/***************************************************************************
 *   Copyright (C) 2007 by Ian Reinhart Geiser                             *
 *   geiseri@yahoo.com                                                     *
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 ***************************************************************************/
#ifndef JSONQUERY_H
#define JSONQUERY_H

#include <QString>
#include <QVariant>
#include <QStringList>

/**
	@author Ian Reinhart Geiser <geiseri@yahoo.com>
*/

class JSONQuery {
public:
  static int countListItems( const QString &path, const QVariant &map );
  static QStringList queryKeys( const QString &path, const QVariant &map );
  static QString queryValue( const QString &path, const QVariant &map );
  static bool keyExists( const QString &path, const QVariant &map );

  static int countListItems( const QString &path, const QString &jsonMarkup );
  static QStringList queryKeys( const QString &path, const QString &jsonMarkup );
  static QString queryValue( const QString &path, const QString &jsonMarkup, const QMap<QString,QString> &properties );
  static bool keyExists( const QString &path, const QString &jsonMarkup  );

  static int countListItems( const QString &path, const QStringList &jsonMarkups );
  static QStringList queryKeys( const QString &path, const QStringList &jsonMarkups );
  static QString queryValue( const QString &path, const QStringList &jsonMarkups, const QMap<QString,QString> &properties );
  static bool keyExists( const QString &path, const QStringList &jsonMarkups  );
  
  static QString expandMacros( const QString &source, const QVariant &map, const QMap<QString,QString> &properties );

private:
  static QVariant resolveNodeFromPath( const QString &path, const QVariant &map );

};

#endif