1namespace jive
 2{
 3  static public class StringExtensions
 4  {
 5    static public string format(this string formatted_string, params object[] arguments)
 6    {
 7      return string.Format(formatted_string, arguments);
 8    }
 9
10    static public bool is_equal_to_ignoring_case(this string left, string right)
11    {
12      return string.Compare(left, right, true) == 0;
13    }
14
15    static public bool is_blank(this string message)
16    {
17      return string.IsNullOrEmpty(message);
18    }
19
20    static public string to_string<T>(this T item)
21    {
22      return "{0}".format(item);
23    }
24  }
25}