#ifndef OSGINTROSPECTION_UTILITY_
#define OSGINTROSPECTION_UTILITY_

#include <osgIntrospection/Export>
#include <osgIntrospection/Value>
#include <osgIntrospection/ParameterInfo>
#include <osgIntrospection/MethodInfo>
#include <osgIntrospection/variant_cast>

#include <vector>

namespace osgIntrospection
{

	bool OSGINTROSPECTION_EXPORT areParametersCompatible(const ParameterInfoList &pl1, const ParameterInfoList &pl2);
	bool OSGINTROSPECTION_EXPORT areArgumentsCompatible(const ValueList &vl, const ParameterInfoList &pl, float &match);
	
	template<typename T>
	void convertArgument(ValueList &src, ValueList &dest, const ParameterInfoList &pl, int index)
	{
		if (index >= static_cast<int>(src.size()))
		{
			dest[index] = pl[index]->getDefaultValue();
		}
		else
		{
			Value &sv = src[index];
			if (requires_conversion<T>(sv))
				dest[index] = sv.convertTo(pl[index]->getParameterType());
			else
				dest[index].swap(sv);
		}
	}

}

#endif