source: code/branches/weapons/src/orxonox/objects/quest/QuestManager.h @ 2981

/*
 *   ORXONOX - the hottest 3D action shooter ever to exist
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 *   Author:
 *      Damian 'Mozork' Frick
 *   Co-authors:
 *      ...
 *
 */

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

#ifndef _QuestManager_H__
#define _QuestManager_H__

#include "OrxonoxPrereqs.h"

#include <map>
#include <string>

#include "core/BaseObject.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
    @brief
        Is a static class and manages Quests, by registering every Quest/QuestHint (through registerX()) and making them globally accessable (through findX()).
        Quests (and QuestHints) are registered in the QuestManager with their id, and can be accessed in the same way.
    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick
    */
    class _OrxonoxExport QuestManager : public BaseObject
    {

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

            static bool registerQuest(Quest* quest); //!< Registers a Quest in the QuestManager.
            static bool registerHint(QuestHint* quest); //!< Registers a QuestHint in the QuestManager.

            static Quest* findQuest(const std::string & questId); //!< Returns the Quest with the input id.
            static QuestHint* findHint(const std::string & hintId); //!< Returns the QuestHint with the input id.

        private:
            static std::map<std::string, Quest*> questMap_s; //!< All Quests registered by their id's.
            static std::map<std::string, QuestHint*> hintMap_s; //!< All QuestHints registered by their id's.

    };

}

#endif /* _QuestManager_H__ */