using System;
using System.Text;

namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Utilities
{
    /// <summary> General string utilities.</summary>
    public abstract class Strings
    {
        internal static bool IsOneOf(string s, params string[] candidates)
        {
            foreach (string candidate in candidates)
            {
                if (s == candidate)
                    return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        public static string FromByteArray(byte[] bs)
        {
            char[] cs = new char[bs.Length];
            for (int i = 0; i < cs.Length; ++i)
            {
                cs[i] = Convert.ToChar(bs[i]);
            }
            return new string(cs);
        }

        public static byte[] ToByteArray(char[] cs)
        {
            byte[] bs = new byte[cs.Length];
            for (int i = 0; i < bs.Length; ++i)
            {
                bs[i] = Convert.ToByte(cs[i]);
            }
            return bs;
        }

        public static byte[] ToByteArray(string s)
        {
            byte[] bs = new byte[s.Length];
            for (int i = 0; i < bs.Length; ++i)
            {
                bs[i] = Convert.ToByte(s[i]);
            }
            return bs;
        }

        public static string FromAsciiByteArray(byte[] bytes)
        {
            return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
        }

        public static byte[] ToAsciiByteArray(char[] cs)
        {
            return Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(cs);
        }

        public static byte[] ToAsciiByteArray(string s)
        {
            return Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s);
        }

        public static string FromUtf8ByteArray(byte[] bytes)
        {
            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
        }

        public static byte[] ToUtf8ByteArray(char[] cs)
        {
            return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(cs);
        }

        public static byte[] ToUtf8ByteArray(string s)
        {
            return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(s);
        }
    }
}