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/*
 *   ORXONOX - the hottest 3D action shooter ever to exist
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 *   Author:
 *      Fabian 'x3n' Landau
 *      Reto Grieder
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 *      ...
 *
 */

/**
@file
@brief
    Declaration of the Core class.
@details
    The Core class is a singleton, only used to configure some variables
    in the core through the config-file.
*/

#ifndef _Core_H__
#define _Core_H__

#include "CorePrereqs.h"

#include <cassert>
#include "util/OutputHandler.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    class CoreConfiguration;

    /**
    @brief
        The Core class is a singleton used to configure the program basics.
    @details
        The class provides information about the media, config and log path.
        It determines those by the use of platform specific functions.
    */
    class _CoreExport Core
    {
        public:
            /**
            @brief
                Determines the executable path, checks for build directory runs, creates
                the output directories and sets up the other core library singletons.
            @throws
                GeneralException
            */
            Core(int argc, char** argv);
            ~Core();

            void setConfigValues();

            void update(const Clock& time);

            static Core& getInstance() { assert(Core::singletonRef_s); return *Core::singletonRef_s; }

            static int   getSoftDebugLevel(OutputHandler::OutputDevice device = OutputHandler::LD_All);
            static void  setSoftDebugLevel(OutputHandler::OutputDevice device, int level);
            static const std::string& getLanguage();
            static void  resetLanguage();

            static void tsetMediaPath(const std::string& path);
            //! Returns the path to the config files as boost::filesystem::path
            static const boost::filesystem::path& getMediaPath();
            //! Returns the path to the config files as boost::filesystem::path
            static const boost::filesystem::path& getConfigPath();
            //! Returns the path to the log files as boost::filesystem::path
            static const boost::filesystem::path& getLogPath();
            //! Returns the path to the data files as std::string
            static std::string getMediaPathString();
            //! Returns the path to the config files as std::string
            static std::string getConfigPathString();
            //! Returns the path to the log files as std::string
            static std::string getLogPathString();

        private:
            Core(const Core&); //!< Don't use (undefined symbol)

            void checkDevBuild();
            void setExecutablePath();
            void createDirectories();
            void setThreadAffinity(int limitToCPU);

            // Singletons
            ConfigFileManager*    configFileManager_;
            Language*             languageInstance_;
            LuaBind*              luaBind_;
            Shell*                shell_;
            SignalHandler*        signalHandler_;
            TclBind*              tclBind_;
            TclThreadManager*     tclThreadManager_;

            bool isDevBuild_;                               //!< True for builds in the build directory (not installed)
            CoreConfiguration*    configuration_;

            static Core* singletonRef_s;
    };
}

#endif /* _Core_H__ */