/*=========================================================================
                                                                                
  Program:   bbtk
  Module:    $RCSfile: bbtkComplexBlackBoxOutputDescriptor.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008/01/22 15:02:00 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.1 $
                                                                                
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/**
 *  \file 
 *  \brief Class bbtk::ComplexBlackBoxOutputDescriptor : structure containing the description of a ComplexBlackBox output (name, description, type, mapping)
 */
/**
 * \class bbtk::ComplexBlackBoxOutputDescriptor
 * \brief Structure containing the description of a ComplexBlackBox output (name, description, type, mapping)
 */

#ifndef __bbtkComplexBlackBoxOutputDescriptor_h__
#define __bbtkComplexBlackBoxOutputDescriptor_h__

#include "bbtkBlackBoxOutputDescriptor.h"
#include "bbtkMessageManager.h"
//#include "bbtkSystem.h"

namespace bbtk
{


  class BBTK_EXPORT ComplexBlackBoxOutputDescriptor : public bbtk::BlackBoxOutputDescriptor
  {
  public:
      
    ComplexBlackBoxOutputDescriptor( const std::string& name,
				     const std::string& description,
				     const std::string& target,
				     const std::string& output,
				     TypeInfo type);
    
    ~ComplexBlackBoxOutputDescriptor();
    
    /// Returns the type of the output
    TypeInfo GetTypeInfo() const { return mType; }
    /// Returns the name of the type of the output    
    std::string GetTypeName() const { return TypeName(mType); }
    /// Returns the name of the type of the output    
    std::string GetHumanTypeName() const { return HumanTypeName(mType); }
    /// 
    bool IsPointerType() const { return false; }
    

    /// Returns the target black box 
    const std::string& GetTarget() const { return mTarget; }
    /// Returns the output 
    const std::string& GetOutput() const { return mOutput; }
        
  private:
    /// Default ctor is private 
    ComplexBlackBoxOutputDescriptor() : 
      BlackBoxOutputDescriptor("",""), mType(typeid(void))  {}
    std::string mTarget;
    std::string mOutput;
    TypeInfo mType;
  };

}
// namespace bbtk
#endif