# strings/string_map.hpp

    #ifndef STLPLUS_STRING_MAP
    #define STLPLUS_STRING_MAP
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    //   Author:    Andy Rushton
    //   Copyright: (c) Southampton University 1999-2004
    //              (c) Andy Rushton           2004 onwards
    //   License:   BSD License, see ../docs/license.html

    //   Generate a string representation of a map/multimap

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    #include "strings_fixes.hpp"
    #include <string>
    #include <map>

    namespace stlplus
    {

      template<typename K, typename T, typename C, typename SK, typename ST>
      std::string map_to_string(const std::map<K,T,C>& values,
                                SK key_to_string_fn,
                                ST value_to_string_fn,
                                const std::string& pair_separator = ":",
                                const std::string& separator = ",");

      template<typename K, typename T, typename C, typename SK, typename ST>
      std::string multimap_to_string(const std::multimap<K,T,C>& values,
                                     SK key_to_string_fn,
                                     ST value_to_string_fn,
                                     const std::string& pair_separator = ":",
                                     const std::string& separator = ",");

    } // end namespace stlplus

    #include "string_map.tpp"
    #endif