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/**
    @defgroup OrxonoxClass OrxonoxClass
    @ingroup Class
*/

/**
    @file
    @ingroup Class OrxonoxClass
    @brief Declaration of OrxonoxClass, the base class of all objects and interfaces in Orxonox.

    All objects and interfaces of the game-logic (not the engine) are derived from OrxonoxClass.
    It stores the Identifier and the MetaObjectList and has all needed functions to create and use the class-hierarchy.
*/

#ifndef _OrxonoxClass_H__
#define _OrxonoxClass_H__

#include "CorePrereqs.h"

#include <set>
#include <vector>
#include "Super.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
        @brief The class all objects and interfaces of the game-logic (not the engine) are derived from.

        The BaseObject and Interfaces are derived with @c virtual @c public @c OrxonoxClass from OrxonoxClass.
        OrxonoxClass is needed to create the class-hierarchy at startup and to store the Identifier and the
        MetaObjectList, as well as to provide an interface for SmartPtr and WeakPtr.
    */
    class _CoreExport OrxonoxClass
    {
        template <class T>
        friend class ClassIdentifier;

        template <class T>
        friend class SmartPtr;

        friend class DestructionListener;

        public:
            OrxonoxClass();
            virtual ~OrxonoxClass();

            void destroy();
            void unregisterObject();

            /// Function to collect the SetConfigValue-macro calls.
            void setConfigValues() {};

            /// Returns the Identifier of the object.
            inline Identifier* getIdentifier() const { return this->identifier_; }

            bool isA(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isExactlyA(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isChildOf(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isDirectChildOf(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isParentOf(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isDirectParentOf(const Identifier* identifier);

            /// Returns true if the object's class is of the given type or a derivative.
            template <class B> inline bool isA(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier)
                { return this->isA(*identifier); }
            /// Returns true if the object's class is exactly of the given type.
            template <class B> inline bool isExactlyA(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier)
                { return this->isExactlyA(*identifier); }
            /// Returns true if the object's class is a child of the given type.
            template <class B> inline bool isChildOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier)
                { return this->isChildOf(*identifier); }
            /// Returns true if the object's class is a direct child of the given type.
            template <class B> inline bool isDirectChildOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier)
                { return this->isDirectChildOf(*identifier); }
            /// Returns true if the object's class is a parent of the given type.
            template <class B> inline bool isParentOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier)
                { return this->isParentOf(*identifier); }
            /// Returns true if the object's class is a direct parent of the given type.
            template <class B> inline bool isDirectParentOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier)
                { return this->isDirectParentOf(*identifier); }

            bool isA(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isExactlyA(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isChildOf(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isDirectChildOf(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isParentOf(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isDirectParentOf(const OrxonoxClass* object);

            virtual void clone(OrxonoxClass*& item) {}

            /// Returns the number of @ref orxonox::SmartPtr "smart pointers" that point to this object.
            inline unsigned int getReferenceCount() const
                { return this->referenceCount_; }

            /**
            @brief
                Returns a valid pointer of any derived type that is
                registered in the class hierarchy.
            @return
                Returns NULL if the no pointer was found.
            */
            ORX_FORCEINLINE void* getDerivedPointer(unsigned int classID)
            {
                for (int i = this->objectPointers_.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i)
                {
                    if (this->objectPointers_[i].first == classID)
                        return this->objectPointers_[i].second;
                }
                return NULL;
            }

            /// Version of getDerivedPointer with template
            template <class T> ORX_FORCEINLINE T* getDerivedPointer(unsigned int classID)
            {   return static_cast<T*>(this->getDerivedPointer(classID));   }
            /// Const version of getDerivedPointer with template
            template <class T> ORX_FORCEINLINE const T* getDerivedPointer(unsigned int classID) const
            {   return const_cast<OrxonoxClass*>(this)->getDerivedPointer<T>(classID);   }

        protected:
            /// This virtual function is called if destroy() is called and no SmartPtr points to this object. Used in some cases to create a new SmartPtr to prevent destruction.
            virtual void preDestroy() {}

        private:
            /// Increments the reference counter (for smart pointers).
            inline void incrementReferenceCount()
                { ++this->referenceCount_; }
            /// Decrements the reference counter (for smart pointers).
            inline void decrementReferenceCount()
            {
                --this->referenceCount_;
                if (this->referenceCount_ == 0 && this->requestedDestruction_)
                    this->destroy();
            }

            /// Register a destruction listener (for example a weak pointer which points to this object).
            inline void registerDestructionListener(DestructionListener* pointer)
                { this->destructionListeners_.insert(pointer); }
            /// Unegister a destruction listener (for example a weak pointer which pointed to this object before).
            inline void unregisterDestructionListener(DestructionListener* pointer)
                { this->destructionListeners_.erase(pointer); }

            Identifier* identifier_;                                //!< The Identifier of the object
            std::set<const Identifier*>* parents_;                  //!< List of all parents of the object
            MetaObjectList* metaList_;                              //!< MetaObjectList, containing all ObjectLists and ObjectListElements the object is registered in
            int referenceCount_;                                    //!< Counts the references from smart pointers to this object
            bool requestedDestruction_;                             //!< Becomes true after someone called delete on this object
            std::set<DestructionListener*> destructionListeners_;   //!< All destruction listeners (for example weak pointers which point to this object and like to get notified if it dies)

            /// 'Fast map' that holds this-pointers of all derived types
            std::vector<std::pair<unsigned int, void*> > objectPointers_;
    };

    /**
        @brief This listener is used to inform weak pointers if an object of type OrxonoxClass gets destroyed.
    */
    class _CoreExport DestructionListener
    {
        friend class OrxonoxClass;

        protected:
            virtual ~DestructionListener() {}

            inline void registerAsDestructionListener(OrxonoxClass* object)
                { if (object) { object->registerDestructionListener(this); } }
            inline void unregisterAsDestructionListener(OrxonoxClass* object)
                { if (object) { object->unregisterDestructionListener(this); } }

            virtual void objectDeleted() = 0;
    };

    SUPER_FUNCTION(11, OrxonoxClass, clone, false);
}

#endif /* _OrxonoxClass_H__ */