#ifndef EQUIV_H
#define EQUIV_H
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  equiv.h    - defines an alternate set of equivalence     //
//               properties for standard C++ string objects  //
//                                                           //
//  Language:    Visual C++, ver 5.0                         //
//  Platform:    Micron Dual Pentium 200, NT 4.0             //
//  Application: Design Patterns - property pattern, Su98    //
//  Author:      Jim Fawcett, CST 2-187, (314) 443-3948      //
//               fawcett@neptune.syr.edu                     //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include <string>

template <class T> class Property {

public:
  friend bool operator==(const T &lhs, const T &rhs) {
    return lhs.equiv(rhs);
  }
  friend bool operator!=(const T &lhs, const T &rhs) {
    return (!lhs.equiv(rhs));
  }
  friend bool operator< (const T &lhs, const T &rhs) {
    return lhs.less(rhs);
  }
  friend bool operator> (const T &lhs, const T &rhs) {
    return ((!lhs.less(rhs)) && (!lhs.equiv(rhs)));
  }
  friend bool operator<=(const T &lhs, const T &rhs) {
    return (lhs.less(rhs) || lhs.equiv(rhs));
  }
  friend bool operator>=(const T &lhs, const T &rhs) {
    return (!lhs.less(rhs));
  }
//protected:
  virtual bool equiv(const T &t)=0;
  virtual bool less(const T &t)=0;
};

class nearStr : public std::basic_string<char>, public Property<nearStr> {

public:
  nearStr() {}
  nearStr(const nearStr &ns) : std::basic_string<char>(ns) { }
  nearStr(const char *s) : std::basic_string<char>(s) { }

//protected:  
  virtual bool equiv(const nearStr &ns) const;
  virtual bool less (const nearStr &ns) const;
};

class noCaseStr : public std::basic_string<char>, public Property<noCaseStr> {

public:
  noCaseStr() {}
  noCaseStr(const noCaseStr &ns) : std::basic_string<char>(ns) {}
  noCaseStr(const char *s) : std::basic_string<char>(s) {}

//protected:
  virtual bool equiv(const noCaseStr &ns) const;
  virtual bool less (const noCaseStr &ns) const;
};
#endif