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+// Copyright (C) 2003 CEA/DEN, EDF R&D
+//
+//
+//
+// File : VISU_DatConvertor.hxx
+// Author : Alexey PETROV
+// Module : VISU
+
+#ifndef MED_Utilities_HeaderFile
+#define MED_Utilities_HeaderFile
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+
+namespace UNV{
+ using namespace std;
+
+ class PrefixPrinter{
+ static int myCounter;
+ public:
+ PrefixPrinter();
+ ~PrefixPrinter();
+
+ static string GetPrefix();
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * @returns \p false when error occured, \p true otherwise.
+ * Adjusts the \p in_stream to the beginning of the
+ * dataset \p ds_name.
+ */
+ inline bool beginning_of_dataset(std::istream& in_file, const std::string& ds_name)
+ {
+ assert (in_file.good());
+ assert (!ds_name.empty());
+
+ std::string olds, news;
+
+ while(true){
+ in_file >> olds >> news;
+ /*
+ * a "-1" followed by a number means the beginning of a dataset
+ * stop combing at the end of the file
+ */
+ while( ((olds != "-1") || (news == "-1") ) && !in_file.eof() ){
+ olds = news;
+ in_file >> news;
+ }
+ if(in_file.eof())
+ return false;
+ if (news == ds_name)
+ return true;
+ }
+ // should never end up here
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Method for converting exponential notation
+ * from "D" to "e", for example
+ * \p 3.141592654D+00 \p --> \p 3.141592654e+00
+ * in order to make it readable for C++.
+ */
+ inline double D_to_e(std::string& number)
+ {
+ /* find "D" in string, start looking at
+ * 6th element, to improve speed.
+ * We dont expect a "D" earlier
+ */
+ const int position = number.find("D",6);
+ if(position != std::string::npos){
+ number.replace(position, 1, "e");
+ }
+ return atof (number.c_str());
+ }
+
+};
+
+
+#ifndef MESSAGE
+
+#define MESSAGE(msg) std::cout<<__FILE__<<"["<<__LINE__<<"]::"<<msg<<endl;
+
+#define BEGMSG(msg) std::cout<<UNV::PrefixPrinter::GetPrefix()<<msg
+
+#define ADDMSG(msg) std::cout<<msg
+
+#endif
+
+
+#ifndef EXCEPTION
+
+#define EXCEPTION(TYPE, MSG) {\
+ std::ostringstream aStream;\
+ aStream<<__FILE__<<"["<<__LINE__<<"]::"<<MSG;\
+ throw TYPE(aStream.str());\
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif
