/*

Copyright (c) 2008 Peter "Corsix" Cawley



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*/

#pragma once

#include "attributes.h"



//! Semantic method for linking types and their equivalent codes in binary attrib files

/*!

  All types which can be found in binary attrib files have a code associated with them,

  which usually precedes the actual value. Having these codes done in this form allows

  for things like BinaryAttribDataTypeCode<char*>::code to be placed into source files,

  rather than the meaningless `3`.

*/

template <class T> struct BinaryAttribDataTypeCode {};

template <> struct BinaryAttribDataTypeCode<float>           {static const long code =   0;};

template <> struct BinaryAttribDataTypeCode<long>            {static const long code =   1;};

template <> struct BinaryAttribDataTypeCode<bool>            {static const long code =   2;};

template <> struct BinaryAttribDataTypeCode<char*>           {static const long code =   3;};

template <> struct BinaryAttribDataTypeCode<wchar_t*>        {static const long code =   4;};

template <> struct BinaryAttribDataTypeCode<IAttributeTable> {static const long code = 100;};



//! Semantic method for converting between boolean values and their encoded form in binary attrib files

/*!

  true and false are represented by a single byte 1 and 0 respectively. Having this

  information in the form below allows things like BinaryAttribBooleanEncoding<true>::value

  to be placed into source files, rather than the ambiguous `1`.

*/

template <bool b> struct BinaryAttribBooleanEncoding {};

template <> struct BinaryAttribBooleanEncoding<true>  {static const unsigned char value = 1;};

template <> struct BinaryAttribBooleanEncoding<false> {static const unsigned char value = 0;};