/*=========================================================================
                                                                                
  Program:   bbtk
  Module:    $RCSfile: bbtkAtomicBlackBoxOutputDescriptor.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008/02/07 11:06:37 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.1 $
                                                                                
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/**
 *  \file 
 *  \brief Class bbtk::AtomicBlackBoxOutputDescriptor : structure containing the description of a AtomicBlackBox output (name, description, type, functor)
 */
/**
 * \class bbtk::AtomicBlackBoxOutputDescriptor
 * \brief Structure containing the description of a AtomicBlackBox output (name, description, type, functor)
 */

#ifndef __bbtkAtomicBlackBoxOutputDescriptor_h__
#define __bbtkAtomicBlackBoxOutputDescriptor_h__

#include "bbtkBlackBoxOutputDescriptor.h"
#include "bbtkAtomicBlackBoxGetSetFunctor.h"
#include "bbtkMessageManager.h"

namespace bbtk
{


  class BBTK_EXPORT AtomicBlackBoxOutputDescriptor : 
    public bbtk::BlackBoxOutputDescriptor
  {
  public:
      
    AtomicBlackBoxOutputDescriptor( TypeInfo creator_type_info,
				  const std::string& name,
				  const std::string& description,
				  AtomicBlackBoxGetFunctor* getfunctor,
				  AtomicBlackBoxSetFunctor* setfunctor,
				  bool copy_construct = true);
    ~AtomicBlackBoxOutputDescriptor();
    
    /// Returns the type of the input
    TypeInfo GetTypeInfo() const { return mGetFunctor->GetTypeInfo(); }
    /// Returns the name of the type of the input
    std::string GetTypeName() const { return mGetFunctor->GetTypeName(); }
   /// Returns the name of the type of the input
    std::string GetHumanTypeName() const { return mGetFunctor->GetHumanTypeName(); }
    /// Returns true iff the type is a pointer to class 
    virtual bool IsPointerType() const { return mGetFunctor->IsPointerType(); }   /// Returns the functor on the Get method
    AtomicBlackBoxGetFunctor* GetGetFunctor() { return mGetFunctor; }
    /// Returns the functor on the Set method
    AtomicBlackBoxSetFunctor* GetSetFunctor() { return mSetFunctor; }
    
    
  private:
    /// Default ctor is private 
    AtomicBlackBoxOutputDescriptor() : 
      BlackBoxOutputDescriptor(typeid(void),"","") {}
    /// The functor on the Get method
    AtomicBlackBoxGetFunctor* mGetFunctor;
    /// The functor on the Set method
    AtomicBlackBoxSetFunctor* mSetFunctor;
  };

  
}
// namespace bbtk
#endif