/*=========================================================================                                                                               
  Program:   bbtk
  Module:    $RCSfile: bbtkBlackBoxOutputDescriptor.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008/10/17 08:18:12 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.5 $
=========================================================================*/

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* Authors : Eduardo Davila, Laurent Guigues, Jean-Pierre Roux
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/**
 *  \file 
 *  \brief Class bbtk::BlackBoxOutputDescriptor : abstract descriptor of an output of a black box (stores a name, a description and type)
 */
/**
 * \class bbtk::BlackBoxOutputDescriptor
 * \brief Abstract descriptor of an output of a black box (stores a name, a description and type)
 */

#ifndef __bbtkBlackBoxOutputDescriptor_h__
#define __bbtkBlackBoxOutputDescriptor_h__

#include "bbtkBlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor.h"

namespace bbtk
{
  
  class BBTK_EXPORT BlackBoxOutputDescriptor
    : public BlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor
  {
  public:
    /// Ctor with name and description
    BlackBoxOutputDescriptor( TypeInfo creator_type_info,
			      const std::string& name,
			      const std::string& description,
			      const std::string& nature,
			      bool copy_construct = true)
      : BlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor(creator_type_info,name,
				      description,
				      nature,
				      copy_construct)
    {}
 
  protected:
    /// Default ctor is reserved to children
    BlackBoxOutputDescriptor() : 
      BlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor()
    {}
 };
  
}
// namespace bbtk
#endif