//
//  FourCharCode.swift
//  RSCore
//
//  Created by Olof Hellman on 1/7/18.
//  Copyright © 2018 Olof Hellman. All rights reserved.
//

import Foundation

public extension String {

	/// Converts a string to a `FourCharCode`.
	///
	/// `FourCharCode` values like `OSType`, `DescType` or `AEKeyword` are really just
	///	4-byte values commonly represented as values like `'odoc'` where each byte is
	///	represented as its ASCII character. This property turns a Swift string into
	///	its `FourCharCode` equivalent, as Swift doesn't recognize `FourCharCode` types
	///	natively just yet. With this extension, one can use `"odoc".fourCharCode`
	///	where one would really want to use `'odoc'`.
	var fourCharCode: FourCharCode {
		precondition(count == 4)
		var sum: UInt32 = 0
		for scalar in self.unicodeScalars {
			sum = (sum * 256) + scalar.value
		}
		return sum
	}
}

public extension Int {

	var fourCharCode: FourCharCode {
		return UInt32(self)
	}
}