// include/from_str.hh
// This file is part of libpbe; see http://svn.chezphil.org/libpbe/
// (C) 2009 Philip Endecott

// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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//
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#ifndef libpbe_from_str_hh
#define libpbe_from_str_hh

#include <string>
#include <sstream>


namespace pbe {

template <typename T>
struct from_str_helper {
  T operator()(std::string s) { std::istringstream strm(s); T t; strm>>t; return t; }
};

template <>
struct from_str_helper<std::string> {
  std::string operator()(std::string s) { return s; }
};

template <>
struct from_str_helper<const char*> {
  std::string operator()(const char* s) { return s; }
};

template <typename T>
T from_str(std::string s) { return from_str_helper<T>()(s); }

template <typename T>
T from_str(const char* s) { return from_str_helper<T>()(s); }

};


#endif