/***************************************************************************
 *   Copyright (C) 2025 by Mike Conley - mike.conley@stickmud.com          *
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 *   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  *
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 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef TENCODINGHELPER_H
#define TENCODINGHELPER_H

/***************************************************************************
 *   This class provides helper functions for text encoding/decoding       *
 *   using both Qt6's QStringConverter and custom codecs.                  *
 ***************************************************************************/

#include <QByteArray>
#include <QList>
#include <QString>
#include <QStringConverter>
#include <optional>

class TEncodingHelper
{
public:
    static QString decode(const QByteArray& bytes, const QByteArray& encoding);
    static QByteArray encode(const QString& str, const QByteArray& encoding);
    static bool canEncode(const QString& str, const QByteArray& encoding);
    static bool isEncodingAvailable(const QByteArray& encoding);
    static QList<QByteArray> aliases(const QByteArray& encoding);
    
private:
    static bool isCustomEncoding(const QByteArray& encoding);
    static bool isQtEncodingAvailable(const QByteArray& encoding);
    static bool hasLookupTable(const QByteArray& encoding);
    static QString decodeWithLookupTable(const QByteArray& bytes, const QByteArray& encoding);
    static QByteArray encodeWithLookupTable(const QString& str, const QByteArray& encoding);
    static bool canEncodeWithLookupTable(const QString& str, const QByteArray& encoding);
};

#endif // TENCODINGHELPER_H
