Create a shared dictionary class for plugin and engine

src/shared/Utils.h

 #ifndef UTILS_H
 #define UTILS_H
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <locale>
+#include <functional>
 #include <string>
 
-std::string ToUtf8String(std::wstring str);
+std::string ToUtf8String(const std::wstring& str);
+std::wstring ToUtf16String(const std::string& str);
+std::wstring GetDllDir();
 std::wstring GetAppDataPath();
 
+template<class T>
+T TrimString(T text)
+{
+  // Via http://stackoverflow.com/questions/216823/whats-the-best-way-to-trim-stdstring
+  T trimmed(text);
+  std::function<bool(T::value_type)> isspace = std::bind(&std::isspace<T::value_type>, std::placeholders::_1, std::locale::classic());
+  trimmed.erase(trimmed.begin(), std::find_if(trimmed.begin(), trimmed.end(), std::not1(isspace)));
+  trimmed.erase(std::find_if(trimmed.rbegin(), trimmed.rend(), std::not1(isspace)).base(), trimmed.end());
+  return trimmed;
+}
+
 #endif // UTILS_H