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/**
    @file QuestHint.h
    @brief Definition of the QuestHint class.
    @ingroup Questsystem
*/

#ifndef _QuestHint_H__
#define _QuestHint_H__

#include "questsystem/QuestsystemPrereqs.h"

#include <map>
#include "QuestItem.h"

namespace orxonox // tolua_export
{ // tolua_export

    /**
    @brief
        The state of the @ref orxonox::QuestHint "QuestHint".

    @ingroup Questsystem
    */
    namespace QuestHintStatus
    {
        enum Value
        {
            Inactive, //!< The @ref orxonox::QuestHint "QuestHint" is inactive.
            Active //!< The @ref orxonox::QuestHint "QuestHint" is active.
        };
    }

    /**
    @brief
        Represents a hint in the game that gives aid towards completing a @ref orxonox::Quest "Quest".
        Consists of title and description (which is stored in a @ref orxonox::QuestDescription "QuestDescription" object) in textual form and must belong to a quest.
        A QuestHint has a defined status (inactive or active, where inactive is default) for each player, which means each a QuestHint exists only once for all players, it doesn't belong to a player, it just has different states for each of them.

        Creating a QuestHint through XML goes as follows:
        @code
        <QuestHint id="hintId">
            <QuestDesctription title="" description="" />
        </QuestHint>
        @endcode

    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick

    @ingroup Questsystem
    */
    class _QuestsystemExport QuestHint // tolua_export
        : public QuestItem
    { // tolua_export

        public:
            QuestHint(BaseObject* creator);
            virtual ~QuestHint();

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

            bool isActive(const PlayerInfo* player) const; //!< Returns true if the QuestHint is active for the input player.

            bool setActive(PlayerInfo* player); //!< Activates the QuestHint for the input player.
            bool setQuest(Quest* quest); //!< Sets the Quest the QuestHint belongs to.

            /**
            @brief Returns the Quest the QuestHint is attached to.
            @return  Returns a pointer to the Quest the QuestHint is attached to.
            */
            inline Quest* getQuest(void)
               { return this->quest_; }

        private:
            Quest* quest_; //!< The Quest the QuestHint belongs to.
            std::map<const PlayerInfo*, QuestHintStatus::Value> playerStatus_; //!< List of the states for each player, with the Player-pointer as key.

    }; // tolua_export

} // tolua_export

#endif /* _QuestHint_H__ */