add APT::String::Strip(), start cleanup of ProcessDpkgStatusLine

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 77e48962c..9f794927d 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,22 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 									/*}}}*/
-
+// Strip - Remove white space from the front and back of a string       /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+namespace APT {
+   namespace String {
+std::string Strip(const std::string &s)
+{
+   size_t start = s.find_first_not_of(" \t\n");
+   // only whitespace
+   if (start == string::npos)
+      return "";
+   size_t end = s.find_last_not_of(" \t\n");
+   return s.substr(start, end-start+1);
+}
+}
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // UTF8ToCodeset - Convert some UTF-8 string for some codeset   	/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* This is handy to use before display some information for enduser  */
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index b42e06491..c8fc317c0 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ using std::vector;
 using std::ostream;
 #endif
 
+namespace APT {
+   namespace String {
+      std::string Strip(const std::string &s);
+   };
+};
+
+
 bool UTF8ToCodeset(const char *codeset, const std::string &orig, std::string *dest);
 char *_strstrip(char *String);
 char *_strrstrip(char *String); // right strip only