/*
 * Copyright 2000, Georges-Edouard Berenger. All rights reserved.
 * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
 */
#ifndef PREFERENCES_H
#define PREFERENCES_H

#include <Locker.h>
#include <Message.h>
#include <Window.h>


class Preferences : public BMessage, public BLocker {
        public:
                Preferences(const char* thename, const char* thesignature = NULL, bool doSave = true);
                Preferences(const entry_ref& ref, const char* thesignature = NULL, bool doSave = true);
                ~Preferences();
                status_t        MakeEmpty();
                void            SaveWindowPosition(BWindow* window, const char* name);
                void            LoadWindowPosition(BWindow* window, const char* name);
                void            SaveWindowFrame(BWindow* window, const char* name);
                void            LoadWindowFrame(BWindow* window, const char* name);
                void            SaveInt32(int32 val, const char* name);
                bool            ReadInt32(int32& val, const char* name);
                void            SaveFloat(float val, const char* name);
                bool            ReadFloat(float& val, const char* name);
                void            SaveRect(BRect& rect, const char* name);
                BRect&          ReadRect(BRect& rect, const char* name);
                void            SaveString(BString& string, const char* name);
                void            SaveString(const char* string, const char* name);
                bool            ReadString(BString& string, const char* name);

        private:
                bool            fNewPreferences;
                bool            fSavePreferences;
                char*           fName;
                char*           fSignature;
                entry_ref*      fSettingsFile;
};

extern Preferences gPreferences;

// ggPreferences.LoadWindowPosition(this, kPosPrefName);
// ggPreferences.SaveWindowPosition(this, kPosPrefName);

// ggPreferences.LoadWindowFrame(this, frame);
// ggPreferences.SaveWindowFrame(this, frame);

#endif // PREFERENCES_H