/*
The Alphanum Algorithm is an improved sorting algorithm for strings
containing numbers.  Instead of sorting numbers in ASCII order like a
standard sort, this algorithm sorts numbers in numeric order.

The Alphanum Algorithm is discussed at http://www.DaveKoelle.com

This implementation is Copyright (c) 2008 Dirk Jagdmann <doj@cubic.org>.
It is a cleanroom implementation of the algorithm and not derived by
other's works. In contrast to the versions written by Dave Koelle this
source code is distributed with the libpng/zlib license.

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
freely, subject to the following restrictions:

    1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you
       must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use
       this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
       documentation would be appreciated but is not required.

    2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and
       must not be misrepresented as being the original software.

    3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
       distribution. */

/* $Header: /code/doj/alphanum.hpp,v 1.3 2008/01/28 23:06:47 doj Exp $ 

   slightly modified version, the main function is unaltered, but the
   interface definitions are changed to better suit hugins needs 
*/

#ifndef ALPHANUM__HPP
#define ALPHANUM__HPP

#include <hugin_shared.h>
#include <string>

// TODO: make comparison with hexadecimal numbers. Extend the alphanum_comp() function by traits to choose between decimal and hexadecimal.

namespace doj
{

/**
   Compare l and r with the same semantics as strcmp(), but with
   the "Alphanum Algorithm" which produces more human-friendly
   results.

   @return negative if l<r, 0 if l==r, positive if l>r.
*/
IMPEX int alphanum_comp(const std::string& l, const std::string& r);
IMPEX int alphanum_comp(const char* l, const char* r);

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
   Functor class to compare two objects with the "Alphanum
   Algorithm". If the objects are no std::string, they must
   implement "std::ostream operator<< (std::ostream&, const Ty&)".
*/
struct IMPEX alphanum_less
{
    bool operator()(const std::string& left, const std::string& right) const;
};

}

#endif
