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#ifndef __PLATFORM_IPHONE_CCFILE_UTILS_H__
#define __PLATFORM_IPHONE_CCFILE_UTILS_H__

#include <string>
#include "CCCommon.h"
#include "CCMutableDictionary.h"
#include "FileUtils.h"
namespace   cocos2d {

//! @brief  Helper class to handle file operations
class CC_DLL CCFileUtils : public FileUtils
{
public:

    /**
    @brief   Generate the absolute path of the file.
    @param   pszRelativePath     The relative path of the file.
    @return  The absolute path of the file.
    @warning We only add the ResourcePath before the relative path of the file.
             If you have not set the ResourcePath,the function add "/NEWPLUS/TDA_DATA/UserData/" as default.
             You can set ResourcePath by function void setResourcePath(const char *pszResourcePath);
    */
    static const char* fullPathFromRelativePath(const char *pszRelativePath);

    /// @cond
    static const char* fullPathFromRelativeFile(const char *pszFilename, const char *pszRelativeFile);
    /// @endcond

    /**
    @brief   Generate a NSDictionary pointer by file
    @param   pFileName  The file name of *.plist file
    @return  The NSDictionary pointer generated from the file
    */
    static CCDictionary<std::string, CCObject*> *dictionaryWithContentsOfFile(const char *pFileName);

    /**
    @brief  Set the ResourcePath,we will find resource in this path
    @param pszResourcePath  The absolute resource path
    */
    static void setResourcePath(const char *pszResourcePath);
    
    /** loads a file into memory.
     the caller should release the allocated buffer.
     
     @returns the size of the allocated buffer
     @since v0.99.5
     */
	static int ccLoadFileIntoMemory(const char *filename, unsigned char **out);
    
     /** removes the HD suffix from a path
     
     @returns NSString * without the HD suffix
     @since v0.99.5
     */
    static std::string& ccRemoveHDSuffixFromFile(std::string& path);
	
    static const char* getResourcePath(void);
};
}//namespace   cocos2d 

#endif // __PLATFORM_IPHONE_CCFILE_UTILS_H__