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#ifndef UTIL_H
#define UTIL_H

#include <QDir>
#include <QVariant>
#include <QString>
#include <QMetaMethod>

// TODO Use versions from Network instead
QString nickFromMask(QString mask);
QString userFromMask(QString mask);
QString hostFromMask(QString mask);
bool isChannelName(QString str);

//! Strip mIRC format codes
QString stripFormatCodes(QString);

//! Remove accelerator markers (&) from the string
QString stripAcceleratorMarkers(const QString &);

QString secondsToString(int timeInSeconds);

//! Take a string and decode it using the specified text codec, recognizing utf8.
/** This function takes a string and first checks if it is encoded in utf8, in which case it is
 *  decoded appropriately. Otherwise, the specified text codec is used to transform the string.
 *  \param input The input string containing encoded data
 *  \param codec The text codec we use if the input is not utf8
 *  \return The decoded string.
 */
QString decodeString(const QByteArray &input, QTextCodec *codec = 0);

uint editingDistance(const QString &s1, const QString &s2);

template<typename T>
QVariantList toVariantList(const QList<T> &list)
{
    QVariantList variants;
    for (int i = 0; i < list.count(); i++) {
        variants << QVariant::fromValue<T>(list[i]);
    }
    return variants;
}


template<typename T>
QList<T> fromVariantList(const QVariantList &variants)
{
    QList<T> list;
    for (int i = 0; i < variants.count(); i++) {
        list << variants[i].value<T>();
    }
    return list;
}


QByteArray prettyDigest(const QByteArray &digest);

#endif
