#ifndef FLEX_STRING_HASH_INC_
#define FLEX_STRING_HASH_INC_

#include <hash_map>
#include "flex_string.h"

#if defined(_STLP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE)

_STLP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
    /** http://www.stlport.org implementation. */
    template <typename E, class T, class A, class S>
    struct hash< flex_string<E, T, A, S> >
    {
        size_t operator()( const flex_string<E, T, A, S>& str ) const
        {
            return hash< const char* >()( str.c_str() );
        }
    };
_STLP_END_NAMESPACE

#else if defined(_STDEXT_BEGIN) && defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1300

_STDEXT_BEGIN
    /** Microsoft hash_map. */
    template <typename E, class T, class A, class S> inline
	size_t hash_value(const flex_string<E, T, A, S>& str)
	{	// hash string to size_t value
        //call the MS default hash function for this string.
        return hash_value(str.c_str());
	}
_STDEXT_END

#endif 
#endif //#ifndef FLEX_STRING_HASH_INC_