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#ifndef Patternist_AtomicComparator_H
#define Patternist_AtomicComparator_H

#include <QFlags>

#include "qitem_p.h"
#include "qatomictypedispatch_p.h"

QT_BEGIN_HEADER

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

class QString;

namespace QPatternist
{

    /**
     * @short Base class for classes responsible of comparing two atomic values.
     *
     * This class is also known as the AtomicParrot.
     *
     * @ingroup Patternist_xdm
     * @author Frans Englich <[email protected]>
     */
    class Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT AtomicComparator : public AtomicTypeVisitorResult
    {
    public:
        AtomicComparator();
        virtual ~AtomicComparator();

        typedef QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<AtomicComparator> Ptr;

        /**
         * Identifies operators used in value comparisons.
         *
         * The enum values are bit-significant.
         *
         * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/#id-value-comparisons">W3C XML Path
         * Language (XPath) 2.0, 3.5.1 Value Comparisons</a>
         */
        enum Operator
        {
            /**
             * Operator <tt>eq</tt> and <tt>=</tt>.
             */
            OperatorEqual           = 1,

            /**
             * Operator <tt>ne</tt> and <tt>!=</tt>.
             */
            OperatorNotEqual        = 1 << 1,

            /**
             * Operator <tt>gt</tt> and <tt>\></tt>.
             */
            OperatorGreaterThan     = 1 << 2,

            /**
             * Operator <tt>lt</tt> and <tt>\<</tt>.
             */
            OperatorLessThan        = 1 << 3,

            /**
             * One of the operators we use for sorting. The only difference from
             * OperatorLessThan is that it sees NaN as ordered and smaller than
             * other numbers.
             */
            OperatorLessThanNaNLeast    = 1 << 4,

            /**
             * One of the operators we use for sorting. The only difference from
             * OperatorLessThanLeast is that it sees NaN as ordered and larger than
             * other numbers.
             */
            OperatorLessThanNaNGreatest    = 1 << 5,

            /**
             * Operator <tt>ge</tt> and <tt>\>=</tt>.
             */
            OperatorGreaterOrEqual  = OperatorEqual | OperatorGreaterThan,

            /**
             * Operator <tt>le</tt> and <tt>\<=</tt>.
             */
            OperatorLessOrEqual     = OperatorEqual | OperatorLessThan
        };

        typedef QFlags<Operator> Operators;

        /**
         * Signifies the result of a value comparison. This is used for value comparisons,
         * and in the future likely also for sorting.
         *
         * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/#id-value-comparisons">W3C XML Path
         * Language (XPath) 2.0, 3.5.1 Value Comparisons</a>
         */
        enum ComparisonResult
        {
            LessThan     = 1,
            Equal        = 2,
            GreaterThan  = 4,
            Incomparable = 8
        };

        /**
         * Compares @p op1 and @p op2 and determines the relationship between the two. This
         * is used for sorting and comparisons. The implementation performs an assert crash,
         * and must therefore be re-implemented if comparing the relevant values should be
         * possible.
         *
         * @param op1 the first operand
         * @param op the operator. How a comparison is carried out shouldn't depend on what the
         * operator is, but in some cases it is of interest.
         * @param op2 the second operand
         */
        virtual ComparisonResult compare(const Item &op1,
                                         const AtomicComparator::Operator op,
                                         const Item &op2) const;

        /**
         * Determines whether @p op1 and @p op2 are equal. It is the same as calling compare()
         * and checking whether the return value is Equal, but since comparison testing is such
         * a common operation, this specialized function exists.
         *
         * @returns true if @p op1 and @p op2 are equal.
         *
         * @param op1 the first operand
         * @param op2 the second operand
         */
        virtual bool equals(const Item &op1,
                            const Item &op2) const = 0;

        /**
         * Identifies the kind of comparison.
         */
        enum ComparisonType
        {
            /**
             * Identifies a general comparison; operator @c =, @c >, @c <=, and so on.
             */
            AsGeneralComparison = 1,

            /**
             * Identifies a value comparison; operator @c eq, @c lt, @c le, and so on.
             */
            AsValueComparison
        };