#ifndef _ACCUMULATABLE_H
#define _ACCUMULATABLE_H

#include <vector>
#include <string>

//!A simple class for std::vector<std::string> accumulating functionality
/*!
    Constructors are inherited from std::vector
*/
class accumulatable : public std::vector<std::string>
{
public:
    accumulatable() = default;
    accumulatable(const std::initializer_list<std::string>& init)
        : std::vector<std::string>(init)
    { }


    /*!
        \param del the delimeter to be used when accumulating, default is an empty string
        \brief accumulates the contents of this container by the given delimeter
    */
    std::string acc(const std::string& del = "")
    {
        std::string r = "";
        for (auto it = this->begin(); it != this->end() - 1; ++it)
            r += *it + del;

        return r + this->at(this->size() - 1);
    }
};

#endif