source: code/branches/usability/src/modules/notifications/NotificationDispatcher.cc @ 8004

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/**
    @file NotificationDispatcher.cc
    @brief Implementation of the NotificationDispatcher class.
*/

#include "NotificationDispatcher.h"

#include "core/CoreIncludes.h"
#include "core/EventIncludes.h"
#include "core/XMLPort.h"
#include "network/NetworkFunction.h"
#include "network/Host.h"

#include "infos/PlayerInfo.h"
#include "interfaces/PlayerTrigger.h"
#include "worldentities/pawns/Pawn.h"

#include "NotificationManager.h"

namespace orxonox
{

    CreateUnloadableFactory(NotificationDispatcher);

    registerMemberNetworkFunction(NotificationDispatcher, dispatch);

    /**
    @brief
        Default constructor. Initializes the object.
    */
    NotificationDispatcher::NotificationDispatcher(BaseObject* creator) : BaseObject(creator), Synchronisable(creator)
    {
        RegisterObject(NotificationDispatcher);

        this->sender_ = NotificationManager::NONE;
        this->registerVariables();
    }

    /**
    @brief
        Destructor.
    */
    NotificationDispatcher::~NotificationDispatcher()
    {

    }

    /**
    @brief
        Method for creating a NotificationDispatcher object through XML.
    */
    void NotificationDispatcher::XMLPort(Element& xmlelement, XMLPort::Mode mode)
    {
        SUPER(NotificationDispatcher, XMLPort, xmlelement, mode);

        XMLPortParam(NotificationDispatcher, "sender", getSender, setSender, xmlelement, mode);
        
        XMLPortEventSink(NotificationDispatcher, BaseObject, "trigger", trigger, xmlelement, mode); //TODO: Change BaseObject to MultiTrigger as soon as MultiTrigger is the base of all triggers.
    }

    void NotificationDispatcher::XMLEventPort(Element& xmlelement, XMLPort::Mode mode)
    {
        SUPER(NotificationDispatcher, XMLEventPort, xmlelement, mode);

        XMLPortEventState(NotificationDispatcher, BaseObject, "trigger", trigger, xmlelement, mode);
    }

    /**
    @brief
        Registers variables for synchronisation.
    */
    void NotificationDispatcher::registerVariables(void)
    {
        registerVariable(this->sender_, VariableDirection::ToClient);
    }

    /**
    @brief
        Dispatches a Notification with a message supplied by the createNotificationMessage() method, which can be overloaded.
    @param clientId
        The id of the client the notification should be dispatched to.
    */
    void NotificationDispatcher::dispatch(unsigned int clientId)
    {
        if(GameMode::isStandalone() || Host::getPlayerID() == clientId || this->getSyncMode() == 0x0)
        {
            const std::string message = this->createNotificationMessage();
            NotificationManager::sendNotification(message, clientId, this->getSender());
        }
        else if(GameMode::isServer())
        {
            callMemberNetworkFunction(NotificationDispatcher, dispatch, this->getObjectID(), clientId, clientId);
        }
    }

    /**
    @brief
        Is called when the NotificationDispatcher is triggered.
    @param triggered
        Whether it has been triggered or untriggered. The NotificationDispatcher only reacts to the first kind of events.
    @param trigger
        The object that caused the event to be fired.
    @return
        Returns true if the NotificationDispatcher was successfully triggered.
    */
    bool NotificationDispatcher::trigger(bool triggered, BaseObject* trigger)
    {
        if(!triggered || !this->isActive()) // If the NotificationDispatcher is inactive it cannot be executed.
            return false;

        COUT(4) << "NotificationDispatcher (&" << this << ") triggered." << std::endl;

        PlayerTrigger* pTrigger = orxonox_cast<PlayerTrigger*>(trigger);
        Pawn* pawn = NULL;

        // If the trigger is a PlayerTrigger.
        if(pTrigger != NULL)
        {
            if(!pTrigger->isForPlayer())  // The PlayerTrigger is not exclusively for Pawns which means we cannot extract one.
                return false;
            else
                pawn = pTrigger->getTriggeringPlayer();
        }
        else
            return false;

        if(pawn == NULL)
        {
            COUT(4) << "The NotificationDispatcher was triggered by an entity other than a Pawn. (" << trigger->getIdentifier()->getName() << ")" << std::endl;
            return false;
        }

        // Extract the PlayerInfo from the Pawn.
        PlayerInfo* player = pawn->getPlayer();

        if(player == NULL)
        {
            COUT(3) << "The PlayerInfo* is NULL." << std::endl;
            return false;
        }

        this->dispatch(player->getClientID());

        return true;
    }

}