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+/*
+
+ Copyright (C) 2011 Grame
+
+ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This library 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
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+ Grame Research Laboratory, 9 rue du Garet, 69001 Lyon - France
+ research@grame.fr
+
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef __OSCAddress__
+#define __OSCAddress__
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace oscfaust
+{
+
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/*! \brief OSC addresses utilities
+*/
+class OSCAddress
+{
+ public:
+ /*!
+ \brief address decoding utility.
+
+ An address has a form similar to a unix path.
+ \param address the osc address to be processed
+ \return the first part of the address (without leading '/')
+ */
+ static std::string addressFirst (const std::string& address);
+ /*!
+ \brief address decoding utility.
+ \param address the osc address to be processed
+ \return the last part of an address.
+ */
+ static std::string addressLast (const std::string& address);
+ /*!
+ \brief address decoding utility.
+
+ An address has a form similar to a unix path.
+ \param address the osc address to be processed
+ \return the tail of an address after its first part.
+ */
+ static std::string addressTail (const std::string& address);
+};
+
+
+} // end namespoace
+
+#endif