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 */
 
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef pathH
#define pathH
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
#include "config.h"
#include "standards.h"
 
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
/// @addtogroup Core
/// @{
 
 
/**
 * @brief Path handling routines.
 * Internally cppcheck wants to store paths with / separator which is also
 * native separator for Unix-derived systems. When giving path to user
 * or for other functions we convert path separators back to native type.
 */
class CPPCHECKLIB Path {
public:
    /**
     * Convert path to use native separators.
     * @param path Path string to convert.
     * @return converted path.
     */
    static std::string toNativeSeparators(std::string path);
 
    /**
     * Convert path to use internal path separators.
     * @param path Path string to convert.
     * @return converted path.
     */
    static std::string fromNativeSeparators(std::string path);
 
    /**
     * @brief Simplify path "foo/bar/.." => "foo"
     * @param originalPath path to be simplified, must have / -separators.
     * @return simplified path
     */
    static std::string simplifyPath(std::string originalPath);
 
    /**
     * @brief Lookup the path part from a filename (e.g., '/tmp/a.h' -> '/tmp/', 'a.h' -> '')
     * @param filename filename to lookup, must have / -separators.
     * @return path part of the filename
     */
    static std::string getPathFromFilename(const std::string &filename);
 
    /**
     * @brief Compare filenames to see if they are the same.
     * On Linux the comparison is case-sensitive. On Windows it is case-insensitive.
     * @param fname1 one filename
     * @param fname2 other filename
     * @return true if the filenames match on the current platform
     */
    static bool sameFileName(const std::string &fname1, const std::string &fname2);
 
    /**
     * @brief Remove quotation marks (") from the path.
     * @param path path to be cleaned.
     * @return Cleaned path without quotation marks.
     */
    static std::string removeQuotationMarks(std::string path);
 
    /**
     * @brief Get an extension of the filename.
     * @param path Path containing filename.
     * @param lowercase Return the extension in lower case
     * @return Filename extension (containing the dot, e.g. ".h" or ".CPP").
     */
    static std::string getFilenameExtension(const std::string &path, bool lowercase = false);
 
    /**
     * @brief Get an extension of the filename in lower case.
     * @param path Path containing filename.
     * @return Filename extension (containing the dot, e.g. ".h").
     */
    static std::string getFilenameExtensionInLowerCase(const std::string &path);
 
    /**
     * @brief Returns the absolute path of current working directory
     * @return absolute path of current working directory
     */
    static std::string getCurrentPath();
 
    /**
     * @brief Returns the absolute path to the current executable
     * @return absolute path to the current executable
     */
    static std::string getCurrentExecutablePath(const char* fallback);
 
    /**
     * @brief Check if given path is absolute
     * @param path Path to check
     * @return true if given path is absolute
     */
    static bool isAbsolute(const std::string& path);
 
    /**
     * @brief Create a relative path from an absolute one, if absolute path is inside the basePaths.
     * @param absolutePath Path to be made relative.
     * @param basePaths Paths to which it may be made relative.
     * @return relative path, if possible. Otherwise absolutePath is returned unchanged
     */
    static std::string getRelativePath(const std::string& absolutePath, const std::vector<std::string>& basePaths);
 
    /**
     * @brief Get an absolute file path from a relative one.
     * @param filePath File path to be made absolute.
     * @return absolute path, if possible. Otherwise an empty path is returned
     */
    static std::string getAbsoluteFilePath(const std::string& filePath);
 
    /**
     * @brief Check if the file extension indicates that it's a C/C++ source file.
     * Check if the file has source file extension: *.c;*.cpp;*.cxx;*.c++;*.cc;*.txx
     * @param filename filename to check. path info is optional
     * @return true if the file extension indicates it should be checked
     */
    static bool acceptFile(const std::string &filename) {
        const std::set<std::string> extra;
        return acceptFile(filename, extra);
    }
 
    /**
     * @brief Check if the file extension indicates that it's a C/C++ source file.
     * Check if the file has source file extension: *.c;*.cpp;*.cxx;*.c++;*.cc;*.txx
     * @param path filename to check. path info is optional
     * @param extra    extra file extensions
     * @return true if the file extension indicates it should be checked
     */
    static bool acceptFile(const std::string &path, const std::set<std::string> &extra);
 
    /**
     * @brief Identify language based on file extension.
     * @param path filename to check. path info is optional
     * @return true if extension is meant for C files
     * @deprecated does not account for headers - use @identify() instead
     */
    static DEPRECATED bool isC(const std::string &path);
 
    /**
     * @brief Identify language based on file extension.
     * @param path filename to check. path info is optional
     * @return true if extension is meant for C++ files
     * @deprecated returns true for some header extensions - use @identify() instead
     */
    static DEPRECATED bool isCPP(const std::string &path);
 
    /**
     * @brief Is filename a header based on file extension
     * @param path filename to check. path info is optional
     * @return true if filename extension is meant for headers
     * @deprecated returns only heuristic result - use @identify() or @isHeader2() instead
     */
    static DEPRECATED bool isHeader(const std::string &path);
 
    /**
     * @brief Is filename a header based on file extension
     * @param path filename to check. path info is optional
     * @return true if filename extension is meant for headers
     */
    static bool isHeader2(const std::string &path);
 
    /**
     * @brief Identify the language based on the file extension
     * @param path filename to check. path info is optional
     * @param header if provided indicates if the file is a header
     * @return the language type
     */
    static Standards::Language identify(const std::string &path, bool *header = nullptr);
 
    /**
     * @brief Get filename without a directory path part.
     * @param file filename to be stripped. path info is optional
     * @return filename without directory path part.
     */
    static std::string stripDirectoryPart(const std::string &file);
 
    /**
     * @brief Checks if given path is a file
     * @param path Path to be checked
     * @return true if given path is a file
     */
    static bool isFile(const std::string &path);
 
    /**
     * @brief Checks if a given path is a directory
     * @param path Path to be checked
     * @return true if given path is a directory
     */
    static bool isDirectory(const std::string &path);
 
    /**
     * join 2 paths with '/' separators
     */
    static std::string join(const std::string& path1, const std::string& path2);
};
 
/// @}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif // pathH