uint editingDistance(const QString &s1, const QString &s2);
-QByteArray methodName(const QMetaMethod &method);
-
QDir quasselDir();
+//! Returns a list of data directory paths
+/** There are several locations for applications to install their data files in. On Unix,
+ * a common location is /usr/share; others include $PREFIX/share and additional directories
+ * specified in the env variable XDG_DATA_DIRS.
+ * \return A list of directory paths to look for data files in
+ */
+QStringList dataDirPaths();
+
+//! Searches for a data file in the possible data directories
+/** Data files can reside in $DATA_DIR/apps/quassel, where $DATA_DIR is one of the directories
+ * returned by \sa dataDirPaths().
+ * \return The full path to the data file if found; a null QString else
+ */
+QString findDataFilePath(const QString &fileName);
+
void loadTranslation(const QLocale &locale);
+template<typename T>
+QVariantList toVariantList(const QList<T> &list) {
+ QVariantList variants;
+ for(int i = 0; i < list.count(); i++) {
+ variants << QVariant::fromValue<T>(list[i]);
+ }
+ return variants;
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+QList<T> fromVariantList(const QVariantList &variants) {
+ QList<T> list;
+ for(int i = 0; i < variants.count(); i++) {
+ list << variants[i].value<T>();
+ }
+ return list;
+}
+
#endif