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 * LeechCraft - modular cross-platform feature rich internet client.
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2011  Georg Rudoy
 *
 * This program 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 of the License, or
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 *
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 **********************************************************************/

#ifndef PLUGINS_AZOTH_INTERFACES_AZOTHUTIL_H
#define PLUGINS_AZOTH_INTERFACES_AZOTHUTIL_H
#include <QList>
#include <QDateTime>
#include <QtDebug>
#include <interfaces/imessage.h>

namespace LeechCraft
{
namespace Azoth
{
namespace Util
{
	template<typename T>
	void StandardPurgeMessages (QList<T*>& messages, const QDateTime& before)
	{
		if (!before.isValid ())
		{
			messages.clear ();
			return;
		}

		while (!messages.isEmpty ())
		{
			IMessage *msg = qobject_cast<IMessage*> (messages.at (0));
			if (!msg)
			{
				qWarning () << Q_FUNC_INFO
						<< "unable to cast"
						<< messages.at (0)
						<< "to IMessage";
				continue;
			}
			if (msg->GetDateTime () < before)
				delete messages.takeAt (0);
			else
				break;
		}
	}
}
}
}

#endif
