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/*=========================================================================
  Program:   bbtk
  Module:    $RCSfile: bbtkComplexBlackBoxInputDescriptor.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2012/11/16 08:49:01 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.5 $
=========================================================================*/


/**
 *  \file 
 *  \brief Class bbtk::ComplexBlackBoxInputDescriptor : structure containing the description of a ComplexBlackBox input (name, description, type, mapping)
 */
/**
 * \class bbtk::ComplexBlackBoxInputDescriptor
 * \brief Structure containing the description of a ComplexBlackBox input (name, description, type, mapping)
 */

#ifndef __bbtkComplexBlackBoxInputDescriptor_h__
#define __bbtkComplexBlackBoxInputDescriptor_h__

#include "bbtkBlackBoxInputDescriptor.h"
#include "bbtkMessageManager.h"

namespace bbtk
{


  class BBTK_EXPORT ComplexBlackBoxInputDescriptor : 
    public bbtk::BlackBoxInputDescriptor
  {
  public:
      
    ComplexBlackBoxInputDescriptor( TypeInfo creator_type_info,
				    const std::string& name,
				    const std::string& description,
				    const std::string& nature,
				    const std::string& target,
				    const std::string& input,
				    TypeInfo type);
    
    ~ComplexBlackBoxInputDescriptor();
    
    /// Returns the type of the input
    TypeInfo GetTypeInfo() const { return mType; }
    /// Returns the name of the type of the input
    std::string GetTypeName() const { return TypeName(mType); }
    /// Returns the name of the type of the input
    std::string GetHumanTypeName() const { return HumanTypeName(mType); }
    /// Returns the target black box 
    const std::string& GetTarget() const { return mTarget; }
    /// Returns the input 
    const std::string& GetInput() const { return mInput; }
    /// 
    bool IsPointerType() const { return false; }
    
    
  private:
    /// Default ctor is private 
    ComplexBlackBoxInputDescriptor() : 
      BlackBoxInputDescriptor(typeid(void),"","",""),
      mType(typeid(void)) {}
    std::string mTarget;
    std::string mInput;
    TypeInfo mType;
  };

  
}
// namespace bbtk
#endif