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/**
    @file DronePickup.h
    @brief Declaration of the DronePickup class.
    @ingroup PickupItems
*/

#ifndef _DronePickup_H__
#define _DronePickup_H__

#include "pickup/PickupPrereqs.h"

#include <string>

#include "pickup/Pickup.h"
#include "tools/interfaces/Tickable.h"

namespace orxonox {

    /**
    @brief
        The DronePickup adds a Drone to the Pawn upon being picked up.

        It can be used in XML as follows:
        @code
        <DronePickup droneTemplate="myDroneTemplate" />
        @endcode
        Where <em>droneTemplate</em> specifies a @ref orxonox::Template "Template" based on which the Drone is created.

    @author
        Lukas Gassner

    @ingroup PickupItems
    */
    class _PickupExport DronePickup : public Pickup, public Tickable
    {
        public:

            DronePickup(BaseObject* creator); //!< Constructor.
            virtual ~DronePickup(); //!< Destructor.

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

            virtual void changedUsed(void); //!< Is called when the pickup has transited from used to unused or the other way around.
            virtual void clone(OrxonoxClass*& item); //!< Creates a duplicate of the input OrxonoxClass.

            const std::string& getDroneTemplate() const; //!< Get the name of the droneTemplate.

        protected:
            void initializeIdentifier(void); //!< Initializes the PickupIdentifier of this pickup.

            void setDroneTemplate(std::string templatename); //!< Set the droneTemplate.

        private:
            void initialize(void); //!< Initializes the member variables.
            std::string droneTemplate_; //!< The name of the template, based upon which the Drone is created.
            Pawn* carrierToPawnHelper(void); //!< Helper to transform the PickupCarrier to a Pawn, and throw an error message if the conversion fails.



    };
}

#endif // _DronePickup_H__