source: OGRE/trunk/ogrenew/Dependencies/include/CEGUI/CEGUIPropertyHelper.h @ 657

/************************************************************************
        filename:       CEGUIPropertyHelper.h
        created:        6/7/2004
        author:         Paul D Turner
        
        purpose:        Interface to the PropertyHelper class
*************************************************************************/
/*************************************************************************
    Crazy Eddie's GUI System (http://www.cegui.org.uk)
    Copyright (C)2004 - 2005 Paul D Turner (paul@cegui.org.uk)

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
*************************************************************************/
#ifndef _CEGUIPropertyHelper_h_
#define _CEGUIPropertyHelper_h_

#include "CEGUIWindow.h"


// Start of CEGUI namespace section
namespace CEGUI
{
/*!
\brief
        Helper class used to convert various data types to and from the format expected in Propery strings
*/
class CEGUIEXPORT PropertyHelper
{
public:
        static  float   stringToFloat(const String& str);
        static  uint    stringToUint(const String& str);
        static  bool    stringToBool(const String& str);
        static  Size    stringToSize(const String& str);
        static  Point   stringToPoint(const String& str);
        static  Rect    stringToRect(const String& str);
        static  MetricsMode     stringToMetricsMode(const String& str);
        static const Image*     stringToImage(const String& str);
        static  colour  stringToColour(const String& str);
        static  ColourRect      stringToColourRect(const String& str);

        static String   floatToString(float val);
        static String   uintToString(uint val);
        static String   boolToString(bool val);
        static String   sizeToString(const Size& val);
        static String   pointToString(const Point& val);
        static String   rectToString(const Rect& val);
        static String   metricsModeToString(MetricsMode val);
        static String   imageToString(const Image* const val);
        static String   colourToString(const colour& val);
        static String   colourRectToString(const ColourRect& val);
};

} // End of  CEGUI namespace section


#endif  // end of guard _CEGUIPropertyHelper_h_