/*
  TIMECODE.hpp  -  grid aligned and fixed format time specifications

  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
    2010,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>

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  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
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  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

*/


#ifndef LIB_TIME_TIMECODE_H
#define LIB_TIME_TIMECODE_H

#include "lib/time/timevalue.hpp"
#include "lib/time/formats.hpp"

//#include <boost/operators.hpp>
#include <string>


namespace lib {
namespace time {
  
  using std::string;
  
  
  /**
   * fixed format time specification.
   * @param FMT the actual timecode format to use
   * @see time::Format
   * @todo WIP-WIP-WIP
   */
  template<class FMT>
  class TCode
    {
      
    public:
      
      string describe()  const;
      
      
    };
  
  
  class QuTime;
  
  /**
   * A frame counting timecode value.
   * This is an hard-coded representation of
   * TCode<format::Frames>, with additional convenience
   * constructors and conversions, which basically make
   * FrameNr values interchangeable with integral numbers. 
   */
  class FrameNr
    : public TCode<format::Frames>
    {
      
    public:
      FrameNr (QuTime const& quantisedTime);
      FrameNr (TCode<format::Frames> const&);
      
      operator long()  const;
    };
  
  
  
  /**
   * 
   */
  class SmpteTC
    : public TCode<format::Smpte>
    {
      
    public:
      SmpteTC (QuTime const& quantisedTime);
      SmpteTC (TCode<format::Smpte> const&);
      
      int getSecs   () const; 
      int getMins   () const; 
      int getHours  () const; 
      int getFrames () const;
    };
  
  
  
}} // lib::time
#endif