#ifndef _CSTRING_HPP_
#define _CSTRING_HPP_

/*** C++ STL Files ***/
#include <string>
#include <vector>

/*** SDL Header Files ***/
#include <SDL.h>

/*** DLL Header File ***/
#include "dllExport.h"

/*#pragma warning (disable : 4231)*/
EXPIMP_TEMPLATE template class EXPORT_FROM_MYDLL std::allocator<char>;
EXPIMP_TEMPLATE template class EXPORT_FROM_MYDLL std::basic_string<char>;
/*#pragma warning (default : 4231)*/

#define __cString__MAX_LEN 65535

namespace UtilityEngine {
	class EXPORT_FROM_MYDLL cString
	{
	public:
		cString();								/// default constructor
		cString(const char* s);
		cString(const cString& copy);			/// copy constructor
		~cString();
		
		const char* alloc_str(size_t sz);		/// smart alloc string
		void clear();							/// frees the string
		const char* c_str() const;				/// getter
		const char* copy_str(const char* copy);	/// alloc & copy

		/// utility methods
		bool have_value() const;
		size_t length() const;
		size_t size() const;
		cString& format(const char* format, ...);
		cString& trim();
		cString lower() const;
		cString upper() const;
		const char& first_char() const;
		const char& last_char() const;
		const std::vector<cString> split(const char match) const;
		const std::vector<cString> split(const char* match) const;
		const std::vector<cString> split(const char* match, int max_split) const;
		long int char_find(const char& match) const;
		const cString& char_repl(const char& match, const char& repl);
		cString substr(size_t start, size_t length) const;
		long int find(const cString& match);
		const cString replace(const cString& match, const cString& repl);

		const bool IsInt() const;
		const long int ToInt() const;

		/// operators
		cString& operator = (const char* rhs);			/// assignment operator
		cString& operator = (const cString& rhs);		/// assignment operator
		cString& operator += (const char rhs);
		cString& operator += (const char* rhs);			/// concatenation operator
		cString& operator += (const cString& rhs);		/// concatenation operator

		bool operator == (const char* rhs) const;		/// comparisons
		bool operator == (const cString& rhs) const;
		bool operator != (const char* rhs) const;
		bool operator != (const cString& rhs) const;
		bool operator > (const cString& rhs) const;
		bool operator < (const cString& rhs) const;
		bool operator >= (const cString& rhs) const;
		bool operator <= (const cString& rhs) const;

		/// conversion operators
		operator const char* () const;				/// c-string type
		operator std::string () const;				/// c++ string class

	private:
		char* mp_str = nullptr;
		size_t m_len = 0;

	};/// END CLASS DEFINITION cString
}/// END NAMESPACE DEFINITION UtilityEngine
 /// function overloads
UtilityEngine::cString operator + (const UtilityEngine::cString& lhs, const UtilityEngine::cString& rhs);
#endif/// END IFNDEF _CSTRING_HPP_