// Represent
//
// Douglas Thrift
//
// $Id$

#ifndef _Binary_hpp_
#define _Binary_hpp_

#include "Represent.hpp"

#ifdef MENES_PRAGMA_ONCE
#pragma once
#endif

class Binary
{
protected:
	ext::Vector<byte_t> bytes;
	Binary(size_t size, byte_t value) : bytes(size, value) {}
public:
	Binary() : bytes(size_t(1), 0) {}
	Binary(const ext::String& string, bool signed_);
	template <typename Type> Binary(const Type& type);
	template <typename Type> Type convert(bool signed_);
	virtual operator ext::String() const;
};

template <typename Type>
Binary::Binary(const Type& type) : bytes(sizeof (type))
{
	byte_t* type_(reinterpret_cast<byte_t*>(const_cast<Type*>(&type)));

	_foreach (ext::Vector<byte_t>, byte, bytes) *byte = *type_++;
}

template <typename Type>
Type Binary::convert(bool signed_)
{
	Type type;

	if (sizeof (type) != bytes.GetSize()) bytes.SetSize(sizeof (type), signed_ && bytes.Last() >> 7 ? ~0 : 0);

	byte_t* type_(reinterpret_cast<byte_t*>(&type));

	_foreach (ext::Vector<byte_t>, byte, bytes) *type_++ = *byte;

	return type;
}

#endif // _Binary_hpp_