#ifndef HELPER_STR_H
#define HELPER_STR_H

#include "globals.h"
#include <string>

namespace ExtStr
{
	//! Numbers to strings in a platform independent and safe, but not necessarly the fastest way.
	//! \param imbueUserLocale_: When true the numbers are formated according to users locale settings
	//!	(that's stuff like spacing, so given "123000.23" a german number can look like "123.000,23")
	std::wstring num2wstr(int val_, bool imbueUserLocale_=false);
	std::wstring num2wstr(long val_, bool imbueUserLocale_=false);
	std::wstring num2wstr(long64 val_, bool imbueUserLocale_=false);
	std::wstring num2wstr(double val_, bool imbueUserLocale_=false);
	std::string num2str(int val_, bool imbueUserLocale_=false);
	std::string num2str(long val_, bool imbueUserLocale_=false);
	std::string num2str(long64 val_, bool imbueUserLocale_=false);
	std::string num2str(double val_, bool imbueUserLocale_=false);

	// convert between utf8 and widestrings.
	std::wstring FromUtf8(const std::string& utf8string_);
	std::string ToUtf8(const std::wstring& widestring_);
	std::string ToUtf8(const wchar_t* widestring_);

	// convert string characters
	void ToUpper(std::string &string_);
	void ToLower(std::string &string_);
};

#endif // HELPER_STR_H