// %flair:license{
// This file is part of the Flair framework distributed under the
// CECILL-C License, Version 1.0.
// %flair:license}
/*!
 * \file IODataElement.h
 * \brief Abstract class for accessing an element of an io_data.
 * \author Guillaume Sanahuja, Copyright Heudiasyc UMR UTC/CNRS 7253
 * \date 2014/11/26
 * \version 4.0
 */

#ifndef IODATAELEMENT_H
#define IODATAELEMENT_H

#include "io_data.h"

namespace flair { namespace core {

    class DataType;

    /*! \class IODataElement
    *
    * \brief Abstract class for accessing an element of an io_data.
    */
    class IODataElement: public Object
    {
        public:
            /*!
            * \brief Constructor
            *
            * Construct an IODataElement. \n
            *
            */
            IODataElement(const io_data* parent,std::string name): Object(parent,name)
            {
                this->parent=parent;
            }
            size_t Size() const
            {
                return size;
            }

            virtual void CopyData(char* dst) const=0;

            /*!
            * \brief DataType
            *
            * \return type of data
            */
            virtual DataType const &GetDataType(void) const=0;

        protected:
            size_t size;

        private:
            const io_data* parent;

    };

} // end namespace core
} // end namespace framework

#endif // IODATAELEMENT_H