Base: add helper function to quote a string and join a list of strings

src/Base/Tools.cpp

@@ -291,6 +291,30 @@ std::string Base::Tools::escapeEncodeFilename(const std::string& s)
     return result;
 }
 
+std::string Base::Tools::quoted(const char* name)
+{
+    std::stringstream str;
+    str << "\"" << name << "\"";
+    return str.str();
+}
+
+std::string Base::Tools::quoted(const std::string& name)
+{
+    std::stringstream str;
+    str << "\"" << name << "\"";
+    return str.str();
+}
+
+std::string Base::Tools::joinList(const std::vector<std::string>& vec,
+                                  const std::string& sep)
+{
+    std::stringstream str;
+    for (const auto& it : vec) {
+        str << it << sep;
+    }
+    return str.str();
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 using namespace Base;

src/Base/Tools.h

@@ -274,6 +274,29 @@ struct BaseExport Tools
     static inline QString fromStdString(const std::string & s) {
         return QString::fromUtf8(s.c_str(), static_cast<int>(s.size()));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief quoted Creates a quoted string.
+     * @param String to be quoted.
+     * @return A quoted std::string.
+     */
+    static std::string quoted(const char*);
+    /**
+     * @brief quoted Creates a quoted string.
+     * @param String to be quoted.
+     * @return A quoted std::string.
+     */
+    static std::string quoted(const std::string&);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief joinList
+     * Join the vector of strings \a vec using the separator \a sep
+     * @param vec
+     * @param sep
+     * @return
+     */
+    static std::string joinList(const std::vector<std::string>& vec,
+                                const std::string& sep = ", ");
 };
 
 

tests/src/Base/tst_Tools.cpp

@@ -40,3 +40,13 @@ TEST(BaseToolsSuite, TestUniqueName8)
 {
     EXPECT_EQ(Base::Tools::getUniqueName("Body12345", {"Body"}, 3), "Body12346");
 }
+
+TEST(BaseToolsSuite, TestQuote)
+{
+    EXPECT_EQ(Base::Tools::quoted("Test"), "\"Test\"");
+}
+
+TEST(BaseToolsSuite, TestJoinList)
+{
+    EXPECT_EQ(Base::Tools::joinList({"AB", "CD"}), "AB, CD, ");
+}