D:/git-itom/sources/itom/Qitom/helper/paramHelper.h

/* ********************************************************************
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    URL: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/ito
    Copyright (C) 2013, Institut für Technische Optik (ITO),
    Universität Stuttgart, Germany

    This file is part of itom.
  
    itom is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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    General Public Licence for more details.

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*********************************************************************** */

#ifndef PARAMHELPER_H
#define PARAMHELPER_H

#include "../../common/sharedStructures.h"

#include <qmap.h>
#include <qstring.h>

namespace ito 
{
    class AddInBase; //forward declaration

    class ParamHelper
    {
    public: 

        static tCompareResult compareParam(const ito::Param &paramTemplate, const ito::Param &param, ito::RetVal &ret);
        static tCompareResult compareMetaParam(const ito::ParamMeta *metaTemplate, const ito::ParamMeta *meta, const char* nameTemplate, const char *name, ito::RetVal &ret);

        static ito::RetVal validateStringMeta(const ito::StringMeta *meta, const char* value, bool mandatory = false);
        static ito::RetVal validateDoubleMeta(const ito::DoubleMeta *meta, double value);
        static ito::RetVal validateIntMeta(const ito::IntMeta *meta, int value);
        static ito::RetVal validateCharMeta(const ito::CharMeta *meta, char value);
        static ito::RetVal validateHWMeta(const ito::HWMeta *meta, ito::AddInBase *value, bool mandatory = false);
        static ito::RetVal validateParam(const ito::Param &templateParam, const ito::ParamBase &param, bool strict = true, bool mandatory = false);
        static ito::ParamBase convertParam(const ito::ParamBase &source, int destType, bool *ok = NULL);
        static ito::RetVal getParamFromMapByKey( QMap<QString,ito::Param> &paramMap, const QString &key, QMap<QString,ito::Param>::iterator &found, bool errorIfReadOnly);
        static ito::RetVal parseParamName(const QString &name, QString &paramName, bool &hasIndex, int &index, QString &additionalTag);

        static ito::RetVal getItemFromArray(const ito::Param &arrayParam, const int index, ito::Param &itemParam);

    private:
        ParamHelper(){};
        ~ParamHelper(){};
    };
} //end namespace ito

#endif