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#ifndef _EventIncludes_H__
#define _EventIncludes_H__

#include "CorePrereqs.h"
#include "Executor.h"
#include "XMLPort.h"

/**
    @brief Defines a new event state (a state of the object which can be changed by events).
    
    @param classname    The name of this class
    @param subclassname Usually BaseObject - if different, only instances of this class can send events to this object
    @param statename    The name (string) of this state
    @param function     The function which should be used to set the state
    @param xmlelement   Argument for XMLPort
    @param mode         Argument for XMLPort
*/
#define XMLPortEventState(classname, subclassname, statename, function, xmlelement, mode) \
    orxonox::EventState* containername##function = this->getEventState(statename); \
    if (!containername##function) \
    { \
        containername##function = new orxonox::EventState(orxonox::createFunctor(&classname::function, this), orxonox::ClassIdentifier<subclassname>::getIdentifier()); \
        this->addEventState(statename, containername##function); \
    } \
    XMLPortEventStateIntern(xmlportevent##function, classname, statename, xmlelement, mode)

/**
    @brief Like XMLPortEventState but with additional template arguments to identify the function of the state (if ambiguous).
*/
#define XMLPortEventStateTemplate(classname, subclassname, statename, function, xmlelement, mode, ...) \
    orxonox::EventState* containername##function = this->getEventState(statename); \
    if (!containername##function) \
    { \
        containername##function = new orxonox::EventState(orxonox::createFunctor<classname, __VA_ARGS__ >(&classname::function, this), orxonox::ClassIdentifier<subclassname>::getIdentifier()); \
        this->addEventState(statename, containername##function); \
    } \
    XMLPortEventStateIntern(xmlportevent##function, classname, statename, xmlelement, mode)

#define XMLPortEventStateIntern(name, classname, statename, xmlelement, mode) \
    static orxonox::ExecutorMember<classname>* xmlsetfunctor##name = (orxonox::ExecutorMember<classname>*)&orxonox::createExecutor(orxonox::createFunctor(&classname::addEventSource), std::string( #classname ) + "::" + "addEventSource" + "(" + statename + ")")->setDefaultValue(1, statename); \
    static orxonox::ExecutorMember<classname>* xmlgetfunctor##name = (orxonox::ExecutorMember<classname>*)&orxonox::createExecutor(orxonox::createFunctor(&classname::getEventSource), std::string( #classname ) + "::" + "getEventSource" + "(" + statename + ")")->setDefaultValue(1, statename); \
    XMLPortObjectGeneric(xmlport##name, classname, orxonox::BaseObject, statename, xmlsetfunctor##name, xmlgetfunctor##name, xmlelement, mode, false, true)
    

/**
    @brief Defines a new event name for a class. Named events can only have names which were defined with this macro.
    
    @param classname The name of the class
    @param name      The name of the event
*/
#define CreateEventName(classname, name) \
    static std::string eventname##classname##name = #name

/**
    @brief This macro is needed to fire an event with this name. The event name must previously be declared with @ref CreateEventName.
*/    
#define FireEventName(classname, name) \
    eventname##classname##name
 
#endif /* _EventIncludes_H__ */