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[bbtk.git] / kernel / src / bbtkBlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor.h

diff --git a/kernel/src/bbtkBlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor.h b/kernel/src/bbtkBlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor.h
index 4560950cc110ff5d31f9adc178460c06cf88b284..fc2f97e91111929e348b1c429dec88a04605fb1f 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/src/bbtkBlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor.h
+++ b/kernel/src/bbtkBlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor.h
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   Program:   bbtk
   Module:    $RCSfile: bbtkBlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor.h,v $
   Language:  C++
-  Date:      $Date: 2008/04/04 08:04:05 $
-  Version:   $Revision: 1.1 $
+  Date:      $Date: 2008/04/08 06:59:29 $
+  Version:   $Revision: 1.2 $
                                                                                 
   Copyright (c) CREATIS (Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de
   l'Image). All rights reserved. See Doc/License.txt or
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 /**
  *  \file 
- *  \brief Class bbtk::BlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor : abstract descriptor of an input or an output of a black box (has a name, a description and type)
+ *  \brief Class bbtk::BlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor : abstract descriptor of an input or an output of a black box (has a name, description, type and nature)
  */
 /**
  * \class bbtk::BlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor
- * \brief Abstract descriptor of an input or an output of a black box (has a name, a description and type)
+ * \brief Abstract descriptor of an input or an output of a black box (has a name, description, type and nature)
  */
 
 #ifndef __bbtkBlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor_h__
@@ -42,23 +42,31 @@ namespace bbtk
     BlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor(TypeInfo creator_type_info,
                                  const std::string& name,
                                  const std::string& description,
-                                 bool copy_construct = true)
+                                 const std::string& nature,
+                                 bool copy_construct = true
+                                 )
       : mCreatorTypeInfo(creator_type_info),
        mName(name), 
        mDescription(description),
+       mNature(nature),
        mCopyConstruct(copy_construct)
     {}
     
     /// Returns the TypeInfo of the BlackBoxDescriptor which created this descriptor
-    TypeInfo GetCreatorTypeInfo() { return mCreatorTypeInfo; }
+    TypeInfo GetCreatorTypeInfo() const { return mCreatorTypeInfo; }
     /// Returns the name of the in/output
     const std::string& GetName() const { return mName; }
     /// Returns the description of the in/output
     const std::string& GetDescription() const { return mDescription; }
+    /// Returns the nature of the in/output
+    const std::string& GetNature() const { return mNature; }
     /// Returns the type of the in/output
     virtual TypeInfo GetTypeInfo() const = 0;
     /// Returns the name of the type of the in/output
     virtual std::string GetTypeName() const = 0;
+    /// Returns the DataInfo of the input (Type+Nature)
+    virtual DataInfo GetDataInfo() const 
+    { return DataInfo(this->GetTypeInfo(),mNature); }
     /// Returns the name of the type of the in/output
     virtual std::string GetHumanTypeName() const = 0;
     /// Returns true iff the type is a pointer to class 
@@ -71,6 +79,7 @@ namespace bbtk
     /// Default ctor is reserved to children
     BlackBoxInputOutputDescriptor() : mCreatorTypeInfo(typeid(void)),
                                      mName(""), mDescription(""),
+                                     mNature(""),
                                      mCopyConstruct(true)
                                {}
   private:
@@ -81,6 +90,8 @@ namespace bbtk
     std::string mName;
     /// The description of the input/output
     std::string mDescription;
+    /// The nature of the input/output
+    std::string mNature;
     /// Does the in/output has to be copied by copy constructor 
     /// default = true. Must be set to false if it is 
     /// initialized by the user in bbUserCopyConstructor