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/**
    @file MetaPickup.h
    @brief Definition of the MetaPickup class.
    @ingroup PickupItems
*/

#ifndef _MetaPickup_H__
#define _MetaPickup_H__

#include "pickup/PickupPrereqs.h"

#include "pickup/Pickup.h"

namespace orxonox {

    /**
    @brief
        The meta type, specifying what the @ref orxonox::MetaPickup "MetaPickup" does exactly.

    @ingroup PickupItems
    */
    namespace pickupMetaType
    {
        enum Value
        {
            none, //!< The @ref orxonox::MetaPickup "MetaPickup" does nothing.
            use, //!< The @ref orxonox::MetaPickup "MetaPickup" uses all the @ref orxonox::PickupCarrier "PickupCarriers'" @ref orxonox::Pickupable "Pickupables".
            drop, //!< The @ref orxonox::MetaPickup "MetaPickup" drops all the @ref orxonox::PickupCarrier "PickupCarriers'" @ref orxonox::Pickupable "Pickupables".
            destroy, //!< The @ref orxonox::MetaPickup "MetaPickup" destroys all the @ref orxonox::PickupCarrier "PickupCarriers'" @ref orxonox::Pickupable "Pickupables".
            destroyCarrier //!< The @ref orxonox::MetaPickup "MetaPickup" destroys the @ref orxonox::PickupCarrier "PickupCarrier".
        };
    }

    /**
    @brief
        The MetaPickup is a Pickupable that can, depending on the parameter <em>metaTye</em>, do different things. If the <em>metaTye</em> is set to
        - @b use All the @ref orxonox::Pickupable "Pickupables", the PickupCarrier has, are immediately set to used upon using the MetaPickup.
        - @b drop All the @ref orxonox::Pickupable "Pickupables", the PickupCarrier has, are immediately dropped upon using the MetaPickup.
        - @b destroy All the @ref orxonox::Pickupable "Pickupables", the PickupCarrier has, are immediately destroyed upon using the MetaPickup.
        - @b destroyCarrier The PickupCarrier is immediately destroyed upon using the MetaPickup.

        The default value is <em>none</em>, which basically does nothing.
        
        The parameter <b>activation type</b> can be used to specify, whether the MetaPickup is used upon pickup (<em>immediate</em>) or not (<em>onUse</em>). With <em>immediate</em> being the default.

        An example of a XML implementation of a MetaPickup would be:
        @code
        <MetaPickup
            activationType = "immediate"
            metaType = "use"
        />
        @endcode

    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick

    @ingroup PickupItems
    */
    class _PickupExport MetaPickup : public Pickup
    {

        public:
            MetaPickup(BaseObject* creator); //!< Constructor. Registers and initializes the object.
            virtual ~MetaPickup(); //!< Destructor.

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

            /**
            @brief Returns the meta type of the MetaPickup.
            @return Returns an enum with the meta type of the MetaPickup.
            */
            inline pickupMetaType::Value getMetaTypeDirect(void) const
                { return this->metaType_; }
            const std::string& getMetaType(void) const; //!< Get the meta type of this MetaPickup.

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

            /**
            @brief Set the meta type of the MetaPickup.
            @param type The meta type as an enum.
            */
            inline void setMetaTypeDirect(pickupMetaType::Value type)
                { this->metaType_ =  type; }
            void setMetaType(const std::string& type); //!< Set the meta type of this MetaPickup.

        private:
            void initialize(void); //!< Initializes the member variables.

            pickupMetaType::Value metaType_; //!< The meta type of the MetaPickup, determines which actions are taken.

            //! Static strings for the meta types.
            static const std::string metaTypeNone_s;
            static const std::string metaTypeUse_s;
            static const std::string metaTypeDrop_s;
            static const std::string metaTypeDestroy_s;
            static const std::string metaTypeDestroyCarrier_s;

    };

}

#endif // _TestPickup_H__