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package org.scalautils

/**
 * Provides an implicit conversion that allows norm to be invoked on any value of type
 * T for which an implicit Normalization[T] exists.
 *
 * 
 * Here's an example:
 * 
 *
 *  * scala> import org.scalautils._
 * import org.scalautils._
 *
 * scala> import StringNormalizations._
 * import StringNormalizations._
 *
 * scala> implicit val stringNormalization = lowerCased and trimmed
 * stringNormalization: org.scalautils.Uniformity[String] = org.scalautils.Uniformity$$anon$1@19ba67ec
 *
 * scala> import NormMethods._
 * import NormMethods._
 *
 * scala> val s = " There "
 * s: String = " There "
 *
 * scala> "Hey " + s + "!"
 * res5: String = Hey  There !
 *
 * scala> "Hey " + s.norm + "!"
 * res6: String = Hey there!
 * 
 */
trait NormMethods {

  /**
   * Class containing a norm method that normalizes the given object o of type T
   * via the implicitly passed Normalization[T].
   */
  final class Normalizer[T](o: T)(implicit normalization: Normalization[T]) {

    /**
     * Normalizes the object o of type T via the implicitly passed Normalization[T] passed
     * to the constructor of this Normalizer.
     *
     * @return a normalized form of o
     */
    def norm: T = normalization.normalized(o)
  }

  import scala.language.implicitConversions

  /**
   * Implicit conversion that adds a norm method to a value of any type T for which
   * an implicit Normalization[T] exists.
   *
   * @param o the object to convert
   * @return a Normalizer that enables a norm method to be invoked on the passed object
   */
  implicit def convertToNormalizer[T](o: T)(implicit normalization: Normalization[T]): Normalizer[T] = new Normalizer[T](o)
} 

/**
 * Companion object for NormMethods enabling its members to be imported as an alternative to mixing them in.
 */
object NormMethods extends NormMethods