#ifndef UTIL_H
#define UTIL_H

#include <QFile>
#include <QDir>
#include <QString>
#include <QStringList>
#include <iostream> // cout, cin etc.

namespace GlobalVars{
extern QString AppName;
extern QString AppExecutable;
extern QString AppVersion;
}

/**
  Utilities functions (global)
  **/
namespace Util{
QString normalizePath(QString path);
QString cutName(QString path);
QString insertQuotes(QString path);
QString normalizeAndQuote(QString path);
QString fullTrim(QString str);
QString normalizeDecimalSeparator(QString value);
QStringList substring(const QString &myString, const QString &separator, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive);
QStringList qStringListFromSpacedString(const QString &mySpacedString);
QStringList getAllFilesByWildcard(const QString &wildcard);
QList<int> qListIntFromSpacedString(const QString &mySpacedString);
QList<double> qListDoubleFromSpacedString(const QString &mySpacedString);
int indexOfBackward(const QString &myString, const QString &toSearch, int from = -1);
bool checkEmptySpaces(QStringList toCheck);
bool checkIfIntegers(QStringList toCheck);
bool checkIfDoubles(QStringList toCheck);
bool isStringInteger(QString myString);
bool isStringDouble(QString myString);
bool backupFile(QString file);
bool copyFile(QString src, QString dest);
// The commented code bellow is a big mistake because toLatin1() creates a temp object that gets
// destroyed after the semicolon: https://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/12885 (Volker answer)
//// Convert a QString to a c string
//// Caution don't use as for example: std::cout << toCstr(a) << " " << toCstr(b);
//// as the result will be always a.
//inline const char* toCstr(const QString &myString){
//    return myString.toLatin1().constData();
//}
// Converts a std::string to QString
inline QString toQString(std::string myString){
    return QString::fromStdString(myString);
}

}

#endif // UTIL_H