/*! \file  mg_tools.h
 *  \ingroup muggle
 *  \brief  A few utility functions for standalone and plugin messaging for the vdr muggle plugindatabase
 *
 * \version $Revision: 1.4 $
 * \date    $Date$
 * \author  Ralf Klueber, Lars von Wedel, Andreas Kellner
 * \author  file owner: $Author$
 *
 */

/* makes sure we don't use the same declarations twice */
#ifndef _MUGGLE_TOOLS_H
#define _MUGGLE_TOOLS_H

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

/*!
 * \brief Logging utilities
 *
 * \todo these could be static members in the mgLog class
 * \todo code of these functions should be compiled conditionally
 */
//@{
void mgSetDebugLevel (int new_level);
void mgDebug (int level, const char *fmt, ...);
void mgDebug (const char *fmt, ...);
void mgWarning (const char *fmt, ...);
void mgError (const char *fmt, ...);
int msprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...);
int vmsprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list &ap);
//@}

#ifdef DEBUG
#define MGLOG(x) mgLog __thelog(x)
#else
#define MGLOG(x) {}
#endif

/*! \brief simplified logging class
 *  \ingroup muggle
 *
 *  Create a local instance at the beginning of the method
 *  and entering/leaving the function will be logged
 *  as constructors/destructors are called.
 */
class mgLog
{
	public:
		mgLog (string methodname):m_methodname (methodname) {
			mgDebug(1,"%s entered",m_methodname.c_str());
		};

		~mgLog () {
			mgDebug(1,"%s terminated",m_methodname.c_str());
		}

	private:

		string m_methodname;

};

string trim(string const& source, char const* delims = " \t\r\n");

char *SeparateFolders(const char *filename, char * folders[],unsigned int fcount);

//! \brief adds string n to string s, using string sep to separate them
string& addsep (string & s, string sep, string n);

//! \brief adds string n to string s, using a comma to separate them
string comma (string &s, string n);

//! \brief converts long to string
string itos (int i);

//! \brief convert long to string
string ltos (long l);

//! \brief return extension of a file
char *extension (const char *filename);

bool notempty(const char *s);

//! \brief check whether two directory names point to the identical directory
bool samedir(const char *s1, const char *s2);
#endif							 /*  _MUGGLE_TOOLS_H */

//! \brief recursive mkdir, like shell "mkdir -p"
// \param s this must be a filename
bool mkdir_p(const char *s);

void mgTimestamp(const char *s);