+/**
+ * \defgroup Globals Utility functions
+ * \brief Here are some utility functions, belonging to NO class,
+ * dealing with strings, file names... that can be called
+ * from anywhere by whomsoever they can help.
+ */
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GDCM_EXPORT void Tokenize (const std::string& str,
+ std::vector<std::string>& tokens,
+ const std::string& delimiters = " ");
+GDCM_EXPORT int CountSubstring (const std::string& str,
+ const std::string& subStr);
+
+GDCM_EXPORT std::string CreateCleanString(std::string s);
+GDCM_EXPORT void NormalizePath(std::string &name);
+GDCM_EXPORT std::string GetPath(std::string &fullName);
+GDCM_EXPORT std::string GetName(std::string &fullName);
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------