diff -r a151135b0cf9 -r aa2539c91954 tracesrv/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/engine/utils/TraceUtils.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tracesrv/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/engine/utils/TraceUtils.java	Fri Oct 08 14:56:39 2010 +0300
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2007 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:
+*
+* Utility functions related to traces
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.tracecompiler.engine.utils;
+
+import com.nokia.tracecompiler.plugin.TraceFormatConstants;
+
+/**
+ * Utility functions related to traces
+ * 
+ */
+public final class TraceUtils {
+
+	/**
+	 * Underscore character
+	 */
+	private static final String UNDERSCORE = "_"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	/**
+	 * Underscore character
+	 */
+	private static final char UNDERSCORE_CHAR = '_';
+
+	/**
+	 * Cannot be constructed
+	 */
+	private TraceUtils() {
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Formats a trace
+	 * 
+	 * @param format
+	 *            the format specification
+	 * @param cname
+	 *            the class name
+	 * @param fname
+	 *            the function name
+	 * @return the formatted trace
+	 */
+	public static String formatTrace(String format, String cname, String fname) {
+		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(format);
+		int cnindex = sb
+				.indexOf(TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_CLASS_NAME_NORMAL_CASE);
+		if (cnindex >= 0) {
+			if (cname != null) {
+				sb.replace(cnindex, cnindex
+						+ TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_CLASS_NAME_NORMAL_CASE
+								.length(), cname);
+			} else {
+				sb.replace(cnindex, cnindex
+						+ TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_CLASS_NAME_NORMAL_CASE
+								.length(), ""); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			}
+		}
+		int cnup = sb
+				.indexOf(TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_CLASS_NAME_UPPER_CASE);
+		if (cnup >= 0) {
+			if (cname != null) {
+				sb.replace(cnup, cnup
+						+ TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_CLASS_NAME_UPPER_CASE
+								.length(), cname.toUpperCase());
+			} else {
+				sb.replace(cnup, cnup
+						+ TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_CLASS_NAME_UPPER_CASE
+								.length(), ""); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			}
+		}
+		int fnindex = sb
+				.indexOf(TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_FUNCTION_NAME_NORMAL_CASE);
+		if (fnindex >= 0) {
+			sb.replace(fnindex, fnindex
+					+ TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_FUNCTION_NAME_NORMAL_CASE
+							.length(), fname);
+		}
+		int fnup = sb
+				.indexOf(TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_FUNCTION_NAME_UPPER_CASE);
+		if (fnup >= 0) {
+			sb.replace(fnup, fnup
+					+ TraceFormatConstants.FORMAT_FUNCTION_NAME_UPPER_CASE
+							.length(), fname.toUpperCase());
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Replaces invalid characters with '_'
+	 * 
+	 * @param name
+	 *            name to be converted
+	 * @return the converted name
+	 */
+	public static String convertName(String name) {
+		StringBuffer sb;
+		if (name.length() > 0) {
+			boolean underscore = false;
+			sb = new StringBuffer(name);
+			if (Character.isDigit(name.charAt(0))) {
+				sb.insert(0, UNDERSCORE_CHAR);
+			}
+			for (int i = 0; i < sb.length(); i++) {
+				char c = sb.charAt(i);
+				if (!Character.isLetterOrDigit(c)) {
+					if (!underscore) {
+						sb.setCharAt(i, UNDERSCORE_CHAR);
+						underscore = true;
+					} else {
+						sb.deleteCharAt(i);
+						i--;
+					}
+				} else {
+					underscore = false;
+				}
+			}
+			if (sb.length() > 0) {
+				if (sb.charAt(sb.length() - 1) == UNDERSCORE_CHAR) {
+					sb.deleteCharAt(sb.length() - 1);
+				}
+			} else {
+				sb.append(UNDERSCORE);
+			}
+		} else {
+			sb = new StringBuffer();
+		}
+		// If parameter value is NULL, it would be used as name
+		String s = sb.toString();
+		if (s.equals("NULL")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+			s = "_NULL"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
+		return s;
+	}
+}