source: code/trunk/src/modules/questsystem/QuestItem.h @ 7324

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/**
    @file
    @brief Definition of the QuestItem class.
        The QuestItem is the parent class of Quest and QuestHint.
*/


#ifndef _QuestItem_H__
#define _QuestItem_H__

#include "questsystem/QuestsystemPrereqs.h"

#include <string>
#include "core/BaseObject.h"
#include "QuestManager.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
    @brief
        Functions as a base class for quest classes such as Quest or QuestHint.
        Has a unique identifier and a description.
    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick
    */
    class _QuestsystemExport QuestItem : public BaseObject
    {

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

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

            /**
            @brief Returns the id of this QuestItem.
            @return Returns the id of the QuestItem.
            */
            inline const std::string & getId(void) const
                { return this->id_; }

            /**
            @brief Returns the QuestDescription of the QuestItem.
            @return Returns a pointer to the QuestDescription object of the QuestItem.
            */
            inline QuestDescription* getDescription(void) const
                { return this->description_; }

            /**
            @brief Check whether the QuestItem is registered with the QuestManager.
            @return Returns true if the QuestItem is registered with the QuestManager.
            */
            inline bool isRegistered(void)
                { return this->registered_; }
            /**
            @brief Set the QuestItem as being registered with the QuestManager.
            */
            inline void setRegistered(void)
                { this->registered_ = true; }

        protected:
            void setId(const std::string & id); //!< Sets the id of the QuestItem.

            /**
            @brief Sets the description of the QuestItem.
            @param description The QuestDescription to be set.
            */
            inline void setDescription(QuestDescription* description)
                { this->description_ = description; }

        private:
            std::string id_; //!< Identifier. Should be of GUID form: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_Unique_Identifier#Basic_structure
            QuestDescription* description_; //!< The QuestDescription of the QuestItem.

            bool registered_;

    };

}

#endif /* _QuestItem_H__ */