#ifndef DATA_H
#define DATA_H

#include <QString>
#include <QByteArray>

// This returns false if the data in the data parameter contains binary data. If it is text only, the function returns
// true. If the second parameter is specified, it will be used to convert the data from the given encoding to Unicode
// before doing the check. The third parameter can be used to only check the first couple of bytes which speeds up the
// text but makes it less reliable
bool isTextOnly(QByteArray data, const QString& encoding = QString(), bool quickTest = false);

// This function returns true if the data in the data parameter starts with a Unicode BOM. Otherwise it returns false.
bool startsWithBom(const QByteArray& data);

// This function checks if the data in the data parameter starts with a Unicode BOM. If so, the BOM is removed from the
// byte array and passed back to the caller separately as the return value of the function. If the data does not start
// with a BOM an empty byte array is returned and the original data is not modified.
QByteArray removeBom(QByteArray& data);

QStringList toStringList(const QList<QByteArray> list);

QByteArray encodeString(const QByteArray& str, const QString& encoding);

QByteArray decodeString(const QByteArray& str, const QString& encoding);

#endif