/* ScummVM - Graphic Adventure Engine
 *
 * ScummVM is the legal property of its developers, whose names
 * are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT
 * file distributed with this source distribution.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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 *
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 */
/*
 * This code is based on original Tony Tough source code
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1997-2003 Nayma Software
 */

#ifndef MPAL_EXPR_H
#define MPAL_EXPR_H

#include "tony/mpal/memory.h"

namespace Tony {

namespace MPAL {

/****************************************************************************\
*       Function Prototypes
\****************************************************************************/

/**
 * Parses a mathematical expression from the MPC file
 *
 * @param buf				Buffer containing the expression to evaluate
 * @param h					Pointer to a handle that, at the end of execution, 
 * will point to the area of memory containing the parsed expression
 * @returns		Pointer to the buffer immediately after the expression, or NULL if error.
 */
const byte *parseExpression(const byte *lpBuf, HGLOBAL *h);

/**
 * Calculate the value of a mathamatical expression
 *
 * @param h					Handle to the expression
 * @returns		Numeric value
 */
int evaluateExpression(HGLOBAL h);

/**
 * Compare two mathematical expressions together
 *
 * @param h1				Expression to be compared
 * @param h2				Expression to be compared
 */
bool compareExpressions(HGLOBAL h1, HGLOBAL h2);

/**
 * Frees an expression that was previously parsed
 *
 * @param h					Handle for the expression
 */
void freeExpression(HGLOBAL h);

} // end of namespace MPAL

} // end of namespace Tony

#endif