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// - Number.hpp                                                              -
// - standard object library - number abstract class definition              -
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#ifndef  AFNIX_NUMBER_HPP
#define  AFNIX_NUMBER_HPP

#ifndef  AFNIX_LITERAL_HPP
#include "Literal.hpp"
#endif

#ifndef  AFNIX_VIEWABLE_HPP
#include "Viewable.hpp"
#endif

namespace afnix {

  /// The Number class is an abstract class for the afnix number system.
  /// All numbers such like integers, real and relatif are treated under
  /// this base class, especially when it come to format these number. As
  /// a literal object, the base representation is managed by the derived,
  /// while some extra formatting is done here.
  /// @author amaury darsch

  class Number : public Literal, public Viewable {
  public:
    /// check if a string is a decimal number
    static bool isdnum (const String& s);

    /// check if a string is an hexadecimal number
    static bool ishnum (const String& s);
    
  public:
    /// create a default number
    Number (void) =default;
    
    /// copy move this number
    /// @param that the number to move
    Number (Number&& that) noexcept;

    /// move an number into this one
    /// @param that the number to move
    Number& operator = (Number&& that) noexcept;

    /// @return a hexadecimal representation of this number
    virtual String tohexa (void) const;

    /// @return a hexadecimal string of this number
    virtual String tohstr (void) const;
    
    /// @return a formated string in scientific notation
    virtual String format (const bool sflg) const;

    /// @return a formated string based on the precision
    virtual String format (const long psiz) const;

    /// @return a formated string in scientific notation with a precision
    virtual String format (const long psiz, const bool sflg) const;

  public:
    /// @return true if the given quark is defined
    bool isquark (const long quark, const bool hflg) const;
    
    /// apply this object with a set of arguments and a quark
    /// @param robj  the current runnable
    /// @param nset  the current nameset    
    /// @param quark the quark to apply these arguments
    /// @param argv  the arguments to apply
    Object* apply (Runnable* robj, Nameset* nset, const long quark,
		   Vector* argv);
  };
}

#endif
