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#ifndef OSDEV_COMPONENTS_CONVERSIONUTILS_H
#define OSDEV_COMPONENTS_CONVERSIONUTILS_H

#include <QVariant>
#include <QString>
#include <QMetaType>
#include <QHash>

namespace osdev  {
namespace components {

/*!
 * \brief The ConversionUtils class converts an string expression to a QVariant Type.
 *        The modelmapper is build from a configurationfile and fieldtypes are given in strings
 *        By mapping those string expressions to the corresponding QVariant Type, we ensure the
 *        data is handled correctly.
 *
 *        The number of types is *everything* mentioned in to Qt-documentation although
 *        it is doubtful we'll ever use everything.
 *
 *        Instead of using the nameToType method of QVariant, we did our own translation table,
 *        making it possible to use Database types or any type whatsoever.
 */

class ConversionUtils
{
public:
    ConversionUtils() = delete;

    static QVariant::Type stringToQvarType( const QString& sValueType );
    static QStringList getTypes();

    static QVariant convertToType( const QVariant &varValue, QVariant::Type varType );
    static QVariant convertToType( const QVariant &varValue, const QString& varType );
};

}       /* End namespace components */
}       /* End namespace osdev      */

#endif  /* OSDEV_COMPONENTS_CONVERSIONUTILS_H */