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+/**
+ * @section LICENSE
+ *
+ * PickleLauncher
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Scott Smith
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @section LOCATION
+ */
+
+#ifndef CBASE_H
+#define CBASE_H
+
+#include <cctype>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <unistd.h> //*SEB* for execlp
+
+#include "SDL.h"
+#include "SDL_ttf.h"
+#include "SDL_image.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+#define MIN(X,Y) ((X) < (Y) ? (X) : (Y)) /**< Return minimum of two numbers. */
+#define MAX(X,Y) ((X) > (Y) ? (X) : (Y)) /**< Return maximum of two numbers. */
+
+/** @brief Generic class to hold any common methods usable by any other class
+ */
+class CBase
+{
+ public:
+ /** Constructor. */
+ CBase();
+ /** Destructor. */
+ virtual ~CBase();
+
+ /** @brief Logging function
+ * @param output : formating string to write to the log
+ */
+ void Log ( const char* output, ... );
+
+ /** @brief Checks a value is between 0 and size
+ * @param value : value for the range check
+ * @param size : max that the value should be less than
+ */
+ uint32_t CheckRange ( int32_t value, int32_t size );
+
+ /** @brief Convert color componets to a single integer
+ * @param color : SDL color struct with color components
+ * @return color in integer form
+ */
+ uint32_t rgb_to_int ( SDL_Color color );
+
+ /** @brief Convert string to integer form
+ * @param line : string to convert (typically one character)
+ * @return string in integer form
+ */
+ int32_t a_to_i ( const string& line );
+
+ /** @brief Convert integer to string form
+ * @param num : integer to convert
+ * @return integer in string form
+ */
+ string i_to_a ( const int16_t num );
+
+ /** @brief Convert string to all lowercase characters
+ * @param text : string to convert
+ * @return copy fo string in all lowercase characters
+ */
+ string lowercase ( string text );
+
+ /** @brief Load graphics from file
+ * @param filename : file location to the graphic
+ * @return pointer to the optimized graphic
+ */
+ SDL_Surface* LoadImage ( const string& filename );
+
+ /** @brief Blit a surface to another surface(screen)
+ * @param x : x coordinate location for the blit
+ * @param y : y coordinate location for the blit
+ * @param src : source graphic to blit to destination
+ * @param dst : destination graphic to blit to source
+ * @param clip : dimensions to clip the source graphic
+ */
+ void ApplyImage ( int16_t x, int16_t y, SDL_Surface* src, SDL_Surface* dst, SDL_Rect* clip );
+
+ /** @brief Detect collision by determining if two rects overlap
+ * @param boxA : first rect
+ * @param boxB : second rect
+ * @return true if collision occured, false if it has not
+ */
+ bool CheckRectCollision ( SDL_Rect* boxA, SDL_Rect* boxB );
+
+ /** @brief Separate string into different substring based on a delimter string
+ * @param delimiter : string value to separate text string
+ * @param text : string to separate
+ * @param array : contains all of the separate string parts
+ */
+ void SplitString ( const std::string& delimiter, const std::string& text, vector<string>& array );
+
+ /** @brief Removes a prefix from the beginning of the line and returns the result
+ * @param result : resulting string
+ * @param line : string to separate
+ * @param prefix : string to remove
+ * @return true if prefix was found and removed, false if it has not
+ */
+ bool UnprefixString ( string& result, const string& line, const string& prefix );
+
+ /** @brief Checks a string filename to be ended by a extension string
+ * @param filename : string filename to scan
+ * @param ext : string extension to find
+ * @return position of ext if found
+ */
+ int16_t CheckExtension ( const string& filename, const string& ext );
+
+ /** @brief Checks a string path if ended with a backslash
+ * @param path : string path to scan
+ */
+ void CheckPath ( string& path );
+
+ /** @brief Removes a list of characters from the string command line
+ * @param cmdline : string command line to filter
+ * @return the filtered string
+ */
+ string cmdclean ( string& cmdline );
+
+ /** @brief Replaces one string for another string
+ * @param orig : original string to search
+ * @param search : string to search
+ * @param replace : string to replace any instances of string search
+ * @return the modified result
+ */
+ string strreplace ( string& orig, const string& search, const string& replace );
+
+ /** @brief Scales the input surface to a new surface with the dimensions provided
+ * @param surface : input image to be scaled
+ * @param width : width of the new scaled image
+ * @param height : height of the new scaled image
+ * @return the new scaled image
+ */
+ SDL_Surface* ScaleSurface ( SDL_Surface *surface, uint16_t width, uint16_t height );
+
+ /** @brief Gets the pixel data at the provided coordinates
+ * @param surface : input image to be read
+ * @param x : x position of the pixel
+ * @param y : y position of the pixel
+ * @return pixel data
+ */
+ uint32_t getpixel ( SDL_Surface *surface, int16_t x, int16_t y );
+
+ /** @brief Writes the pixel data at the provided coordinates
+ * @param surface : input image to be modified
+ * @param x : x position of the pixel
+ * @param y : y position of the pixel
+ */
+ void putpixel ( SDL_Surface *surface, int16_t x, int16_t y, uint32_t pixel );
+};
+
+#endif // CBASE_H