common: do not accept invalid input in VersionHelper and add negative unit tests

src/common/string_utils.h

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string_view>
+#include <string>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+constexpr inline std::string_view default_trim_arg = " \t\r\n";
+
+inline std::string_view left_trim(std::string_view s, const std::string_view chars_to_trim = default_trim_arg)
+{
+    s.remove_prefix(std::min(s.find_first_not_of(chars_to_trim), size(s)));
+    return s;
+}
+
+inline std::string_view right_trim(std::string_view s, const std::string_view chars_to_trim = default_trim_arg)
+{
+    s.remove_suffix(std::min(size(s) - s.find_last_not_of(chars_to_trim) - 1, size(s)));
+    return s;
+}
+
+inline std::string_view trim(std::string_view s, const std::string_view chars_to_trim = default_trim_arg)
+{
+    return left_trim(right_trim(s, chars_to_trim), chars_to_trim);
+}
+
+inline void replace_chars(std::string& s, const std::string_view chars_to_replace, const char replacement_char)
+{
+    for (const char c : chars_to_replace)
+    {
+        std::replace(begin(s), end(s), c, replacement_char);
+    }
+}