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+/*
+ *  Quackle -- Crossword game artificial intelligence and analysis tool
+ *  Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Jason Katz-Brown and John O'Laughlin.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  
+ *  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef QUACKER_UTIL_H
+#define QUACKER_UTIL_H
+
+#include <QString>
+
+#include <alphabetparameters.h>
+#include <datamanager.h>
+#include <uv.h>
+
+namespace Quackle
+{
+	class Move;
+	class Rack;
+}
+
+namespace QuackleIO
+{
+
+class UtilSettings
+{
+public:
+	UtilSettings();
+	static UtilSettings *self();
+
+	bool octothorpBritish;
+	bool vowelFirst;
+
+private:
+	static UtilSettings *m_self;
+};
+
+class Util
+{
+public:
+	static UVString qstringToString(const QString &qstring);
+	static Quackle::LetterString encode(const QString &qstring);
+
+	// encode as above but clear blankess of all letters
+	static Quackle::LetterString nonBlankEncode(const QString &qstring);
+
+	static QString uvStringToQString(const UVString &stdWString);
+	static QString letterStringToQString(const Quackle::LetterString &letterString);
+	static QString letterToQString(const Quackle::Letter &letter);
+
+	// non-ui strings
+	static string qstringToStdString(const QString &qstring);
+	static QString stdStringToQString(const string &stdString);
+
+	static QString moveToDetailedString(const Quackle::Move &move);
+	static QString moveToSensitiveString(const Quackle::Move &move);
+
+	// make alphagram
+    static Quackle::LetterString alphagram(const Quackle::LetterString &word);
+    static QString alphagram(const QString &word);
+
+	// make pattern of letters user wants based on settings
+	static Quackle::LetterString arrangeLettersForUser(const Quackle::LetterString &word);
+	static Quackle::LetterString arrangeLettersForUser(const Quackle::Rack &rack);
+	static QString arrangeLettersForUser(const QString &word);
+
+	// make rack, converting letters to uppercase and changing "." into blank
+	static Quackle::Rack makeRack(const QString &letters);
+
+	// Some alphabets enclose some of their letters in pipes, like |TT|, if
+	// ambiguity could arise without letters being explicitly delimited.
+	// This method returns a string that has no pipes and each letter separated
+	// with a space.
+	static QString sanitizeUserVisibleLetterString(const QString &pipedString);
+
+	// Returns a string of symbols, like an octothorp for a british word.
+	static QString symbolsFor(const Quackle::LetterString &word);
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif