/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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    To report bugs, send an e-mail to bugs@campware.org
 
    LiveSupport is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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    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 LiveSupport; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
 
    Author   : $Author: maroy $
    Version  : $Revision: 1.2 $
    Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/modules/db/include/LiveSupport/Db/Conversion.h,v $

------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifndef LiveSupport_Db_Conversion_h
#define LiveSupport_Db_Conversion_h

#ifndef __cplusplus
#error This is a C++ include file
#endif


/* ============================================================ include files */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "configure.h"
#endif

#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
#include <odbc++/types.h>

#include "LiveSupport/Core/Ptr.h"


namespace LiveSupport {
namespace Db {

using namespace boost;

using namespace LiveSupport;
using namespace LiveSupport::Core;


/* ================================================================ constants */


/* =================================================================== macros */


/* =============================================================== data types */

/**
 *  A helper object holding static conversion functions, that are
 *  helpful when accessing databases.
 *
 *  @author  $Author: maroy $
 *  @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 */
class Conversion
{
    private:
        /**
         *  The default constructor.
         */
        Conversion(void)                            throw ()
        {
        }


    public:
        /**
         *  Convert a boost::ptime to a odbc::Timestamp.
         *
         *  @param ptime the boost ptime to convert.
         *  @return an odbc::Timestamp, holding the same time.
         */
        static Ptr<odbc::Timestamp>::Ref
        ptimeToTimestamp(Ptr<const posix_time::ptime>::Ref   ptime)  throw ();

        /**
         *  Convert an odbc::Timestamp to a  boost::ptime.
         *
         *  @param timestamp an odbc::Timestamp to convert.
         *  @return a boost ptime, holding the same time.
         */
        static Ptr<posix_time::ptime>::Ref
        timestampToPtime(Ptr<odbc::Timestamp>::Ref   timestamp)     throw ();
};


/* ================================================= external data structures */


/* ====================================================== function prototypes */


} // namespace Db
} // namespace LiveSupport

#endif // LiveSupport_Db_Conversion_h