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+#ifndef __STRINGDICT_H
+#define __STRINGDICT_H
+
+#include <bfc/string/StringW.h>
+#include <bfc/ptrlist.h>
+
+// a convenient class to statically declare strings and their IDs with binary search lookups
+//
+// example of use :
+//
+// BEGIN_STRINGDICTIONARY(_identifier)
+// SDI("somestring",              0);
+// SDI("someotherstring",         1);
+// SDI("andyetanotherstring",     2);
+// END_STRINGDICTIONARY(_identifier, identifier)
+
+// foo (const char *str) {
+//  int a = identifier.getId(str);
+//  if (a < 0) {
+//    // not found!
+//  }
+// return a;
+// }
+
+class StringDictionaryItem
+{
+public:
+	StringDictionaryItem(const wchar_t *string, int stringid) : str(string), id(stringid) {}
+	virtual ~StringDictionaryItem() {}
+	const wchar_t *getString() 
+	{ 
+		return str; 
+	}
+	int getId()
+	{
+		return id; 
+	}
+private:
+	StringW str;
+	int id;
+};
+
+class StringDictionaryItemCompare
+{
+public:
+	static int compareItem(void *p1, void *p2)
+	{
+		return WCSICMP(((StringDictionaryItem *)p1)->getString(), ((StringDictionaryItem *)p2)->getString());
+	}
+	static int compareAttrib(const wchar_t *attrib, void *item)
+	{
+		return WCSICMP(attrib, ((StringDictionaryItem *)item)->getString());
+	}
+};
+
+class StringDictionary
+{
+public:
+	StringDictionary() {}
+	virtual ~StringDictionary()
+	{
+		items.deleteAll();
+	}
+	virtual void addItem(const wchar_t *str, int id)
+	{
+		ASSERT(id != -1);
+		items.addItem(new StringDictionaryItem(str, id));
+	}
+	virtual int getId(const wchar_t *str)
+	{
+		StringDictionaryItem *i = items.findItem(str);
+		if (i == NULL)
+			return -1;
+		return i->getId();
+	}
+private:
+	PtrListQuickSorted<StringDictionaryItem, StringDictionaryItemCompare> items;
+};
+
+#define BEGIN_STRINGDICTIONARY(class_ident) \
+	class class_ident : public StringDictionary { \
+	public: \
+		class_ident() {
+
+#define SDI(str, id) \
+	addItem(str, id);
+
+#define END_STRINGDICTIONARY(class_ident, instance_ident) \
+	}; \
+	virtual ~class_ident() { } \
+	}; \
+	\
+	class_ident instance_ident;
+
+
+#endif