SFML Utilities Header

sfUtil.h

/*
* sfUtil.h
*	A simple, header only file (so you don't have to edit any Makefiles) used
*	for common SFML debugging tasks.
*/
#ifndef SF_UTIL_H
#define SF_UTIL_H
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

namespace sf
{
	namespace Util
	{
		//Prints the position of a given sprite, shape or text item:
		void printPos(sf::Transformable t, std::string label="")
		{
			std::cout 	<< std::fixed
						<< label
						<< " ("
						<< t.getPosition().x
						<< ", "
						<< t.getPosition().y
						<< ")\n";
		}

		//Takes an sf::Rect and returns an sf::RectangleShape 
		//(useful for drawing hiboxes):
		sf::RectangleShape rectToShape(sf::FloatRect rect, 
			sf::Color outline = sf::Color::Red)
		{
			sf::RectangleShape r(sf::Vector2f(rect.width, rect.height));
			r.setPosition(rect.left, rect.top);
			r.setOutlineThickness(1);
			r.setFillColor(sf::Color::Transparent);
			r.setOutlineColor(outline);
			return r;
		}
	}
}

#endif