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+/*
+ This file is part of TALER
+ Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Christian Grothoff (and other contributing authors)
+
+ TALER 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 3, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ TALER 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
+ TALER; see the file COPYING. If not, If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+/**
+ * @file include/taler_util.h
+ * @brief Interface for common utility functions
+ * @author Sree Harsha Totakura <sreeharsha@totakura.in>
+ */
+#ifndef TALER_UTIL_H
+#define TALER_UTIL_H
+
+#include <gnunet/gnunet_util_lib.h>
+#include "taler_amount_lib.h"
+#include "taler_crypto_lib.h"
+#include "taler_json_lib.h"
+
+
+
+/* Define logging functions */
+#define TALER_LOG_DEBUG(...) \
+ GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define TALER_LOG_WARNING(...) \
+ GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define TALER_LOG_ERROR(...) \
+ GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+
+/**
+ * Tests a given as assertion and if failed prints it as a warning with the
+ * given reason
+ *
+ * @param EXP the expression to test as assertion
+ * @param reason string to print as warning
+ */
+#define TALER_assert_as(EXP, reason) \
+ do { \
+ if (EXP) break; \
+ TALER_LOG_ERROR("%s at %s:%d\n", reason, __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+ abort(); \
+ } while(0)
+
+
+/**
+ * Log an error message at log-level 'level' that indicates
+ * a failure of the command 'cmd' with the message given
+ * by gcry_strerror(rc).
+ */
+#define TALER_LOG_GCRY_ERROR(cmd, rc) do { TALER_LOG_ERROR("`%s' failed at %s:%d with error: %s\n", cmd, __FILE__, __LINE__, gcry_strerror(rc)); } while(0)
+
+
+#define TALER_gcry_ok(cmd) \
+ do {int rc; rc = cmd; if (!rc) break; TALER_LOG_ERROR("A Gcrypt call failed at %s:%d with error: %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, gcry_strerror(rc)); abort(); } while (0)
+
+
+/**
+ * Initialize Gcrypt library.
+ */
+void
+TALER_gcrypt_init (void);
+
+
+/**
+ * Round a time value so that it is suitable for transmission
+ * via JSON encodings.
+ *
+ * @param at time to round
+ * @return #GNUNET_OK if time was already rounded, #GNUNET_NO if
+ * it was just now rounded
+ */
+int
+TALER_round_abs_time (struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute *at);
+
+
+/**
+ * Round a time value so that it is suitable for transmission
+ * via JSON encodings.
+ *
+ * @param rt time to round
+ * @return #GNUNET_OK if time was already rounded, #GNUNET_NO if
+ * it was just now rounded
+ */
+int
+TALER_round_rel_time (struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative *rt);
+
+
+/**
+ * Load configuration by parsing all configuration
+ * files in the given directory.
+ *
+ * @param base_dir directory with the configuration files
+ * @return NULL on error, otherwise configuration
+ */
+struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *
+TALER_config_load (const char *base_dir);
+
+
+/**
+ * Obtain denomination amount from configuration file.
+ *
+ * @param section section of the configuration to access
+ * @param option option of the configuration to access
+ * @param[out] denom set to the amount found in configuration
+ * @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_SYSERR on error
+ */
+int
+TALER_config_get_denom (struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
+ const char *section,
+ const char *option,
+ struct TALER_Amount *denom);
+
+
+/**
+ * Get the path to a specific Taler installation directory or, with
+ * #GNUNET_OS_IPK_SELF_PREFIX, the current running apps installation
+ * directory.
+ *
+ * @param dirkind what kind of directory is desired?
+ * @return a pointer to the dir path (to be freed by the caller)
+ */
+char *
+TALER_OS_installation_get_path (enum GNUNET_OS_InstallationPathKind dirkind);
+
+
+/**
+ * Print out details on command line options (implements --help).
+ *
+ * @param ctx command line processing context
+ * @param scls additional closure (points to about text)
+ * @param option name of the option
+ * @param value not used (NULL)
+ * @return #GNUNET_NO (do not continue, not an error)
+ */
+int
+TALER_GETOPT_format_help_ (struct GNUNET_GETOPT_CommandLineProcessorContext *ctx,
+ void *scls,
+ const char *option,
+ const char *value);
+
+/**
+ * Macro defining the option to print the command line
+ * help text (-h option).
+ *
+ * @param about string with brief description of the application
+ */
+#define TALER_GETOPT_OPTION_HELP(about) \
+ { 'h', "help", (const char *) NULL, gettext_noop("print this help"), 0, &TALER_GETOPT_format_help_, (void *) about }
+
+#endif