arcsabstractfamily.h

/*
  name: include/arcs/arcsabstractfamily.h

  This file is part of ARCS - Augmented Reality Component System
  (version 2-current), written by Jean-Yves Didier 
  for IBISC Laboratory (http://www.ibisc.univ-evry.fr)

  Copyright (C) 2013  Université d'Evry-Val d'Essonne

  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.
  
  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


  Please send bugreports  with examples or suggestions to
  jean-yves.didier__at__ibisc.univ-evry.fr
*/


#ifndef __ARCSABSTRACTFAMILY_H__
#define __ARCSABSTRACTFAMILY_H__


#include <arcs/arcsdll.h>

#include <QStringList>

class ARCSAbstractComponent;

class DLL_POINT ARCSAbstractFamily
{
public:
     virtual ~ARCSAbstractFamily() {}

     virtual QStringList factoryList() = 0 ;
     virtual bool addFactory(QString type, ARCSAbstractComponent* cmp) = 0;
     virtual void removeFactory(QString type) = 0;

     virtual ARCSAbstractComponent* instanciate(QString type) = 0;

     virtual void destroy(ARCSAbstractComponent* component) = 0;

     virtual QString name() const=0;

     virtual bool isInternal() const;
};


#endif //__ARCSABSTRACTFAMILY_H__