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/**
    @file
    @brief Definition of the AddQuestHint class.
*/

#ifndef _AddQuestHint_H__
#define _AddQuestHint_H__

#include "questsystem/QuestsystemPrereqs.h"

#include <string>
#include "QuestEffect.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
    @brief
        Adds a QuestHint, resp. activates the QuestHint of the given id for the player the QuestEffect is invoked on.

        Creating a AddQuestHint through XML goes as follows:

        @code
        <AddQuestHint hintId="id" />  //Where id is a GUID, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_Unique_Identifier#Basic_structure for more information, and identifies the QuestHint that should be added.
        @endcode
    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick
    */
    class _QuestsystemExport AddQuestHint : public QuestEffect
    {
        public:
            AddQuestHint(BaseObject* creator);
            virtual ~AddQuestHint();

            virtual void XMLPort(Element& xmlelement, XMLPort::Mode mode); //!< Method for creating a AddQuestHint object through XML.

            virtual bool invoke(PlayerInfo* player); //!< Invokes the QuestEffect.

        private:
            std::string hintId_; //!< The id of the QuestHint.

            /**
            @brief Returns the id of the QuestHint.
            @return Returns the id of the QuestHint.
            */
            inline const std::string & getHintId(void) const
                { return this->hintId_; }

            bool setHintId(const std::string & id); //!< Sets the id of the QuestHint.

    };

}

#endif /* _AddQuestHint_H__ */