Move wildcard_string_to_regex() from IfcParse to IfcGeom as it's not really related to parsing IFC at all.

src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomIterator.h

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <boost/regex.hpp>
 
 #include <gp_Mat.hxx>
 #include <gp_Mat2d.hxx>
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
         {
             names_to_include_or_exclude.clear();
             foreach(const std::string &name, names)
-                names_to_include_or_exclude.insert(IfcUtil::wildcard_string_to_regex(name));
+                names_to_include_or_exclude.insert(wildcard_string_to_regex(name));
             include_entities_in_processing = true;
         }
 
@@ -317,10 +318,24 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
         {
             names_to_include_or_exclude.clear();
             foreach(const std::string &name, names)
-                names_to_include_or_exclude.insert(IfcUtil::wildcard_string_to_regex(name));
+                names_to_include_or_exclude.insert(wildcard_string_to_regex(name));
             include_entities_in_processing = false;
         }
 
+        static boost::regex wildcard_string_to_regex(std::string str)
+        {
+            // Escape all non-"*?" regex special chars
+            std::string special_chars = "\\^.$|()[]+/";
+            foreach(char c, special_chars) {
+                std::string char_str(1, c);
+                boost::replace_all(str, char_str, "\\" + char_str);
+            }
+            // Convert "*?" to their regex equivalents
+            boost::replace_all(str, "?", ".");
+            boost::replace_all(str, "*", ".*");
+            return boost::regex(str);
+        }
+
         const gp_XYZ& bounds_min() const { return bounds_min_; }
         const gp_XYZ& bounds_max() const { return bounds_max_; }
 

src/ifcparse/IfcUtil.cpp

@@ -111,22 +111,6 @@ bool IfcUtil::valid_binary_string(const std::string& s) {
 	return true;
 }
 
-#ifndef IFCPARSE_NO_REGEX
-boost::regex IfcUtil::wildcard_string_to_regex(std::string str)
-{
-    // Escape all non-"*?" regex special chars
-    std::string special_chars = "\\^.$|()[]+/";
-    foreach(char c, special_chars) {
-        std::string char_str(1, c);
-        boost::replace_all(str, char_str, "\\"+ char_str);
-    }
-    // Convert "*?" to their regex equivalents
-    boost::replace_all(str, "?", ".");
-    boost::replace_all(str, "*", ".*");
-    return boost::regex(str);
-}
-#endif
-
 void IfcUtil::sanitate_material_name(std::string &str)
 {
     // Spaces in material names have been observed to cause problems with obj and dae importers.

src/ifcparse/IfcUtil.h

@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
 
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/dynamic_bitset.hpp>
-#ifndef IFCPARSE_NO_REGEX //allow builds without boost.regex
-  #include <boost/regex.hpp> 
-#endif
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 
 #define foreach BOOST_FOREACH
@@ -119,11 +116,6 @@ namespace IfcUtil {
 	};
 
 	IfcParse_EXPORT bool valid_binary_string(const std::string& s);
-
-#ifndef IFCPARSE_NO_REGEX
-    IfcParse_EXPORT boost::regex wildcard_string_to_regex(std::string str);
-#endif
-
     /// Replaces spaces and potentially other problem causing characters with underscores.
     IfcParse_EXPORT void sanitate_material_name(std::string &str);
     IfcParse_EXPORT void escape_xml(std::string &str);