#ifndef __ABSTRACT_OPERATION_H__
#define __ABSTRACT_OPERATION_H__

/*LICENSE_START*/
/*
 *  Copyright (C) 2014  Washington University School of Medicine
 *
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 *
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 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
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/*LICENSE_END*/

//make it easy to use these in an algorithm class, don't just forward declare them
#include "ProgressObject.h"
#include "CaretAssert.h"
#include "OperationParameters.h"

namespace caret {

    class AbstractOperation
    {
    protected:
        AbstractOperation();
        virtual ~AbstractOperation();
    public:

        ///override these to allow operation parsers to use your operation without writing an explicit command class
        static OperationParameters* getParameters() { CaretAssert(false); return NULL; }

        ///override these to allow operation parsers to use your operation without writing an explicit command class
        static void useParameters(OperationParameters*, ProgressObject*) { CaretAssert(false); }
        
        ///override this to set the command switch
        static AString getCommandSwitch() { CaretAssert(false); return ""; }
        
        ///override this to set the short description
        static AString getShortDescription() { CaretAssert(false); return ""; }
        
        ///override this if the operation doesn't take parameters
        static bool takesParameters() { return true; }
    };

    ///interface class for use by operation parsers
    struct AutoOperationInterface
    {
        virtual OperationParameters* getParameters() = 0;
        virtual void useParameters(OperationParameters* a, ProgressObject* b) = 0;
        virtual AString getCommandSwitch() = 0;
        virtual AString getShortDescription() = 0;
        virtual bool takesParameters() = 0;
        virtual ~AutoOperationInterface();
    };

    ///templated interface class to pass through to something that inherits from AbstractOperation (or implements equivalent functions)
    template<typename T>
    struct TemplateAutoOperation : public AutoOperationInterface
    {
        TemplateAutoOperation() { }
        OperationParameters* getParameters() { return T::getParameters(); }
        void useParameters(OperationParameters* a, ProgressObject* b) { T::useParameters(a, b); }
        AString getCommandSwitch() { return T::getCommandSwitch(); }
        AString getShortDescription() { return T::getShortDescription(); }
        bool takesParameters() { return T::takesParameters(); }
    };

    ///interface class for parsers to inherit from
    class OperationParserInterface
    {
        OperationParserInterface();//must take an interface object, for its vtable to the real algorithm, so deny default construction
    protected:
        AutoOperationInterface* m_autoOper;
    public:
        OperationParserInterface(AutoOperationInterface* myAutoOper) : m_autoOper(myAutoOper) { }
        virtual ~OperationParserInterface();
    };
}
#endif //__ABSTRACT_OPERATION_H__
