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

#ifndef _CommandNotification_H__
#define _CommandNotification_H__

#include "notifications/NotificationsPrereqs.h"

#include "notifications/NotificationDispatcher.h"
#include <string>

namespace orxonox {

    /**
    @brief
        This class implements a method of displaying a Notification with information to an input command and the key the command is mapped to.
        The message that is displayed is a string made out uf the concatenation of the preMessage, the key the specified command is mapped to and the postMessage.
    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick
    */
    class _NotificationsExport CommandNotification : public NotificationDispatcher
    {

        public:
            CommandNotification(BaseObject* creator); //!< Default Constructor.
            virtual ~CommandNotification(); //!< Destructor.

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

            /**
            @brief Get the command, whose key is displayed.
            @return Returns the name of the command.
            */
            const std::string& getCommand(void)
                { return this->command_; }
            /**
            @brief Get the preMessage, the first part of the displayed message.
            @return Returns the preMessage.
            */
            const std::string& getPreMessage(void)
                { return this->preMessage_; }
            /**
            @brief Get the postMessage, the last part of the displayed message.
            @return Returns the postMessage.
            */
            const std::string& getPostMessage(void)
                { return this->postMessage_; }

        protected:
            virtual const std::string& createNotificationMessage(void); //!< Composes the Notification of the preMessage the name of the key the command is mapped to and the postMessage.

        private:
            std::string command_; //!< The name of the command.
            std::string preMessage_; //!< The first part of the displayed message.
            std::string postMessage_; //!< The last part of the displayed message.

            /**
            @brief Set the command, whose key is displayed.
            @param command The name of the command.
            */
            void setCommand(const std::string& command)
                { this->command_ = command; }
            /**
            @brief Set the preMessage, the first part of the displayed message.
            @param message The preMessage.
            */
            void setPreMessage(const std::string& message)
                { this->preMessage_ = message; }
            /**
            @brief Set the postMessage, the last part of the displayed message.
            @param message The postMessage.
            */
            void setPostMessage(const std::string& message)
                 { this->postMessage_ = message; }

    };

}

#endif // _CommandNotification_H__