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#ifndef HBSTRINGUTIL_H
#define HBSTRINGUTIL_H

#include <QString>
#include <QStringList>
#include <hbi18ndef.h>

class HB_CORE_EXPORT HbStringUtil
{
public:
    enum Option {        
        Default = 0,         
        IgnoreNone = 1,                      
        SwapCase = 2,        
        AccentsBackwards = 4,
        SwapKana = 8,        
        FoldCase = 16,       
        MatchingTable = 32,  
        IgnoreCombining = 64 
    };
    Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(Options, Option)
    
    static int matchC( const QString &strFrom, const QString &strToMatch, 
                       int maxLevel = 0, Options flags = Default, 
                       int wildChar = '?', int wildSequenceChar = '*', int escapeChar = '\\' );
    static int compareC( const QString &string1, const QString &string2, 
                         int maxLevel = 3, Options flags = Default );
    static int findC( const QString &strFrom, 
                      const QString &strToFind, 
                      int maxLevel = 0 );
    static int matchF( const QString &strFrom, const QString &strToMatch );
    static int compareF( const QString &string1, const QString &string2 );    
    static int findF( const QString &strFrom, const QString &strToFind );
        
    static QString convertDigits( const QString str );
    static QString convertDigitsTo( const QString str, const DigitType digitType ); 
    static void sort( QStringList &strList );   
};

Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(HbStringUtil::Options)

#endif
