source: pacpusframework/trunk/include/Pacpus/kernel/ComponentFactoryBase.h@ 61

/**
 *
 * This file is part of the PACPUS framework distributed under the 
 * CECILL-C License, Version 1.0.
 * 
 * @author  Gerald Dherbomez
 * @date    December, 2012
 * @version $Id$
 * @copyright Copyright (c) UTC/CNRS Heudiasyc 2005 - 2013. All rights reserved.
 * 
 */

#ifndef DEF_PACPUS_COMPONENTFACTORYBASE_H
#define DEF_PACPUS_COMPONENTFACTORYBASE_H

#include <Pacpus/kernel/pacpus.h>

class QString;

namespace pacpus {

class ComponentManager;
class ComponentBase;

/** ComponentFactoryBase
 * @brief Provide an abstract class to the template ComponentFactory.
 */
class PACPUSLIB_API ComponentFactoryBase
{
    friend class ComponentManager;
public:
    /** Ctor of ComponentFactoryBase. */
    ComponentFactoryBase();
    /** Dtor of ComponentFactoryBase. */
    virtual ~ComponentFactoryBase();

protected:
    /** Create a new component having @em name as component name.
     * @param name Name of the instantiated component.
     * @return Pointer on the newly created component, you become the owner of its lifetime.
     */
    virtual ComponentBase * instantiateComponent(const QString& name) = 0;
    
    /** Register a new factory.
     * @param addr Address of the factory.
     * @param type Name of the type created by the factory.
     */
    void addFactory(ComponentFactoryBase* addr, const QString& type);
    
    /** Add a new component.
     * @param name Name of the new component.
     */
    void addComponent(const QString& name);

private:
    ComponentManager* mgr_;
};

} // namespace pacpus

#endif