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+--!The Automatic Cross-platform Build Tool
+-- 
+-- XMake 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.
+-- 
+-- XMake 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 XMake; 
+-- If not, see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>
+-- 
+-- Copyright (C) 2009 - 2015, ruki All rights reserved.
+--
+-- @author      ruki
+-- @file        string.lua
+--
+
+-- load modules
+local string    = require("base/string")
+local sandbox   = require("base/sandbox")
+
+-- define module
+local sandbox_builtin_string = sandbox_builtin_string or {}
+
+-- inherit the public interfaces of string
+for k, v in pairs(string) do
+    if not k:startswith("_") and type(v) == "function" then
+        sandbox_builtin_string[k] = v
+    end
+end
+
+-- format string with the builtin variables
+function sandbox_builtin_string.vformat(format, ...)
+
+    -- check
+    assert(format)
+
+    -- get the current sandbox instance
+    local instance = sandbox.instance()
+    assert(instance)
+
+    -- format string
+    local result = string.format(format, ...)
+    assert(result)
+
+    -- get filter from the current sandbox
+    local filter = instance:filter()
+    if filter then
+        result = filter:handle(result)
+    end
+
+    -- ok?
+    return result
+end
+
+-- return module
+return sandbox_builtin_string
+