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+//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2004-2008.
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.
+//
+//  File        : $RCSfile$
+//
+//  Version     : $Revision: 57992 $
+//
+//  Description : class basic_cstring wraps C string and provide std_string like 
+//                interface
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_HPP_071894GER
+#define BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_HPP_071894GER
+
+// Boost.Test
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/basic_cstring_fwd.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/bcs_char_traits.hpp>
+
+// STL
+#include <string>
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/suppress_warnings.hpp>
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace unit_test {
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                basic_cstring                 ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<typename CharT>
+class basic_cstring {
+    typedef basic_cstring<CharT>                        self_type;
+public:
+    // Subtypes
+    typedef ut_detail::bcs_char_traits<CharT>           traits_type;
+    typedef typename ut_detail::bcs_char_traits<CharT>::std_string  std_string;
+
+    typedef CharT                                       value_type;
+    typedef value_type*                                 pointer;
+    typedef value_type const*                           const_pointer;
+    typedef value_type&                                 reference;
+    typedef const value_type&                           const_reference;
+    typedef std::size_t                                 size_type;
+    typedef std::ptrdiff_t                              difference_type;
+
+    typedef value_type const*                           const_iterator;
+    typedef value_type*                                 iterator;
+
+    // !! should also present reverse_iterator, const_reverse_iterator
+
+#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__IBMCPP__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(600))
+    enum npos_type { npos = static_cast<size_type>(-1) };
+#else
+    // IBM/VisualAge version 6 is not able to handle enums larger than 4 bytes.
+    // But size_type is 8 bytes in 64bit mode.
+    static const size_type npos = -1 ;
+#endif
+
+    static pointer  null_str();
+
+    // Constructors; default copy constructor is generated by compiler
+    basic_cstring();
+    basic_cstring( std_string const& s );
+    basic_cstring( pointer s );
+    basic_cstring( pointer s, size_type arg_size );
+    basic_cstring( pointer first, pointer last );
+
+    // data access methods
+    value_type      operator[]( size_type index ) const;
+    value_type      at( size_type index ) const;
+
+    // size operators
+    size_type       size() const;
+    bool            is_empty() const;
+    void            clear();
+    void            resize( size_type new_len );
+
+    // !! only for STL container conformance use is_empty instead
+    bool            empty() const; 
+
+    // Trimming
+    self_type&      trim_right( size_type trim_size );
+    self_type&      trim_left( size_type trim_size );
+    self_type&      trim_right( iterator it );
+    self_type&      trim_left( iterator it );
+#ifndef __IBMCPP__
+    self_type&      trim_left( self_type exclusions = self_type() ) ;
+    self_type&      trim_right( self_type exclusions = self_type() ) ;
+    self_type&      trim( self_type exclusions = self_type() ) ;
+#else
+    // VisualAge version 6 has in this case a problem with the default arguments.
+    self_type&      trim_left( self_type exclusions ) ;
+    self_type&      trim_right( self_type exclusions ) ;
+    self_type&      trim( self_type exclusions ) ;
+    self_type&      trim_left() { trim_left( self_type() ) ; }
+    self_type&      trim_right() { trim_right( self_type() ) ; }
+    self_type&      trim() { trim( self_type() ) ; }
+#endif
+
+    // Assignment operators
+    basic_cstring&  operator=( self_type const& s );
+    basic_cstring&  operator=( std_string const& s );
+    basic_cstring&  operator=( pointer s );
+
+    template<typename CharT2>
+    basic_cstring&  assign( basic_cstring<CharT2> const& s ) { *this = basic_cstring<CharT>( s.begin(), s.end() ); return *this; }
+    basic_cstring&  assign( self_type const& s, size_type pos, size_type len );
+    basic_cstring&  assign( std_string const& s );
+    basic_cstring&  assign( std_string const& s, size_type pos, size_type len );
+    basic_cstring&  assign( pointer s );
+    basic_cstring&  assign( pointer s, size_type len );
+    basic_cstring&  assign( pointer f, pointer l );
+
+    // swapping
+    void            swap( self_type& s );
+
+    // Iterators
+    iterator        begin();
+    const_iterator  begin() const;
+    iterator        end();
+    const_iterator  end() const;
+
+    // !! should have rbegin, rend
+
+    // substring search operation
+    size_type       find( basic_cstring ) const;
+    size_type       rfind( basic_cstring ) const;
+    self_type       substr( size_type beg_index, size_type end_index = npos ) const;
+
+private:
+    static self_type default_trim_ex();
+
+    // Data members
+    iterator        m_begin;
+    iterator        m_end;
+};
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::pointer
+basic_cstring<CharT>::null_str()
+{
+    static CharT null = 0;
+    return &null;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline
+basic_cstring<CharT>::basic_cstring()
+: m_begin( null_str() )
+, m_end( m_begin )
+{
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline
+basic_cstring<CharT>::basic_cstring( std_string const& s )
+: m_begin( s.c_str() )
+, m_end( m_begin + s.size() )
+{
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline
+basic_cstring<CharT>::basic_cstring( pointer s )
+: m_begin( s ? s : null_str() )
+, m_end  ( m_begin + (s ? traits_type::length( s ) : 0 ) )
+{
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline
+basic_cstring<CharT>::basic_cstring( pointer s, size_type arg_size )
+: m_begin( s ), m_end( m_begin + arg_size )
+{
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline
+basic_cstring<CharT>::basic_cstring( pointer first, pointer last )
+: m_begin( first )
+, m_end( last )
+{
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::value_type
+basic_cstring<CharT>::operator[]( size_type index ) const
+{
+    return m_begin[index];
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::value_type
+basic_cstring<CharT>::at( size_type index ) const
+{
+    if( m_begin + index >= m_end )
+        return static_cast<value_type>(0);
+
+    return m_begin[index];
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::size_type
+basic_cstring<CharT>::size() const
+{
+    return m_end - m_begin;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline bool
+basic_cstring<CharT>::is_empty() const
+{
+    return m_end == m_begin;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline bool
+basic_cstring<CharT>::empty() const
+{
+    return is_empty();
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline void
+basic_cstring<CharT>::clear()
+{
+    m_begin = m_end;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline void
+basic_cstring<CharT>::resize( size_type new_len )
+{
+    if( m_begin + new_len < m_end )
+        m_end = m_begin + new_len;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::trim_left( size_type trim_size )
+{
+    m_begin += trim_size;
+    if( m_end <= m_begin )
+        clear();
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::trim_left( iterator it )
+{
+    m_begin = it;
+    if( m_end <= m_begin )
+        clear();
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::trim_left( basic_cstring exclusions )
+{
+    if( exclusions.is_empty() )
+        exclusions = default_trim_ex();
+
+    iterator it;
+    for( it = begin(); it != end(); ++it ) {
+        if( traits_type::find( exclusions.begin(), exclusions.size(), *it ) == reinterpret_cast<pointer>(0) )
+            break;
+    }
+    
+    return trim_left( it );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::trim_right( size_type trim_size )
+{
+    m_end  -= trim_size;
+    if( m_end <= m_begin )
+        clear();
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::trim_right( iterator it )
+{
+    m_end = it;
+    if( m_end <= m_begin )
+        clear();
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::trim_right( basic_cstring exclusions )
+{
+    if( exclusions.is_empty() )
+        exclusions = default_trim_ex();
+
+    iterator it;
+
+    for( it = end()-1; it != begin()-1; --it ) {
+        if( self_type::traits_type::find( exclusions.begin(),  exclusions.size(), *it ) == reinterpret_cast<pointer>(0) )
+            break;
+    }
+    
+    return trim_right( it+1 );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::trim( basic_cstring exclusions )
+{
+    trim_left( exclusions );
+    trim_right( exclusions );
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::operator=( basic_cstring<CharT> const& s )
+{
+    m_begin = s.m_begin;
+    m_end   = s.m_end;
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::operator=( std_string const& s )
+{
+    return *this = self_type( s );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::operator=( pointer s )
+{
+    return *this = self_type( s );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::assign( basic_cstring<CharT> const& s, size_type pos, size_type len )
+{
+    return *this = self_type( s.m_begin + pos, len );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::assign( std_string const& s )
+{
+    return *this = self_type( s );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::assign( std_string const& s, size_type pos, size_type len )
+{
+    return *this = self_type( s.c_str() + pos, len );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::assign( pointer s )
+{
+    return *this = self_type( s );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::assign( pointer s, size_type len )
+{
+    return *this = self_type( s, len );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>&
+basic_cstring<CharT>::assign( pointer f, pointer l )
+{
+    return *this = self_type( f, l );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline void
+basic_cstring<CharT>::swap( basic_cstring<CharT>& s )
+{
+    // do not want to include alogrithm
+    pointer tmp1    = m_begin;
+    pointer tmp2    = m_end;
+
+    m_begin         = s.m_begin;
+    m_end           = s.m_end;
+
+    s.m_begin       = tmp1;
+    s.m_end         = tmp2;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::iterator
+basic_cstring<CharT>::begin()
+{
+    return m_begin;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::const_iterator
+basic_cstring<CharT>::begin() const
+{
+    return m_begin;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::iterator
+basic_cstring<CharT>::end()
+{
+    return m_end;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::const_iterator
+basic_cstring<CharT>::end() const
+{
+    return m_end;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::size_type
+basic_cstring<CharT>::find( basic_cstring<CharT> str ) const
+{
+    if( str.is_empty() || str.size() > size() )
+        return static_cast<size_type>(npos);
+
+    const_iterator it   = begin();
+    const_iterator last = end() - str.size() + 1;
+
+    while( it != last ) {
+        if( traits_type::compare( it, str.begin(), str.size() ) == 0 )
+            break;
+
+        ++it;
+    }
+
+    return it == last ? static_cast<size_type>(npos) : it - begin();
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::size_type
+basic_cstring<CharT>::rfind( basic_cstring<CharT> str ) const
+{
+    if( str.is_empty() || str.size() > size() )
+        return static_cast<size_type>(npos);
+
+    const_iterator it   = end() - str.size();
+    const_iterator last = begin()-1;
+
+    while( it != last ) {
+        if( traits_type::compare( it, str.begin(), str.size() ) == 0 )
+            break;
+
+        --it;
+    }
+
+    return it == last ? static_cast<size_type>(npos) : static_cast<size_type>(it - begin());
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>
+basic_cstring<CharT>::substr( size_type beg_index, size_type end_index ) const
+{
+    return beg_index > size()
+            ?       self_type()
+            : end_index > size()
+                ?   self_type( m_begin + beg_index, m_end )
+                :   self_type( m_begin + beg_index, m_begin + end_index );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline basic_cstring<CharT>
+basic_cstring<CharT>::default_trim_ex()
+{
+    static CharT ws[3] = { CharT(' '), CharT('\t'), CharT('\n') }; // !! wide case
+
+    return self_type( ws, 3 );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************             comparison operators             ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<typename CharT1,typename CharT2>
+inline bool
+operator==( basic_cstring<CharT1> const& s1, basic_cstring<CharT2> const& s2 )
+{
+    typedef typename basic_cstring<CharT1>::traits_type traits_type;
+    return s1.size() == s2.size() && 
+               traits_type::compare( s1.begin(), s2.begin(), s1.size() ) == 0;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT1,typename CharT2>
+inline bool
+operator==( basic_cstring<CharT1> const& s1, CharT2* s2 )
+{
+#if !defined(__DMC__)
+    return s1 == basic_cstring<CharT2>( s2 );
+#else
+    return s1 == basic_cstring<CharT2 const>( s2 );
+#endif
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline bool
+operator==( basic_cstring<CharT> const& s1, typename basic_cstring<CharT>::std_string const& s2 )
+{
+    return s1 == basic_cstring<CharT>( s2 );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT1,typename CharT2>
+inline bool
+operator==( CharT1* s2, basic_cstring<CharT2> const& s1 )
+{
+    return s1 == s2;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline bool
+operator==( typename basic_cstring<CharT>::std_string const& s2, basic_cstring<CharT> const& s1 )
+{
+    return s1 == s2;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline bool
+operator!=( basic_cstring<CharT> const& s1, CharT* s2 )
+{
+    return !(s1 == s2);
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline bool
+operator!=( CharT* s2, basic_cstring<CharT> const& s1 )
+{
+    return !(s1 == s2);
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline bool
+operator!=( basic_cstring<CharT> const& s1, basic_cstring<CharT> const& s2 )
+{
+    return !(s1 == s2);
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline bool
+operator!=( basic_cstring<CharT> const& s1, typename basic_cstring<CharT>::std_string const& s2 )
+{
+    return !(s1 == s2);
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline bool
+operator!=( typename basic_cstring<CharT>::std_string const& s2, basic_cstring<CharT> const& s1 )
+{
+    return !(s1 == s2);
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                  first_char                  ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::value_type
+first_char( basic_cstring<CharT> source )
+{
+    typedef typename basic_cstring<CharT>::value_type string_value_type;
+
+    return source.is_empty() ? static_cast<string_value_type>(0) : *source.begin();
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                  last_char                   ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline typename basic_cstring<CharT>::value_type
+last_char( basic_cstring<CharT> source )
+{
+    typedef typename basic_cstring<CharT>::value_type string_value_type;
+
+    return source.is_empty() ? static_cast<string_value_type>(0) : *(source.end()-1);
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                  assign_op                   ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<typename CharT1, typename CharT2>
+inline void
+assign_op( std::basic_string<CharT1>& target, basic_cstring<CharT2> src, int )
+{
+    target.assign( src.begin(), src.size() );
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+} // namespace unit_test
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/enable_warnings.hpp>
+
+#endif // BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_HPP_071894GER
diff --git a/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/basic_cstring_fwd.hpp b/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/basic_cstring_fwd.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14cb33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/basic_cstring_fwd.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2004-2008.
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.
+//
+//  File        : $RCSfile$
+//
+//  Version     : $Revision: 49312 $
+//
+//  Description : basic_cstring class wrap C string and provide std_string like 
+//                interface
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_FWD_HPP_071894GER
+#define BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_FWD_HPP_071894GER
+
+#include <ndnboost/detail/workaround.hpp>
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace unit_test {
+
+template<typename CharT> class      basic_cstring;
+typedef basic_cstring<char const>   const_string;
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(__DECCXX_VER, BOOST_TESTED_AT(60590041))
+typedef const_string                literal_string;
+#else
+typedef const_string const          literal_string;
+#endif
+
+typedef char const* const           c_literal_string;
+
+} // namespace unit_test
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+#endif // BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_FWD_HPP_071894GER
+
diff --git a/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/bcs_char_traits.hpp b/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/bcs_char_traits.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6571f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/bcs_char_traits.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2004-2008.
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.
+//
+//  File        : $RCSfile$
+//
+//  Version     : $Revision: 49312 $
+//
+//  Description : generic char traits class; wraps std::char_traits
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TEST_BCS_CHAR_TRAITS_HPP_071894GER
+#define BOOST_TEST_BCS_CHAR_TRAITS_HPP_071894GER
+
+// Boost
+#include <ndnboost/config.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/detail/workaround.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/config.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/add_const.hpp>
+
+// STL
+#include <string>                       // std::char_traits
+#include <cstddef>                      // std::size_t
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/suppress_warnings.hpp>
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace unit_test {
+
+namespace ut_detail {
+
+template<typename CharT> struct bcs_base_char           { typedef CharT type; };
+
+template<> struct bcs_base_char<char const>             { typedef char type; };
+template<> struct bcs_base_char<unsigned char>          { typedef char type; };
+#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x551))
+template<> struct bcs_base_char<unsigned char const>    { typedef char type; };
+#endif
+
+template<> struct bcs_base_char<wchar_t const>          { typedef wchar_t type; };
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************               bcs_char_traits                ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<typename CharT>
+struct bcs_char_traits_impl
+{
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x564))
+    typedef CharT const const_char;
+#else
+    typedef typename ndnboost::add_const<CharT>::type const_char;
+#endif
+    static bool eq( CharT c1, CharT c2 )
+    {
+        return c1 == c2;
+    }
+    static bool lt( CharT c1, CharT c2 )
+    {
+        return c1 < c2;
+    }
+
+    static int compare( const_char* cstr1, const_char* cstr2, std::size_t n )
+    {
+        while( n > 0 ) {
+            if( !eq( *cstr1, *cstr2 ) )
+                return lt( *cstr1, *cstr2 ) ? -1 : 1;
+            ++cstr1;
+            ++cstr2;
+            --n;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    static std::size_t length( const_char* cstr )
+    {
+        const_char null_char = CharT();
+
+        const_char* ptr = cstr;
+        while( !eq( *ptr, null_char ) )
+            ++ptr;
+
+        return ptr - cstr;
+    }
+
+    static const_char* find( const_char* s, std::size_t n, CharT c )
+    {
+        while( n > 0 ) {
+            if( eq( *s, c ) )
+                return s;
+
+            ++s;
+            --n;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+};
+
+#ifdef BOOST_CLASSIC_IOSTREAMS
+template<typename CharT>
+struct char_traits_with_find : std::string_char_traits<CharT> {
+    static CharT const* find( CharT const* s, std::size_t n, CharT c )
+    {
+        while( n > 0 ) {
+            if( eq( *s, c ) )
+                return s;
+
+            ++s;
+            --n;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+};
+
+template<> struct bcs_char_traits_impl<char> : char_traits_with_find<char> {};
+template<> struct bcs_char_traits_impl<wchar_t> : char_traits_with_find<wchar_t> {};
+#else
+template<> struct bcs_char_traits_impl<char> : std::char_traits<char> {};
+template<> struct bcs_char_traits_impl<wchar_t> : std::char_traits<wchar_t> {};
+#endif
+
+template<typename CharT>
+class bcs_char_traits : public bcs_char_traits_impl<CharT> {
+    typedef typename ut_detail::bcs_base_char<CharT>::type                              the_base_char;
+public:
+#ifdef BOOST_CLASSIC_IOSTREAMS
+    typedef std::basic_string<the_base_char, std::string_char_traits<the_base_char> >   std_string;
+#else
+    typedef std::basic_string<the_base_char, std::char_traits<the_base_char> >          std_string;
+#endif
+};
+
+} // namespace ut_detail
+
+} // namespace unit_test
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/enable_warnings.hpp>
+
+#endif // BOOST_TEST_BCS_CHAR_TRAITS_HPP_071894GER
diff --git a/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/compare.hpp b/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/compare.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db9c854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/compare.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2004-2008.
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.
+//
+//  File        : $RCSfile$
+//
+//  Version     : $Revision: 49312 $
+//
+//  Description : class basic_cstring comparisons implementation
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef  BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_COMPARE_HPP_071894GER
+#define  BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_COMPARE_HPP_071894GER
+
+// Boost.Test
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/basic_cstring.hpp>
+
+// STL
+#include <functional>
+#include <cctype>
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/suppress_warnings.hpp>
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+# if defined(BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE) && !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, <= 0x570)
+namespace std { using ::toupper; }
+# endif
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace unit_test {
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                case_ins_compare              ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+namespace ut_detail {
+
+template<class CharT>
+struct case_ins
+{
+    static bool         eq( CharT c1, CharT c2 ) { return (std::toupper)( c1 ) == (std::toupper)( c2 ); }
+    static bool         lt( CharT c1, CharT c2 ) { return (std::toupper)( c1 ) <  (std::toupper)( c2 ); }
+
+    static int          compare( CharT const* s1, CharT const* s2, std::size_t n )
+    {
+        for( std::size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i ) {
+            if( !eq( s1[i], s2[i] ) )
+                return lt( s1[i], s2[i] ) ? -1 : 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace ut_detail
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                  case_ins_eq                 ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<class CharT>
+inline bool
+case_ins_eq( basic_cstring<CharT> x, basic_cstring<CharT> y )
+{
+    return x.size() == y.size() && ut_detail::case_ins<CharT>::compare( x.begin(), y.begin(), x.size() ) == 0;
+}
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                 case_ins_less                ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<class CharT>
+class case_ins_less : public std::binary_function<basic_cstring<CharT>,basic_cstring<CharT>,bool>
+{
+public:
+    bool operator()( basic_cstring<CharT> x, basic_cstring<CharT> y ) const
+    {
+        return x.size() != y.size() 
+                ? x.size() < y.size() 
+                : ut_detail::case_ins<CharT>::compare( x.begin(), y.begin(), x.size() ) < 0;
+    }
+};
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+// ************************************************************************** //
+// **************                  operator <                  ************** //
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+template<class CharT>
+inline bool
+operator <( ndnboost::unit_test::basic_cstring<CharT> const& x,
+            ndnboost::unit_test::basic_cstring<CharT> const& y )
+{
+    typedef typename ndnboost::unit_test::basic_cstring<CharT>::traits_type traits_type;
+    return x.size() != y.size() 
+            ? x.size() < y.size() 
+            : traits_type::compare( x.begin(), y.begin(), x.size() ) < 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace unit_test
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/enable_warnings.hpp>
+
+#endif // BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_COMPARE_HPP_071894GER
diff --git a/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/io.hpp b/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/io.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adb6d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/io.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+//  (C) Copyright Gennadiy Rozental 2004-2008.
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.
+//
+//  File        : $RCSfile$
+//
+//  Version     : $Revision: 49312 $
+//
+//  Description : basic_cstring i/o implementation
+// ***************************************************************************
+
+#ifndef  BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_IO_HPP_071894GER
+#define  BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_IO_HPP_071894GER
+
+// Boost.Test
+#include <ndnboost/test/utils/basic_cstring/basic_cstring.hpp>
+
+// STL
+#include <iosfwd>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/suppress_warnings.hpp>
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+namespace unit_test {
+
+#ifdef BOOST_CLASSIC_IOSTREAMS
+
+template<typename CharT>
+inline std::ostream&
+operator<<( std::ostream& os, basic_cstring<CharT> const& str )
+{
+    typedef typename ut_detail::bcs_base_char<CharT>::type char_type;
+    char_type const* const beg = reinterpret_cast<char_type const* const>( str.begin() );
+    char_type const* const end = reinterpret_cast<char_type const* const>( str.end() );
+    os << std::basic_string<char_type>( beg, end - beg );
+
+    return os;
+}
+
+#else
+
+template<typename CharT1, typename Tr,typename CharT2>
+inline std::basic_ostream<CharT1,Tr>&
+operator<<( std::basic_ostream<CharT1,Tr>& os, basic_cstring<CharT2> const& str )
+{
+    CharT1 const* const beg = reinterpret_cast<CharT1 const*>( str.begin() ); // !!
+    CharT1 const* const end = reinterpret_cast<CharT1 const*>( str.end() );
+    os << std::basic_string<CharT1,Tr>( beg, end - beg );
+
+    return os;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+
+} // namespace unit_test
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+//____________________________________________________________________________//
+
+#include <ndnboost/test/detail/enable_warnings.hpp>
+
+#endif // BOOST_TEST_BASIC_CSTRING_IO_HPP_071894GER