CTK/Libs/Core/ctkUtils.h

/*=========================================================================

  Library:   CTK
 
  Copyright (c) 2010  Kitware Inc.

  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  You may obtain a copy of the License at

      http://www.commontk.org/LICENSE

  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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=========================================================================*/

#ifndef __ctkUtils_h
#define __ctkUtils_h

// Qt includes
#include <QStringList>

// STD includes
#include <vector>

#include "CTKCoreExport.h"

class CTK_CORE_EXPORT ctkUtils
{
  
public:
  typedef ctkUtils Self;

  ///
  /// Convert a QStringList to Vector of char*
  /// Caller will be responsible to delete the content of the vector
  static void qListToSTLVector(const QStringList& list, std::vector<char*>& vector);

  ///
  /// Convert a QStringList to a Vector of string
  static void qListToSTLVector(const QStringList& list, std::vector<std::string>& vector);

  ///
  /// Convert a Vector of string to QStringList
  static void stlVectorToQList(const std::vector<std::string>& vector, QStringList& list);

private:
  /// Not implemented
  ctkUtils(){}
  virtual ~ctkUtils(){}

};

#endif