using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace RomCheater.Logging
{
    public static class Binary<T> where T : IConvertible
    {      
        public static T ToValue(string binary)
        {
            /* NOTE: commented out types do not have a paramter for fromBase and cannot be converted to from binary or any other base*/
            string type = (typeof(T).Name);
            object o = default(T);
            switch (type.ToLower())
            {
                //case "boolean": // bool
                //    o = Convert.ToBoolean(binary,2);
                //    break;
                //case "string": // string
                //    o = binary;
                //    break;
                //case "char": // char
                //    o = Convert.ToChar(binary,2);
                //    break;
                case "byte":  // unsigned byte
                    o = Convert.ToByte(binary, 2);
                    break;
                case "sbyte": // signed byte
                    o = Convert.ToSByte(binary, 2);
                    break;
                case "int16": // short
                    o = Convert.ToInt16(binary,2);
                    break;
                case "uint16": // ushort
                    o = Convert.ToUInt16(binary, 2);
                    break;
                case "int32": // int
                    o = Convert.ToInt32(binary, 2);
                    break;
                case "uint32": // uint
                    o = Convert.ToUInt32(binary, 2);
                    break;
                case "int64": // long
                    o = Convert.ToInt64(binary, 2);
                    break;
                case "uint64": // ulong
                    o = Convert.ToUInt64(binary, 2);
                    break;
                //case "single": // float
                //    o = Convert.ToSingle(binary, 2);
                //    break;
                //case "double": // double
                //    o = Convert.ToDouble(binary, 2);
                //    break;
                //case "decimal": // decimal
                //    o = Convert.ToDecimal(binary, 2);
                //    break;
                default: // object
                    break;
            }

            return (T)Convert.ChangeType(o, typeof(T));
        }
    }
}