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/*! \file
  \brief  The base class for GL Studio plugin file loaders, disti::Plugin.

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#ifndef _PLUGIN_H
#define _PLUGIN_H

#include "gls_include.h"
#include <string.h>
#include <iostream>

namespace disti
{

class DistiAttributePluginData;

/** The Plugin class
  */
class Plugin
{
public:

    /** \return A description string used for informational display 
      * by the plugin GUI
      */
    virtual const char *Description(void) = 0;

    /** \return A version string used for informational display 
      * by the plugin GUI
      */
    virtual const char *Version(void) = 0;

    /** \return The type of the plugin 
      */
    virtual const char *PluginType(void) = 0;

    /** Allows plugin to specify the name of
      * its entry in the PluginData section
      * of the .gls file.
      * This may contain spaces but shall not contain a ':' or a newline.
      * If this is not overriden, PluginData will
      * not be saved or restored.
      */
    virtual const char *PluginDataName() { return NULL; }

    /** Allows plugin to write out any persistant data
      * in the form 
      *  SomeAttribute: SomeValue
      * Data must all be single-line.
      * PluginDataName() must be overriden for this to be called.
      */
    virtual void WritePluginData(DistiAttributePluginData * /*pluginData*/) {};

    /** Allows plugin to read in any persistant data
      * of the form 
      *  SomeAttribute: SomeValue
      * Data will all be single-line.
      * Data will be terminated by '}' or EOF
      * PluginDataName() must be overriden for this to be called.
      */
    virtual void ReadPluginData(DistiAttributePluginData * /*pluginData*/) {};

    /** Allows plugin to reset its attributes back to
      * their default value.  This allows for new documents
      * to use the default attributes rather
      * than whatever was used last
      * PluginDataName() must be overriden for this to be called.
      */
    virtual void ResetPluginData() {};

    /** Indicates if the plugin is of the specified type. 
      * \param str  The type of the plugin
      * \return true if plugin is the type specified
      * \remarks Used by the plug-in manager as a workaround on systems where RTTI is broken
      */
    inline bool IsPluginType(const char *str) { return !strcmp(str,PluginType()); }
    
    /* Allows plugin to handle destruction of its own data.
     */
    virtual void Destroy() = 0;
};

} // namespace disti

#endif