+const char* GetVerticalAlignmentString(const Toolkit::Text::VerticalAlignment::Type& alignment);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the ellipsis-location-type from the provided property value.
+ * @param[in] propertyValue The source value (which can be a Property::INTEGER or Property::STRING type)
+ * @param[out] ellipsisPositionType The resulting ellipsisPositionType from the given source
+ * @return true if the resulting ellipsisPositionType has been updated
+ */
+bool GetEllipsisPositionTypeEnumeration(const Property::Value& propertyValue, Toolkit::DevelText::EllipsisPosition::Type& ellipsisPositionType);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Converts the underline type to string format.
+ * @param[in] type the Toolkit::Text::Underline::Type enum source
+ * @return the string equivalent
+ */
+const char* GetUnderlineTypeToString(const Toolkit::Text::Underline::Type& type);