/* Hdf_common.hpp */

#ifndef HDF_COMMON_HPP
#define HDF_COMMON_HPP

#include <string>
#include <sstream> /* for to_string */
#include "mfhdf.h"
#include <typeinfo>

namespace Hdf_common {
  const char *hdf_access_mode(const int32 mode);
  std::string hdf_type_info(const int32 data_type);
  const int32 hdf_int32_type(const char* data_type);
  const char *hdf_cstr_type(const int32 data_type); // static buffer inside
  template<class Hdf_Type>
  const char *hdf_cstr_type(); // static buffer inside
  size_t hdf_sizeof(const int32 data_type);
  size_t hdf_sizeof(const char* data_type);
  const char *hdf_format_string(const int32 data_type); // static buffer inside
  template<typename num_type>
  std::string to_string(const num_type &i);
}
template<class Hdf_Type>
const char *hdf_cstr_type() {
  static char cstr_type[10];
  if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(uchar8))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "uchar8");
  else if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(char8))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "char8");
  else if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(uint8))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "uint8");
  else if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(int8))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "int8");
  else if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(uint16))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "uint16");
  else if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(int16))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "int16");
  else if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(uint32))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "uint32");
  else if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(int32))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "int32");
  else if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(float32))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "float32");
  else if (typeid(Hdf_Type)==typeid(float64))
    strcpy(cstr_type, "float64");
  else 
    strcpy(cstr_type, "unknown");
  return cstr_type; 
};
template <typename num_type>
std::string Hdf_common::to_string(const num_type &i) {
    std::ostringstream oss;
    oss << i;
    return oss.str();
};
/**
* an attribute can be issued of different object : either a File, a Sds, a VData... This enum defines it
*/
typedef enum{
  HDF_UNKNOWN,
  HDF_FILE,
  SDS,
  VDATA,
  VDATA_FIELD,
} attribute_parent;
#endif