/* Copyright (c) 2008 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
*     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

#import "GDataDefines.h"

// helper functions for implementing isEqual:
BOOL AreEqualOrBothNil(id obj1, id obj2);
BOOL AreBoolsEqual(BOOL b1, BOOL b2);

@interface GDataUtilities : NSObject 

// utility for removing non-whitespace control characters
+ (NSString *)stringWithControlsFilteredForString:(NSString *)str;

// utility for replacing whitespace and removing unsafe symbols for a
// user-agent string
+ (NSString *)userAgentStringForString:(NSString *)str;

// utility for converting NSNumber to/from string, including inf/-inf
//
// an empty string returns a nil NSNumber
+ (NSNumber *)doubleNumberOrInfForString:(NSString *)str;

//
// copy method helpers
//

// array with copies of the objects in the source array (1-deep)
+ (NSArray *)arrayWithCopiesOfObjectsInArray:(NSArray *)source;
+ (NSMutableArray *)mutableArrayWithCopiesOfObjectsInArray:(NSArray *)source;

// dicionary with copies of the objects in the source dictionary (1-deep)
+ (NSDictionary *)dictionaryWithCopiesOfObjectsInDictionary:(NSDictionary *)source;
+ (NSMutableDictionary *)mutableDictionaryWithCopiesOfObjectsInDictionary:(NSDictionary *)source;

// dictionary with 1-deep copies of the arrays which are the source dictionary's
// values (2-deep)
+ (NSDictionary *)dictionaryWithCopiesOfArraysInDictionary:(NSDictionary *)source;
+ (NSMutableDictionary *)mutableDictionaryWithCopiesOfArraysInDictionary:(NSDictionary *)source;

//
// string encoding
//

// URL encoding, different for parts of URLs and parts of URL parameters
// (URL parameters get + in place of spaces)
+ (NSString *)stringByURLEncodingString:(NSString *)str;
+ (NSString *)stringByURLEncodingStringParameter:(NSString *)str;

// percent-encoded UTF-8
+ (NSString *)stringByPercentEncodingUTF8ForString:(NSString *)str;

//
// key-value coding searches in an array
//
// utilities to get from an array objects having a known value (or nil)
// at a keyPath 

+ (NSArray *)objectsFromArray:(NSArray *)sourceArray 
                    withValue:(id)desiredValue
                   forKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath;

+ (id)firstObjectFromArray:(NSArray *)sourceArray 
                 withValue:(id)desiredValue
                forKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath;

//
// file type helpers
//

// utility routine to convert a file path to the file's MIME type using
// Mac OS X's UTI database
+ (NSString *)MIMETypeForFileAtPath:(NSString *)path
                    defaultMIMEType:(NSString *)defaultType;


@end
