#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:
		/// Variables
		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_