#pragma once
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <optional>
#include "VectorFwd.h"

//This is a implementation file used by the templated Vector class. The primary purpose of this 
//class is to form a compilation firewall for the Ve
namespace Aftr
{
   namespace VectorImpl
   {

      //Wraps the call to AftrUtilites, so Vector.h does NOT have to actually include AftrUtilities.h (huge header)
      std::string encodeBinaryToBase64( const std::vector<unsigned char>& data );

      //Wraps the call to AftrUtilites, so Vector.h does NOT have to actually include AftrUtilities.h (huge header)
      /// Any extra padding at the end "==" or "=" will be ignored when converting to binary.
      std::vector< unsigned char > encodeBase64ToBinary( const std::string& base64Str );

      template< typename T >
      Aftr::VectorT<T> make_VectorT( std::string const& str );

      template< typename T >
      std::string toString( VectorT<T> const& v, size_t length );

      template< typename T >
      std::string toStringWithMag( VectorT<T> const& v, size_t length );

      template< typename T >
      std::optional< VectorT<T> > fromString_opt( std::string const& str );
   
   }

}