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//BEGIN_HISTORY
//
// Author: Mike Brasher
//
// $Log: Formatter.h,v $
// Revision 1.1  2001/03/22 23:24:23  mike
// Added new formatter class for formatting log entries and other things.
//
//
//END_HISTORY

#ifndef Pegasus_Formatter_h
#define Pegasus_Formatter_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/**

*/
class PEGASUS_COMMON_LINKAGE Formatter
{
public:

    class Arg
    {
    public:

	enum Type { VOID, STRING, INTEGER, REAL };

	Arg() : _type(VOID)
	{
	}

	Arg(const String& x) : _string(x), _type(STRING)
	{
	}

	Arg(const char* x) : _string(x), _type(STRING)
	{
	}

	Arg(Sint32 x) : _integer(x), _type(INTEGER)
	{
	}

	Arg(Real64 x) : _real(x), _type(REAL)
	{
	}

	Type _type;

	String toString() const;

    private:

	String _string;

	union
	{
	    Sint32 _integer;
	    Real64 _real;
	};
    };

    static String format(
	const String& formatString,
	const Arg& arg0 = Arg(),
	const Arg& arg1 = Arg(),
	const Arg& arg2 = Arg(),
	const Arg& arg3 = Arg(),
	const Arg& arg4 = Arg(),
	const Arg& arg5 = Arg(),
	const Arg& arg6 = Arg(),
	const Arg& arg7 = Arg(),
	const Arg& arg8 = Arg(),
	const Arg& arg9 = Arg());
};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_Formatter_h */