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 * Authors: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef ATTRIBUTE_H
#define ATTRIBUTE_H
 
#include <string>
#include <stdint.h>
#include "ptr.h"
#include "simple-ref-count.h"
 
namespace ns3 {
 
class AttributeAccessor;
class AttributeChecker;
class Attribute;
class ObjectBase;
 
class AttributeValue : public SimpleRefCount<AttributeValue>
{
public:
  AttributeValue ();
  virtual ~AttributeValue ();
 
  virtual Ptr<AttributeValue> Copy (void) const = 0;
  virtual std::string SerializeToString (Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker) const = 0;
  virtual bool DeserializeFromString (std::string value, Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker) = 0;
};
 
class AttributeAccessor : public SimpleRefCount<AttributeAccessor>
{
public:
  AttributeAccessor ();
  virtual ~AttributeAccessor ();
 
  virtual bool Set (ObjectBase * object, const AttributeValue &value) const = 0;
  virtual bool Get (const ObjectBase * object, AttributeValue &attribute) const = 0;
 
  virtual bool HasGetter (void) const = 0;
  virtual bool HasSetter (void) const = 0;
};
 
class AttributeChecker : public SimpleRefCount<AttributeChecker>
{
public:
  AttributeChecker ();
  virtual ~AttributeChecker ();
 
  Ptr<AttributeValue> CreateValidValue (const AttributeValue &value) const;
  virtual bool Check (const AttributeValue &value) const = 0;
  virtual std::string GetValueTypeName (void) const = 0;
  virtual bool HasUnderlyingTypeInformation (void) const = 0;
  virtual std::string GetUnderlyingTypeInformation (void) const = 0;
  virtual Ptr<AttributeValue> Create (void) const = 0;
  virtual bool Copy (const AttributeValue &source, AttributeValue &destination) const = 0;
};
 
class EmptyAttributeValue : public AttributeValue
{
public:
  EmptyAttributeValue ();
 
private:
  virtual Ptr<AttributeValue> Copy (void) const;
  virtual std::string SerializeToString (Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker) const;
  virtual bool DeserializeFromString (std::string value, Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker);
};
 
class EmptyAttributeAccessor : public AttributeAccessor
{
public:
  EmptyAttributeAccessor ();
  ~EmptyAttributeAccessor ();
  virtual bool Set (ObjectBase * object, const AttributeValue &value) const;
  virtual bool Get (const ObjectBase * object, AttributeValue &attribute) const;
  virtual bool HasGetter (void) const;
  virtual bool HasSetter (void) const;
};
 
static inline Ptr<const AttributeAccessor>
MakeEmptyAttributeAccessor ()
{
  return Ptr<const AttributeAccessor> (new EmptyAttributeAccessor (), false);
}
 
class EmptyAttributeChecker : public AttributeChecker
{
public:
  EmptyAttributeChecker ();
  ~EmptyAttributeChecker ();
  virtual bool Check (const AttributeValue &value) const;
  virtual std::string GetValueTypeName (void) const;
  virtual bool HasUnderlyingTypeInformation (void) const;
  virtual std::string GetUnderlyingTypeInformation (void) const;
  virtual Ptr<AttributeValue> Create (void) const;
  virtual bool Copy (const AttributeValue &source, AttributeValue &destination) const;
};
 
static inline Ptr<AttributeChecker>
MakeEmptyAttributeChecker ()
{
  return Ptr<AttributeChecker> (new EmptyAttributeChecker (), false);
}
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* ATTRIBUTE_H */