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

#ifndef _DataType_hpp_
#define _DataType_hpp_

#include "Represent.hpp"

#ifdef MENES_PRAGMA_ONCE
#pragma once
#endif

class DataType
{
public:
	enum Type { TYPE_bool, TYPE_char, TYPE_short, TYPE_unsigned_short, TYPE_int, TYPE_unsigned_int, TYPE_long, TYPE_unsigned_long, TYPE_float, TYPE_double, TYPE_std_string, TYPE_ext_String };
private:
	Type type;
	static ext::Vector<DataType> enumeration;
public:
	DataType(Type type = TYPE_bool) : type(type) {}
	DataType(const ext::String& string) : type(TYPE_bool) { operator=(string); }
	static const ext::Vector<DataType>& enumerate();
	DataType& operator=(Type type) { this->type = type; return *this; }
	DataType& operator=(const ext::String& string);
	bool operator==(const DataType& data) const { return type == data.type; }
	bool operator==(Type type) const { return this->type == type; }
	bool operator==(const ext::String& string) const { return operator ext::String() == string; }
	bool operator!=(const DataType& data) const { return type != data.type; }
	bool operator!=(Type type) const { return this->type != type; }
	bool operator!=(const ext::String& string) const { return operator ext::String() != string; }
	operator Type() const { return type; }
	operator ext::String() const;
};

#endif // _DataType_hpp_