//Return the color in netbeans format
//A color can be a number (RRGGBB), a name or nothing
function color (value) {
    "use strict";

    return value ? value : "none";
}

//Return the boolean value in ntebeans format
function bool (value) {
    "use strict";

    return value ? "T" : "F";
}

//Return position in netbeans format.
//A position can be an array containing 1 based line and 0 based column or a 0 based offset
function position (pos) {
    "use strict";

    if (Array.isArray(pos)) {
        return pos[0]+"/"+pos[1];    
    }
    else {
        return pos;
    }
}

//Return a netbeans formated string
function string (value) {
    "use strict";

    var buffer = "\"";

    for (var i = 0 ; i < value.length ; ++i){
        switch (value[i]) {
            case "\n" :
                buffer += "\\n";
            break;
            case "\t" :
                buffer += "\\t";
            break;
            case "\r" :
                buffer += "\\r";
            break;
            case "\\" : 
                buffer += "\\\\";
            break;
            case "\"" :
                buffer += "\\\"";
            break;
            default :
                buffer += value[i];
            break;

        }
    } 

    buffer += "\"";
    return buffer;
}

module.exports.string = string;
module.exports.color = color;
module.exports.position = position;
module.exports.bool = bool;