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+//####COPYRIGHTBEGIN####
+//                                                                          
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
+//
+// This program is part of the eCos host tools.
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
+// under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free 
+// Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) 
+// any later version.
+// 
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
+// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for 
+// more details.
+// 
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+// this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
+// 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+//
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//                                                                          
+//####COPYRIGHTEND####
+#include "Collections.h"
+
+void String::Format (LPCTSTR  const pszFormat,...)
+{
+  va_list args;
+  va_start(args, pszFormat);
+  vFormat(pszFormat,args);
+  va_end(args);
+}
+
+void String::vFormat(LPCTSTR  pszFormat, va_list marker)
+{
+  for(int nLength=100;nLength;) {
+    TCHAR *buf=new TCHAR[1+nLength];
+    int n=_vsntprintf(buf, nLength, pszFormat, marker ); 
+    if(-1==n){
+      nLength*=2;  // NT behavior
+    } else if (n<nLength){
+      *this=buf;
+      nLength=0;   // trigger exit from loop
+    } else {
+      nLength=n+1; // UNIX behavior generally, or NT behavior when buffer size exactly matches required length
+    }
+    delete [] buf;
+  }
+}
+
+TCHAR * String::GetBuffer(unsigned int nLength)
+{
+  assert(NULL==m_pszBuf);
+  nLength=MAX(nLength,GetLength()); // to accommodate _tcscpy below
+  m_pszBuf=new TCHAR[1+nLength];
+  m_nBufferLength=nLength;
+  _tcscpy(m_pszBuf,c_str());
+  return m_pszBuf;
+}
+
+void String::ReleaseBuffer()
+{
+  assert(m_pszBuf);
+  m_pszBuf[m_nBufferLength]=_TCHAR('\0'); // just in case the terminating null has been forgotten
+  *this=m_pszBuf;
+  delete [] m_pszBuf;
+  m_pszBuf=0;
+}
+
+String String::CStrToUnicodeStr(const char *psz)
+{
+  String str;
+#ifdef _UNICODE
+  int nLength=1+strlen(psz);
+  MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, psz, -1, str.GetBuffer(nLength), nLength);
+  str.ReleaseBuffer();
+#else
+  str=psz;
+#endif
+  return str;
+}
+
+int String::Chop(StringArray &ar,TCHAR cSep,bool bObserveStrings/*=TRUE*/) const
+{
+  assert('\0'!=cSep);
+#define IsSep(c) (cSep==_TCHAR(' ')?isspace(c):c==cSep)
+  LPCTSTR c=c_str();
+  ar.clear();
+  for(;;){
+    // Skip multiple separators
+    while(IsSep(*c))c++;
+    if(*c==_TCHAR('\0')){
+      break;
+    }
+    String strTok;
+    if(bObserveStrings){
+      bool bInString=false;
+      do{
+        if(*c==_TCHAR('\\') && c[1]){
+          strTok+=c[1];
+          c++;
+        } else if(*c==_TCHAR('"')){
+          bInString ^= 1;
+        } else if (!bInString && IsSep(*c)) {
+          break;
+        } else {
+          strTok+=*c;
+        }
+      } while (*++c);
+    } else {
+      do {
+        if(IsSep(*c)) {
+          break;
+        } else {
+          strTok+=*c;
+        }
+      } while (*++c);
+    }
+    ar.push_back(strTok);
+  }
+  return ar.size();
+}
+
+char * String::GetCString() const
+  {
+    char *psz=new char[1+GetLength()];
+#ifdef _UNICODE
+    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, c_str(), -1, psz, 1+GetLength(), NULL, NULL);
+#else
+    strcpy(psz,c_str());
+#endif
+    return psz;
+  }
+  
+