source: orxonox.OLD/trunk/src/lib/network/converter.h @ 9869

/*!
 * @file converter.h
 *  Is able to convert int to byte-array and vice versa
 */

#ifndef _CONVERTER
#define _CONVERTER

/* include this file, it contains some default definitions */
#include "netdefs.h"


/* include base_object.h since all classes are derived from this one */
#include "base_object.h"

/* The size of an int in byte */
#define INTSIZE 4
/* The size of a float in byte */
#define FLOATSIZE 4

/*!
 * a class that can convert int to byte-array and vice versa
 */
class Converter : public BaseObject
{
  ObjectListDeclaration(Converter);
  public:
    static byte* intToByteArray(int x);
    static int byteArrayToInt(const byte* a);

    static int intToByteArray(int x, byte* a, int length);
    static int byteArrayToInt(const byte* a, int* x);

    static int _intToByteArray(int x, byte* a, int length);
    static int _byteArrayToInt(const byte* a, int* x);

    static int stringToByteArray(const std::string & s, byte* a, int maxLength);
    static int byteArrayToString(const byte* a, std::string&s, int maxLength);
//    static int byteArrayToStringM(const byte* a, char*& s );

    //Test
    static char* floatToBinString(float x);

//     static byte* floatToByteArray(float x);
//     static float byteArrayToFloat(byte* a);

    static int floatToByteArray(float x, byte* a, int length);
    static int byteArrayToFloat(const byte* a, float* x);

    static int _floatToByteArray(float x, byte* a, int length);
    static int _byteArrayToFloat(const byte* a, float* x);



    static void debug();
    static void floatTest(float x);
    static void ArrayfloatTest(float x);
    static float getDenormConst();


  private:
    Converter();
    virtual ~Converter();
};

#undef byte

#endif /*_CONVERTER*/