PropertyBase.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Mon Jan 19 14:11:20 CET 2004  PropertyBase.hpp

                        PropertyBase.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Mon January 19 2004
    copyright            : (C) 2004 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter.soetens@mech.kuleuven.ac.be

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#ifndef PI_PROPERTYBASE
#define PI_PROPERTYBASE

#include <string>
#include "ActionInterface.hpp"
#include "DataSourceBase.hpp"

#ifdef ORO_PRAGMA_INTERFACE
#pragma interface
#endif

namespace RTT
{ namespace base {

    class RTT_API PropertyBase
    {
    public:
        virtual ~PropertyBase();

        PropertyBase( std::string name, std::string description);

        PropertyBase();

        const std::string& getName() const { return _name; }

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

        const std::string& getDescription() const { return _description; }

        void setDescription(const std::string& desc);

        bool ready() const { return this->getDataSource(); }

        virtual void identify( PropertyIntrospection* pi) = 0;

        virtual void identify( PropertyBagVisitor* pi);

        virtual bool update( const PropertyBase* other ) = 0;

        virtual bool refresh( const PropertyBase* other ) = 0;

        virtual bool copy( const PropertyBase* other ) = 0;

        virtual bool compose( const PropertyBag& source);

        virtual PropertyBase* clone() const = 0;

        virtual PropertyBase* create() const = 0;

        virtual DataSourceBase::shared_ptr getDataSource() const = 0;

        virtual std::string getType() const = 0;

        virtual const types::TypeInfo* getTypeInfo() const = 0;

    protected:
        std::string _name;

        std::string _description;
    };

    RTT_API std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &os, PropertyBase* p);


    }
} // namespace RTT
#endif