gmPluginObject.h

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**
** Copyright (C) 2014 by Carlos Augusto Teixera Mendes
** All rights reserved.
**
** This file is part of the "GeMA" software. It's use should respect
** the terms in the license agreement that can be found together
** with this source code.
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** INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
** A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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************************************************************************/

#ifndef _GEMA_PLUGIN_OBJECT_H_
#define _GEMA_PLUGIN_OBJECT_H_

#include "gmLog.h"

#include <QString>

class GmSimulationData;
class LuaTable;


class GMC_API_EXPORT GmPluginObject
{
public:
  GmPluginObject(GmSimulationData* simulation, QString id, QString description, const GmLogCategory& logger);
  
  virtual ~GmPluginObject() {}

  QString id() const { return _id; }

  QString description() const { return _description; }

  QString pluginTypeName() const { return QString(pluginName()) + "." + pluginType(); }

  virtual const char* pluginCategory() const = 0;

  virtual const char* pluginName() const = 0;

  virtual const char* pluginType() const = 0;

  virtual bool loadPrivateData(LuaTable& table) = 0;
  
  virtual void printParameters(const GmLogCategory& logger) = 0;

protected:
  virtual const GmLogCategory& logger() const { return _logger; }

  GmSimulationData* simulationData() const { return _simData; }

private:

  GmSimulationData* _simData;      
  QString           _id;           
  QString           _description;  

  const GmLogCategory& _logger;    
};

#endif