/*
 *  ircd-ratbox: A slightly useful ircd.
 *  irc_string.h: A header for the ircd string functions.
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 1990 Jarkko Oikarinen and University of Oulu, Co Center
 *  Copyright (C) 1996-2002 Hybrid Development Team
 *  Copyright (C) 2002-2004 ircd-ratbox development team
 *
 *  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
 *
 *  $Id: irc_string.h 3538 2007-07-26 14:21:57Z jilles $
 */

#ifndef INCLUDED_match_h
#define INCLUDED_match_h

/*
 * match - compare name with mask, mask may contain * and ? as wildcards
 * match - returns 1 on successful match, 0 otherwise
 *
 * mask_match - compare one mask to another
 * match_esc - compare with support for escaping chars
 * match_cidr - compares u!h@addr with u!h@addr/cidr
 * match_ips - compares addr with addr/cidr in ascii form
 */
int match(std::string mask, std::string name);
int mask_match(std::string oldmask, std::string newmask);
int match_esc(std::string mask, std::string name);

/*
 * collapse - collapse a string in place, converts multiple adjacent *'s 
 * into a single *.
 * collapse - modifies the contents of pattern 
 *
 * collapse_esc() - collapse with support for escaping chars
 */
std::string collapse(std::string pattern);
std::string collapse_esc(std::string pattern);

#endif /* INCLUDED_match_h */