitespaceASCII[];
    172 
    173 BASE_EXPORT extern const char kUtf8ByteOrderMark[];
    174 
    175 // Removes characters in |remove_chars| from anywhere in |input|.  Returns true
    176 // if any characters were removed.  |remove_chars| must be null-terminated.
    177 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
    178 BASE_EXPORT bool RemoveChars(const string16& input,
    179                              const char16 remove_chars[],
    180                              string16* output);
    181 BASE_EXPORT bool RemoveChars(const std::string& input,
    182                              const char remove_chars[],
    183                              std::string* output);
    184 
    185 // Replaces characters in |replace_chars| from anywhere in |input| with
    186 // |replace_with|.  Each character in |replace_chars| will be replaced with
    187 // the |replace_with| string.  Returns true if any characters were replaced.
    188 // |replace_chars| must be null-terminated.
    189 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
    190 BASE_EXPORT bool ReplaceChars(const string16& input,
    191                               const char16 replace_chars[],
    192                               const string16& replace_with,
    193                               string16* output);
    194 BASE_EXPORT bool ReplaceChars(const std::string& input,
    195                               const char replace_chars[],
    196                               const std::string& replace_with,
    197                               std::string* output);
    198 
    199 // Removes characters in |trim_chars| from the beginning and end of |input|.
    200 // |trim_chars| must be null-terminated.
    201 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both |input| and |output|.
    202 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const std::wstring& input,
    203                             const wchar_t trim_chars[],
    204                             std::wstring* output);
    205 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const string16& input,
    206                             const char16 trim_chars[],
    207                             string16* output);
    208 BASE_EXPORT bool TrimString(const std::string& input,
    209                             const char trim_chars[],
    210                             std::string* output);
    211 
    212 // Truncates a string to the nearest UTF-8 character that will leave
    213 // the string less than or equal to the specified byte size.
    214 BASE_EXPORT void TruncateUTF8ToByteSize(const std::string& input,
    215                                         const size_t byte_size,
    216                                         std::string* output);
    217 
    218 // Trims any whitespace from either end of the input string.  Returns where
    219 // whitespace was found.
    220 // The non-wide version has two functions:
    221 // * TrimWhitespaceASCII()
    222 //   This function is for ASCII strings and only looks for ASCII whitespace;
    223 // Please choose the best one according to your usage.
    224 // NOTE: Safe to use the same variable for both input and output.
    225 enum TrimPositions {
    226   TRIM_NONE     = 0,
    227   TRIM_LEADING  = 1 << 0,
    228   TRIM_TRAILING = 1 << 1,
    229   TRIM_ALL      = TRIM_LEADING | TRIM_TRAILING,
    230 };
    231 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespace(const string16& input,
    232                                          TrimPositions positions,
    233                                          string16* output);
    234 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespaceASCII(const std::string& input,
    235                                               TrimPositions positions,
    236                                               std::string* output);
    237 
    238 // Deprecated. This function is only for backward compatibility and calls
    239 // TrimWhitespaceASCII().
    240 BASE_EXPORT TrimPositions TrimWhitespace(const std::string& input,
    241                                          TrimPositions positions,
    242                                          std::string* output);
    243 
    244 // Searches  for CR or LF characters.  Removes all contiguous whitespace
    245 // strings that contain them.  This is useful when trying to deal with text
    246 // copied from terminals.
    247 // Returns |text|, with the following three transformations:
    248 // (1) Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed.
    249 // (2) If |trim_sequences_with_line_breaks| is true, any other whitespace
    250 //     sequences containing a CR or LF are trimmed.
    251 // (3) All other whitespace sequences are converted to single spaces.
    252 BASE_EXPORT std::wstring CollapseWhitespace(
    253     const std::wstring& text,
    254     bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
    255 BASE_EXPORT string16 CollapseWhitespace(
    256     const string16& text,
    257     bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
    258 BASE_EXPORT std::string CollapseWhitespaceASCII(
    259     const std::string& text,
    260     bool trim_sequences_with_line_breaks);
    261 
    262 // Returns true if the passed string is empty or contains only white-space
    263 // characters.
    264 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyWhitespaceASCII(const std::string& str);
    265 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyWhitespace(const string16& str);
    266 
    267 // Returns true if |input| is empty or contains only characters found in
    268 // |characters|.
    269 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const std::wstring& input,
    270                                    const std::wstring& characters);
    271 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const string16& input,
    272                                    const string16& characters);
    273 BASE_EXPORT bool ContainsOnlyChars(const std::string& input,
    274                                    const std::string& characters);
    275 
    276 // Converts to 7-bit ASCII by truncating. The result must be known to be ASCII
    277 // beforehand.
    278 BASE_EXPORT std::string WideToASCII(const std::wstring& wide);
    279 BASE_EXPORT std::string UTF16ToASCII(const string16& utf16);
    280 
    281 // Converts the given wide string to the corresponding Latin1. This will fail
    282 // (return false) if any characters are more than 255.
    283 BASE_EXPORT bool WideToLatin1(const std::wstring& wide, std::string* latin1);
    284 
    285 // Returns true if the specified string matches the criteria. How can a wide
    286 // string be 8-bit or UTF8? It contains only characters that are < 256 (in the
    287 // first case) or characters that use only 8-bits and whose 8-bit
    288 // representation looks like a UTF-8 string (the second case).
    289 //
    290 // Note that IsStringUTF8 checks not only if the input is structurally
    291 // valid but also if it doesn't contain any non-character codepoint
    292 // (e.g. U+FFFE). It's done on purpose because all the existing callers want
    293 // to have the maximum 'discriminating' power from other encodings. If
    294 // there's a use case for just checking the structural validity, we have to
    295 // add a new function for that.
    296 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringUTF8(const std::string& str);
    297 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const std::wstring& str);
    298 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const base::StringPiece& str);
    299 BASE_EXPORT bool IsStringASCII(const string16& str);
    300 
    301 // Converts the elements of the given string.  This version uses a pointer to
    302 // clearly differentiate it from the non-pointer variant.
    303 template <class str> inline void StringToLowerASCII(str* s) {
    304   for (typename str::iterator i = s->begin(); i != s->end(); ++i)
    305     *i = base::ToLowerASCII(*i);
    306 }
    307 
    308 template <class str> inline str StringToLowerASCII(const str& s) {
    309   // for std::string and std::wstring
    310   str output(s);
    311   StringToLowerASCII(&output);
    312   return output;
    313 }
    314 
    315 // Converts the elements of the given string.  This version uses a pointer to
    316 // clearly differentiate it from the non-pointer variant.
    317 template <class str> inline void StringToUpperASCII(str* s) {
    318   for (typename str::iterator i = s->begin(); i != s->end(); ++i)
    319     *i = base::ToUpperASCII(*i);
    320 }
    321 
    322 template <class str> inline str StringToUpperASCII(const str& s) {
    323   // for std::string and std::wstring
    324   str output(s);
    325   StringToUpperASCII(&output);
    326   return output;
    327 }
    328 
    329 // Compare the lower-case form of the given string against the given ASCII
    330 // string.  This is useful for doing checking if an input string matches some
    331 // token, and it is optimized to avoid intermediate string copies.  This API is
    332 // borrowed from the equivalent APIs in Mozilla.
    333 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const std::string& a, const char* b);
    334 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const std::wstring& a, const char* b);
    335 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const string16& a, const char* b);
    336 
    337 // Same thing, but with string iterators instead.
    338 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(std::string::const_iterator a_begin,
    339                                       std::string::const_iterator a_end,
    340                                       const char* b);
    341 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(std::wstring::const_iterator a_begin,
    342                                       std::wstring::const_iterator a_end,
    343                                       const char* b);
    344 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(string16::const_iterator a_begin,
    345                                       string16::const_iterator a_end,
    346                                       const char* b);
    347 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const char* a_begin,
    348                                       const char* a_end,
    349                                       const char* b);
    350 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const wchar_t* a_begin,
    351                                       const wchar_t* a_end,
    352                                       const char* b);
    353 BASE_EXPORT bool LowerCaseEqualsASCII(const char16* a_begin,
    354                                       const char16* a_end,
    355                                       const char* b);
    356 
    357 // Performs a case-sensitive string compare. The behavior is undefined if both
    358 // strings are not ASCII.
    359 BASE_EXPORT bool EqualsASCII(const string16& a, const base::StringPiece& b);
    360 
    361 // Returns true if str starts with search, or false otherwise.
    362 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWithASCII(const std::string& str,
    363                                  const std::string& search,
    364                                  bool case_sensitive);
    365 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWith(const std::wstring& str,
    366                             const std::wstring& search,
    367                             bool case_sensitive);
    368 BASE_EXPORT bool StartsWith(const string16& str,
    369                             const string16& search,
    370                             bool case_sensitive);
    371 
    372 // Returns true if str ends with search, or false otherwise.
    373 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(const std::string& str,
    374                           const std::string& search,
    375                           bool case_sensitive);
    376 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(const std::wstring& str,
    377                           const std::wstring& search,
    378                           bool case_sensitive);
    379 BASE_EXPORT bool EndsWith(const string16& str,
    380                           const string16& search,
    381                           bool case_sensitive);
    382 
    383 
    384 // Determines the type of ASCII character, independent of locale (the C
    385 // library versions will change based on locale).
    386 template <typename Char>
    387 inline bool IsAsciiWhitespace(Char c) {
    388   return c == ' ' || c == '\r' || c == '\n' || c == '\t';
    389 }
    390 template <typename Char>
    391 inline bool IsAsciiAlpha(Char c) {
    392   return ((c >= 'A') && (c <= 'Z')) || ((c >= 'a') && (c <= 'z'));
    393 }
    394 template <typename Char>
    395 inline bool IsAsciiDigit(Char c) {
    396   return c >= '0' && c <= '9';
    397 }
    398 
    399 template <typename Char>
    400 inline bool IsHexDigit(Char c) {
    401   return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') ||
    402          (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') ||
    403          (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f');
    404 }
    405 
    406 template <typename Char>
    407 inline Char HexDigitToInt(Char c) {
    408   DCHECK(IsHexDigit(c));
    409   if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
    410     return c - '0';
    411   if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F')
    412     return c - 'A' + 10;
    413   if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
    414     return c - 'a' + 10;
    415   return 0;
    416 }
    417 
    418 // Returns true if it's a whitespace character.
    419 inline bool IsWhitespace(wchar_t c) {
    420   return wcschr(kWhitespaceWide, c) != NULL;
    421 }
    422 
    423 // Return a byte string in human-readable format with a unit suffix. Not
    424 // appropriate for use in any UI; use of FormatBytes and friends in ui/base is
    425 // highly recommended instead. TODO(avi): Figure out how to get callers to use
    426 // FormatBytes instead; remove this.
    427 BASE_EXPORT string16 FormatBytesUnlocalized(int64 bytes);
    428 
    429 // Starting at |start_offset| (usually 0), replace the first instance of
    430 // |find_this| with |replace_with|.
    431 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(
    432     string16* str,
    433     string16::size_type start_offset,
    434     const string16& find_this,
    435     const string16& replace_with);
    436 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(
    437     std::string* str,
    438     std::string::size_type start_offset,
    439     const std::string& find_this,
    440     const std::string& replace_with);
    441 
    442 // Starting at |start_offset| (usually 0), look through |str| and replace all
    443 // instances of |find_this| with |replace_with|.
    444 //
    445 // This does entire substrings; use std::replace in <algorithm> for single
    446 // characters, for example:
    447 //   std::replace(str.begin(), str.end(), 'a', 'b');
    448 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(
    449     string16* str,
    450     string16::size_type start_offset,
    451     const string16& find_this,
    452     const string16& replace_with);
    453 BASE_EXPORT void ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(
    454     std::string* str,
    455     std::string::size_type start_offset,
    456     const std::string& find_this,
    457     const std::string& replace_with);
    458 
    459 // Reserves enough memory in |str| to accommodate |length_with_null| characters,
    460 // sets the size of |str| to |length_with_null - 1| characters, and returns a
    461 // pointer to the underlying contiguous array of characters.  This is typically
    462 // used when calling a function that writes results into a character array, but
    463 // the caller wants the data to be managed by a string-like object.  It is
    464 // convenient in that is can be used inline in the call, and fast in that it
    465 // avoids copying the results of the call from a char* into a string.
    466 //
    467 // |length_with_null| must be at least 2, since otherwise the underlying string
    468 // would have size 0, and trying to access &((*str)[0]) in that case can result
    469 // in a number of problems.
    470 //
    471 // Internally, this takes linear time because the resize() call 0-fills the
    472 // underlying array for potentially all
    473 // (|length_with_null - 1| * sizeof(string_type::value_type)) bytes.  Ideally we
    474 // could avoid this aspect of the resize() call, as we expect the caller to
    475 // immediately write over this memory, but there is no other way to set the size
    476 // of the string, and not doing that will mean people who access |str| rather
    477 // than str.c_str() will get back a string of whatever size |str| had on entry
    478 // to this function (probably 0).
    479 template <class string_type>
    480 inline typename string_type::value_type* WriteInto(string_type* str,
    481                                                    size_t length_with_null) {
    482   DCHECK_GT(length_with_null, 1u);
    483   str->reserve(length_with_null);
    484   str->resize(length_with_null - 1);
    485   return &((*str)[0]);
    486 }
    487 
    488 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    489 
    490 // Splits a string into its fields delimited by any of the characters in
    491 // |delimiters|.  Each field is added to the |tokens| vector.  Returns the
    492 // number of tokens found.
    493 BASE_EXPORT size_t Tokenize(const std::wstring& str,
    494                             const std::wstring& delimiters,
    495                             std::vector<std::wstring>* tokens);
    496 BASE_EXPORT size_t Tokenize(const string16& str,
    497                             const string16& delimiters,
    498                             std::vector<string16>* tokens);
    499 BASE_EXPORT size_t Tokenize(const std::string& str,
    500                             const std::string& delimiters,
    501                             std::vector<std::string>* tokens);
    502 BASE_EXPORT size_t Tokenize(const base::StringPiece& str,
    503                             const base::StringPiece& delimiters,
    504                             std::vector<base::StringPiece>* tokens);
    505 
    506 // Does the opposite of SplitString().
    507 BASE_EXPORT string16 JoinString(const std::vector<string16>& parts, char16 s);
    508 BASE_EXPORT std::string JoinString(
    509     const std::vector<std::string>& parts, char s);
    510 
    511 // Join |parts| using |separator|.
    512 BASE_EXPORT std::string JoinString(
    513     const std::vector<std::string>& parts,
    514     const std::string& separator);
    515 BASE_EXPORT string16 JoinString(
    516     const std::vector<string16>& parts,
    517     const string16& separator);
    518 
    519 // Replace $1-$2-$3..$9 in the format string with |a|-|b|-|c|..|i| respectively.
    520 // Additionally, any number of consecutive '$' characters is replaced by that
    521 // number less one. Eg $$->$, $$$->$$, etc. The offsets parameter here can be
    522 // NULL. This only allows you to use up to nine replacements.
    523 BASE_EXPORT string16 ReplaceStringPlaceholders(
    524     const string16& format_string,
    525     const std::vector<string16>& subst,
    526     std::vector<size_t>* offsets);
    527 
    528 BASE_EXPORT std::string ReplaceStringPlaceholders(
    529     const base::StringPiece& format_string,
    530     const std::vector<std::string>& subst,
    531     std::vector<size_t>* offsets);
    532 
    533 // Single-string shortcut for ReplaceStringHolders. |offset| may be NULL.
    534 BASE_EXPORT string16 ReplaceStringPlaceholders(const string16& format_string,
    535                                                const string16& a,
    536                                                size_t* offset);
    537 
    538 // Returns true if the string passed in matches the pattern. The pattern
    539 // string can contain wildcards like * and ?
    540 // The backslash character (\) is an escape character for * and ?
    541 // We limit the patterns to having a max of 16 * or ? characters.
    542 // ? matches 0 or 1 character, while * matches 0 or more characters.
    543 BASE_EXPORT bool MatchPattern(const base::StringPiece& string,
    544                               const base::StringPiece& pattern);
    545 BASE_EXPORT bool MatchPattern(const string16& string, const string16& pattern);
    546 
    547 // Hack to convert any char-like type to its unsigned counterpart.
    548 // For example, it will convert char, signed char and unsigned char to unsigned
    549 // char.
    550 template<typename T>
    551 struct ToUnsigned {
    552   typedef T Unsigned;
    553 };
    554 
    555 template<>
    556 struct ToUnsigned<char> {
    557   typedef unsigned char Unsigned;
    558 };
    559 template<>
    560 struct ToUnsigned<signed char> {
    561   typedef unsigned char Unsigned;
    562 };
    563 template<>
    564 struct ToUnsigned<wchar_t> {
    565 #if defined(WCHAR_T_IS_UTF16)
    566   typedef unsigned short Unsigned;
    567 #elif defined(WCHAR_T_IS_UTF32)
    568   typedef uint32 Unsigned;
    569 #endif
    570 };
    571 template<>
    572 struct ToUnsigned<short> {
    573   typedef unsigned short Unsigned;
    574 };
    575 
    576 #endif  // BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
    577