// Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Nikolaus Gebhardt

// This file is part of the "Irrlicht Engine" and the "irrXML" project.

// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in irrlicht.h


#ifndef __IRR_PATH_H_INCLUDED__
#define __IRR_PATH_H_INCLUDED__

#include "irrString.h"

namespace irr
{
namespace io
{

//! Type used for all file system related strings.

/** This type will transparently handle different file system encodings. */
typedef core::string<fschar_t> path;

//! Used in places where we identify objects by a filename, but don't actually work with the real filename

/** Irrlicht is internally not case-sensitive when it comes to names.
    Also this class is a first step towards support for correctly serializing renamed objects.
*/
struct SNamedPath
{
	//! Constructor

	SNamedPath() {}

	//! Constructor

	SNamedPath(const path& p) : Path(p), InternalName( PathToName(p) )
	{
	}

	//! Is smaller comparator

	bool operator <(const SNamedPath& other) const
	{
		return InternalName < other.InternalName;
	}

	//! Set the path.

	void setPath(const path& p)
	{
		Path = p;
		InternalName = PathToName(p);
	}

	//! Get the path.

	const path& getPath() const
	{
		return Path;
	};

	//! Get the name which is used to identify the file.

	//! This string is similar to the names and filenames used before Irrlicht 1.7

	const path& getInternalName() const
	{
		return InternalName;
	}

	//! Implicit cast to io::path

	operator core::stringc() const
	{
		return core::stringc(getPath());
	}
	//! Implicit cast to io::path

	operator core::stringw() const
	{
		return core::stringw(getPath());
	}

protected:
	// convert the given path string to a name string.

	path PathToName(const path& p) const
	{
		path name(p);
		name.replace( '\\', '/' );
		name.make_lower();
		return name;
	}

private:
	path Path;
	path InternalName;
};

} // io

} // irr


#endif // __IRR_PATH_H_INCLUDED__