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

#ifndef _NotificationManager_H__
#define _NotificationManager_H__

#include "OrxonoxPrereqs.h"

#include <ctime>
#include <map>
#include <string>

#include "util/Singleton.h"
#include "core/OrxonoxClass.h"

namespace orxonox
{

    /**
    @brief
        The Singleton NotificationManager functions as a gateway between Notifications and NotificationQueues.
        It receives, organizes Notifications and the redistributes them to the specific NotificationQueues.
    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick
    */
    class _OrxonoxExport NotificationManager : public Singleton<NotificationManager>, public OrxonoxClass
    {
            friend class Singleton<NotificationManager>;
        public:
            NotificationManager();
            virtual ~NotificationManager();

            static const std::string ALL;
            static const std::string NONE;

            bool registerNotification(Notification* notification); //!< Registers a Notification within the NotificationManager.
            bool registerQueue(NotificationQueue* queue); //!< Registers a NotificationQueue within the NotificationManager.

            bool getNotifications(NotificationQueue* queue, std::multimap<std::time_t,Notification*>* map, const std::time_t & timeFrameStart, const std::time_t & timeFrameEnd); //!< Returns the Notifications for a specific NotificationQueue in a specified timeframe.

            /**
            @brief Fetches the Notifications for a specific NotificationQueue starting at a specified time.
            @param queue The NotificationQueue the Notifications are fetched for.
            @param map A multimap, in which the notifications are stored.
            @param timeFrameStart The start time the Notifications are fetched from.
            @return Returns true if successful.
            */
            bool getNotifications(NotificationQueue* queue, std::multimap<std::time_t,Notification*>* map, const std::time_t & timeFrameStart)
                { return this->getNotifications(queue, map, timeFrameStart, std::time(0)); }
            /**
            @brief Fetches the Notifications for a specific NotificationQueue starting at a specified timespan before now.
            @param queue The NotificationQueue the Notifications are fetched for.
            @param map A multimap, in which the notifications are stored.
            @param timeDelay The timespan.
            @return Returns true if successful.
            */
            bool getNotifications(NotificationQueue* queue, std::multimap<std::time_t,Notification*>* map, int timeDelay)
                { return this->getNotifications(queue, map, std::time(0)-timeDelay, std::time(0)); }

        private:
            static NotificationManager* singletonPtr_s;

            int highestIndex_; //!< This variable holds the highest index (resp. key) in notificationLists_s, to secure that  no key appears twice.

            std::multimap<std::time_t,Notification*> allNotificationsList_; //!< Container where all notifications are stored (together with their respecive timestamps).
            std::map<NotificationQueue*,int> queueList_; //!< Container where all NotificationQueues are stored with a number as identifier.
            std::map<int,std::multimap<std::time_t,Notification*>*> notificationLists_; //!< Container where all Notifications, for each identifier (associated with a NotificationQueue), are stored.


    };

}

#endif /* _NotificationManager_H__ */