AttributeRepository.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Tue Dec 21 22:43:08 CET 2004  AttributeRepository.hpp

                        AttributeRepository.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Tue December 21 2004
    copyright            : (C) 2004 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter.soetens@mech.kuleuven.ac.be

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#ifndef ATTRIBUTEREPOSITORY_HPP
#define ATTRIBUTEREPOSITORY_HPP

#include <memory>
#include <map>
#include "Attribute.hpp"
#include "DataSources.hpp"
#include "DataObjectInterfaces.hpp"
#include "Property.hpp"
#include "PropertyBag.hpp"

namespace RTT
{
    class RTT_API AttributeRepository
    {
        typedef std::vector<AttributeBase*> map_t;
        map_t values;
        mutable PropertyBag* bag;

    public:

        AttributeRepository();
        ~AttributeRepository();

        typedef std::vector<std::string> AttributeNames;

        typedef std::vector<AttributeBase*> AttributeObjects;

        void clear();

        bool hasAttribute( const std::string& name ) const;

        bool addAttribute( AttributeBase* a )
        {
            return a->getDataSource() && setValue( a->clone() );
        }

        template<class T>
        Attribute<T>* getAttribute( const std::string& name ) const
        {
            return dynamic_cast<Attribute<T>*>( this->getValue( name ) );
        }

        void removeAttribute( const std::string& name );

        bool addConstant( AttributeBase* c)
        {
            return c->getDataSource() && setValue( c->clone() );
        }

        template<class T>
        Constant<T>* getConstant( const std::string& name ) const
        {
            return dynamic_cast<Constant<T>*>( this->getValue( name ) );
        }

        bool hasProperty( const std::string& name ) const;

        bool addProperty( PropertyBase* pb );

        bool removeProperty( PropertyBase* p );

        bool setValue( AttributeBase* ab );

        AttributeBase* getValue( const std::string& name ) const;

        bool removeValue(const std::string& name );

        template<class T>
        bool addDataObject( DataObjectInterface<T>* doi) {
            return this->setValue( new Alias<T>(doi, doi->getName() ));
        }

        AttributeRepository* copy( std::map<const DataSourceBase*, DataSourceBase*>& repl, bool instantiate ) const;

        AttributeNames names() const;

        AttributeNames getAttributes() const;

        PropertyBag* properties() const;

    };
}

#endif