#pragma once

#include <string.h>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <stdlib.h>

template <class T> inline std::string intToStr(T i)
{
  std::stringstream stream;
  stream << i;
  return stream.str();
}

inline bool strToBool(const std::string& str)
{
  return str == "true" || atoi(str.c_str()) != 0;
}

/** Returns @p text if non-null or a pointer
  * to an empty null-terminated string otherwise.
  */
inline const char* notNullString(const char* text)
{
  if (text)
  {
    return text;
  }
  else
  {
    return "";
  }
}

inline bool endsWith(const std::string& str, const char* text)
{
  size_t length = strlen(text);
  return str.find(text, str.size() - length) != std::string::npos;
}

inline bool startsWith(const std::string& str, const char* text)
{
  return str.find(text, 0) == 0;
}
