* added hashmap for all basic abilities.

* created three new utility functions that return a vector of matching abilities, colors and types
* migrated all activated ability impl into AllAbilities.cpp.  Perhaps we could break AllAbilities up into separate impl files for manageability?
    One for Activated abilities, another for triggers,etc

projects/mtg/include/MTGDefinitions.h

@@ -217,10 +217,14 @@ class Constants
   static const char* MTGColorStrings[];
   static int _r[], _g[], _b[];
 
-  
+  static map<string,int> MTGBasicAbilitiesMap;
   static const char* MTGBasicAbilities[];
   static const char* MTGPhaseNames[];
   static const char* MTGPhaseCodeNames[];
+
+  static int GetBasicAbilityIndex(string mtgAbility);
+  static int GetColorStringIndex(string mtgColor);
+   
 };
 
 #endif

projects/mtg/include/utils.h

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ std::vector<std::string> &split(const std::string &s, char delim, std::vector<st
 std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string &s, char delim); //splits a string with "delim" and returns a vector of strings.
 std::string wordWrap(std::string s, int width);
 
+void PopulateColorIndexVector( list<int>& colors, const string& colorsString, char delimiter = ' ');
+void PopulateAbilityIndexVector( list<int>& abilities, const string& abilitiesString, char delimiter = ',');
+void PopulateSubtypesIndexVector( list<int>& subtypes, const string& subtypesString, char delimiter = ' ');
+
 
 int loadRandValues(string s);
 int filesize(const char * filename);