/*
 *  xfirelib - C++ Library for the xfire protocol.
 *  Copyright (C) 2006 by
 *          Beat Wolf <asraniel@fryx.ch> / http://gfire.sf.net
 *          Herbert Poul <herbert.poul@gmail.com> / http://goim.us
 *    http://xfirelib.sphene.net
 *
 *  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 2 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, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 */

#ifndef __VARIABVLEVALUE_H
#define __VARIABVLEVALUE_H

namespace xfirelib {

	class VariableValue
	{
	public:
		VariableValue();
		~VariableValue();

		void setName(std::string name);
		void setValueLength(int valueLength);
		void setValue(char * value);
		void setValue(std::string value);
		void setValue(const char *value, int valueLength);
		void setValueFromLong(long value, int bytes);
		
		__forceinline std::string& getName() { return m_name; }
		__forceinline int getValueLength() { return m_valueLength; }
		__forceinline char* getValue() { return m_value; }

		int readName(char *packet, int index);
		int readValue(char *packet, int index, int length = -1, int ignoreZeroAfterLength = 0);
		int readVariableValue(char *packet, int index, int packetLength);
		/*TODO: disabled because of a bug in this method*/
		//int VariableValue::readFixValue(char *packet, int index, int packetLength, int valueLength);

		int writeName(char *buf, int index);
		int writeValue(char *buf, int index);

		long getValueAsLong();
	private:
		long myPow(int x, int y);

		std::string m_name;
		char* m_value;
		int m_valueLength;
	};
};

#endif