#ifndef HELPERS_H
#define HELPERS_H

#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

//file reading things
inline string ReadTextFromFile(const char* fileName, string buffer)
{
	std::ifstream file(fileName);

	unsigned char temporary;

	if (!file.is_open())
	{
		std::cerr << "Could not open file for text input: " << fileName;
		return buffer;
	}

	while (getline(file, buffer))
		buffer += buffer;

	file.close();

	return buffer;
}

inline vector<unsigned char> ReadFileAsBinary(const char* fileName, vector<unsigned char> buffer)
{
	try
	{
		//open the fstream in input mode, with binary mode
		std::fstream file(fileName, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);

		unsigned char temporary;

		if (!file.is_open())
		{
			std::cerr << "Could not open file for binary input: " << fileName;
			return buffer;
		}

		while (file >> temporary)
		{
			buffer.push_back(temporary);
		}

		file.close();

		return buffer;
	}
	catch (const std::exception& ex)
	{
		std::cerr << "Exception during binary file input." << fileName <<
			"was not successfully streamed to binary." << ex.what();


		return buffer;
	}
}


//file writing things
inline bool WriteTextToFile(const char* fileName, const string fileContents)
{
	std::ofstream file(fileName);

	if(!file.is_open())
	{
		std::cerr << "Could not open file: " << fileName;
		return false;
	}

	file << fileContents;

	file.close();

	return true;
}

inline bool WriteFileFromBinary(const char* fileName, vector<unsigned char> buffer)
{
	std::ofstream file(fileName);
	int count = 0;

	if (!file.is_open())
	{
		std::cerr << "Could not open file: " << fileName;
		return false;
	}

	for (auto const& x : buffer) {
		file << x;
		count = count + 1;
		if (count == 99) {
			file << "\n";
			count = 0;
		}
	}

	file.close();


	return true;
}

























#endif