/*
 *  Baltisot
 *  Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Nicolas "Pixel" Noble
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

/* $Id: BString.h,v 1.15 2007-04-01 11:39:06 pixel Exp $ */

#ifndef __STRING_H__
#define __STRING_H__

#include <string.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <Exceptions.h>
#include <generic.h>

struct ugly_string {
    const char * p;
};

class String : public Base {
  public:
      String(const String &);
      String(const char * = "");
      String(char);
      String(int);
      String(unsigned int);
      String(int64);
      String(Uint64);
      String(double);
      ~String();
    const char * set(const char *, va_list);
    const char * set(const char *, ...);
    const char * set(const ugly_string &, ...);
    int scanf(const char *, ...) const;
    int scanf(const ugly_string &, ...) const;
    const char * to_charp(size_t = 0, ssize_t = -1) const throw (GeneralException);
    String extract(size_t = 0, ssize_t = -1) const;
    char * strdup(size_t = 0, ssize_t = -1) const;
    int to_int(const char * fmt = "%i") const;
    double to_double() const;
    String to_sqldate() const;
    String to_sqltime() const;
    String from_sqldate() const;
    String from_sqltime() const;
    double datedif(const String &) const;
    bool is_date() const;
    bool is_number() const;
    bool is_float() const;
    bool is_time() const;
    size_t strlen() const;
    ssize_t strchr(char, size_t = 0) const;
    ssize_t strrchr(char) const;
    ssize_t strstr(const String &) const;
    int strchrcnt(char) const;
    String ltrim() const;
    String rtrim() const;
    String trim() const;
    String & operator=(const String &);
    String operator+(const String &) const;
    String & operator+=(const String &);
    bool operator!=(const String &) const;
    bool operator==(const String &) const;
    bool operator<=(const String &) const;
    bool operator>=(const String &) const;
    bool operator<(const String &) const;
    bool operator>(const String &) const;
    char operator[](size_t i) const;
    char & operator[](size_t i);
    operator ugly_string() const;
    String & toupper();
    String & tolower();
    String & iconv(const String & from, const String & to);

  private:
      String(int hs, char *);
    static char t[];
    char * str;
    size_t siz;
};

std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream &, const String &);
std::istream & operator>>(std::istream &, String &);

String operator+(const char *, const String &);

#endif