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namespace Lucene.Net.Support
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Globalization;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;

    /// <summary>
    /// Extension methods for strings
    /// </summary>
    internal static class StringExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Alias for string.Format that uses <see cref="CultureInfo.InvariantCulture"/>
        /// for formatting strings.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="obj">The obj.</param>
        /// <param name="args">The args.</param>
        /// <returns>an instance of <see cref="string"/></returns>
        public static string Inject(this string obj, params object[] args)
        {
            return string.Format(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, obj, args);            
        }

        public static ICharSequence ToCharSequence(this string value)
        {
            return new StringCharSequenceWrapper(value);
        }
    }
}