#ifndef gTools_H

#define gTools_H


#define THIS_BASED_ADDRESS(__MEMBERVARIABLE__) (LPBYTE)(((LPBYTE)(&(__MEMBERVARIABLE__)))-((LPBYTE)this))


#define ENUMERATE(l,c,o) for(c* o=(c*)((PList*)(l))->m_pHead;o;o=(c*)((PNode*)o)->m_pNext)

#define ENUMERATE_BACKWARDS(l,c,o) for(c* o=(c*)((PList*)(l))->m_pTail;o;o=(c*)((PNode*)o)->m_pPrevious )

#define ENUMERATE_POINTER(l,c,o) for(o=(c*)((PList*)(l))->m_pHead;o;o=(c*)((PNode*)o)->m_pNext)

#define ENUMERATE_POINTER_BACKWARDS(l,c,o) for(o=(c*)((PList*)(l))->m_pTail;o;o=(c*)((PNode*)o)->m_pPrevious)


class PNode
    {
    public:
        PNode()
            : m_pNext(0), m_pPrevious(0)
        {
        }

        virtual ~PNode()
        {
        }

        PNode* m_pNext;
        PNode* m_pPrevious;
    };

typedef unsigned long ULONG;

class PList : public PNode
    {
    public:
        PList();
        virtual ~PList();
        virtual bool DeleteContents();
        virtual bool RemoveContents();
        PNode* Find( long lZeroBasedIndex );
        bool Contains(PNode* pNode);
        bool AddHead(PNode* pNode);
        bool AddTail(PNode* pNode);
        void Remove(PNode* pNode);
        void Delete(PNode* pNode);
        bool InsertBefore(PNode *pInsert,PNode* pBeforeThis);
        bool InsertAfter(PNode* pInsert, PNode* pAfterThis);
        bool Swap(PNode* pNodeA,PNode* pNodeB);
        bool Move(PNode* pNodeA,PNode* pNodeB);
        bool IsEmpty();
        bool Merge( PList& objectSource );
        
        PNode* m_pHead;
        PNode* m_pTail;
        long m_lCount;
    };

class PString : public PNode
    {
    public:
        PString();
        PString( const char* szFormat );
        PString( int, const char* szFormat, ... );
        PString( const PString& objectSrc );
        virtual ~PString();
        void sprintf( const char* szFormat, ... );
        void vsprintf( const char* szFormat, va_list args );
        PString& operator=( const char* objectSrc );
        PString& operator=( PString& objectSrc );

        void Append( const char* pString, unsigned long ulSize );
        
        inline operator char*()
        {
            return m_lpszData;
        }

//        inline operator const char*() const
//        {
//            return m_lpszData;
//        }
        
        inline int GetLength()
        {
            return m_iStringLength;
        }

    protected:
        void DeleteStringData();
        void CopyStringData(const char* lpszFrom);

        int m_iStringLength;
        char* m_lpszData;
        char m_szFixedBuffer[256];
    };

#define IsEmptyString(x) (!(x)||!*(x))

PString GetLastErrorString();

#ifndef _MSC_VER
#define stricmp strcasecmp
#define strnicmp strncasecmp
#endif


#ifdef _WIN32

#define SLASH_CHAR '\\'

#define SLASH_STRING "\\"

#else

#define SLASH_CHAR '/'

#define SLASH_STRING "/"

#endif


BOOL MakeSurePathExists( LPCSTR lpszFileName );

#endif