/*

 * Hedgewars, a free turn based strategy game

 * Copyright (c) 2004-2013 Andrey Korotaev <unC0Rr@gmail.com>

 *

 * 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; version 2 of the License

 *

 * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA

 */

#ifndef _PROTO_H

#define _PROTO_H

#include <QByteArray>

#include <QString>

#include <QStringList>

class HWProto : public QObject

{

        Q_OBJECT

    public:

        HWProto();

        static QByteArray & addStringToBuffer(QByteArray & buf, const QString & string);

        static QByteArray & addByteArrayToBuffer(QByteArray & buf, const QByteArray & msg);

        static QByteArray & addStringListToBuffer(QByteArray & buf, const QStringList & strList);

        static QString formatChatMsg(const QString & nick, const QString & msg);

        static QString formatChatMsgForFrontend(const QString & msg);

        /**

         * @brief Determines if a chat string represents a chat action and returns the action.

         * @param string chat string

         * @return the action-message or NULL if message is no action

         */

        static QString chatStringToAction(const QString & string);

};

#endif // _PROTO_H