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/**************************************************************************
* *
* Regina - A Normal Surface Theory Calculator *
* Computational Engine *
* *
* Copyright (c) 1999-2008, Ben Burton *
* For further details contact Ben Burton (bab@debian.org). *
* *
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or *
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as *
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the *
* License, or (at your option) any later version. *
* *
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but *
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of *
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU *
* General Public License for more details. *
* *
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public *
* License along with this program; if not, write to the Free *
* Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, *
* MA 02110-1301, USA. *
* *
**************************************************************************/
/* end stub */
/*! \file shareableobject.h
* \brief Deals with objects that can be shared from the
* calculation engine with the outside world.
*/
#ifndef __SHAREABLEOBJECT_H
#ifndef __DOXYGEN
#define __SHAREABLEOBJECT_H
#endif
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "utilities/boostutils.h"
namespace regina {
/**
* \weakgroup engine
* @{
*/
/**
* Facilitates mirroring objects in the underlying C++ calculation
* engine using the various wrapper classes provided in the various
* external interfaces (such as the Python interface).
*
* In the underlying C++ engine, a ShareableObject is an object that can
* be shared with the outside world. In the external
* interfaces, a ShareableObject is a vacuous wrapper that allows access
* to the data and methods of the corresponding object in the underlying
* engine.
*
* See the various interface notes pages for more details regarding
* using classes derived from ShareableObject.
*/
class ShareableObject : public regina::boost::noncopyable {
public:
/**
* Default constructor that does nothing.
*
* \ifacespython Not present.
*/
ShareableObject();
/**
* Default destructor that does nothing.
*/
virtual ~ShareableObject();
/**
* Writes this object in short text format to the given output stream.
* The output should fit on a single line and no newline should
* be written.
*
* \ifacespython The parameter \a out does not exist;
* standard output will be used.
*
* @param out the output stream to which to write.
*/
virtual void writeTextShort(std::ostream& out) const = 0;
/**
* Writes this object in long text format to the given output
* stream. The output should provided the user with all the
* information they could want. The output should end with a
* newline.
*
* The default implementation of this routine merely calls
* writeTextShort() and adds a newline.
*
* \ifacespython The parameter \a out does not exist;
* standard output will be used.
*
* @param out the output stream to which to write.
*/
virtual void writeTextLong(std::ostream& out) const;
/**
* Returns the output from writeTextShort() as a string.
*
* \ifacespython This implements the <tt>__str__()</tt> function.
*
* @return a short text representation of this object.
*/
std::string toString() const;
/**
* Returns the output from writeTextLong() as a string.
*
* @return a long text representation of this object.
*/
std::string toStringLong() const;
};
/*@}*/
// Inline functions for ShareableObject
inline ShareableObject::ShareableObject() {
}
inline ShareableObject::~ShareableObject() {
}
inline void ShareableObject::writeTextLong(std::ostream& out) const {
writeTextShort(out);
out << '\n';
}
} // namespace regina
#endif
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