Adds new utilities abstract classes as helper methods. Moves the helper class autoloader above the class. Adds option to override the settings.json file.

libraries/jcb_powers/VDM.Joomla/src/Utilities/String/ClassfunctionHelper.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * @package    Joomla.Component.Builder
+ *
+ * @created    30th April, 2015
+ * @author     Llewellyn van der Merwe <http://www.joomlacomponentbuilder.com>
+ * @gitea      Joomla Component Builder <https://git.vdm.dev/joomla/Component-Builder>
+ * @github     Joomla Component Builder <https://github.com/vdm-io/Joomla-Component-Builder>
+ * @copyright  Copyright (C) 2015 Vast Development Method. All rights reserved.
+ * @license    GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
+ */
+
+namespace VDM\Joomla\Utilities\String;
+
+
+use VDM\Joomla\Utilities\StringHelper;
+
+
+/**
+ * Control the naming of a class and function
+ */
+abstract class ClassfunctionHelper
+{
+	/**
+	* Making class or function name safe
+	*
+	* @input	string       The name you would like to make safe
+	*
+	* @returns string on success
+	**/
+	public static function safe($name)
+	{
+		// remove numbers if the first character is a number
+		if (is_numeric(substr($name, 0, 1)))
+		{
+			$name = StringHelper::numbers($name);
+		}
+
+		// remove all spaces and strange characters
+		return trim(preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]/", '', $name));
+	}
+
+}
+