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#ifndef UTILITY_H
#define UTILITY_H

#include <string>
#include <list>
#include <map>

class CUtility
{
public:
    /**
    * Format the items of a map into a string as a list of key-value pairs. The map must be
    * composed of pairs of strings.
    *
    * @param[in] mapStr A map of strings
    * @param[out] strOutput The output string
    * @param[in] separator The separator to use between each item
    */
    static void asString(const std::list<std::string>& lstr,
                         std::string& strOutput,
                         const std::string& separator = "\n");

    /**
     * Format the items of a map into a string as a list of key-value pairs. The map must be
     * composed of pairs of strings.
     *
     * @param[in] mapStr A map of strings
     * @param[out] strOutput The output string
     * @param[in] strItemSeparator The separator to use between each item (key-value pair)
     * @param[in] strKeyValueSeparator The separator to use between key and value
     */
    static void asString(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& mapStr,
                         std::string& strOutput,
                         const std::string& strItemSeparator = ", ",
                         const std::string& strKeyValueSeparator = ":");
};

#endif // UTILITY_H