actionhandler.h

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#ifndef _uiactionhandler_h
#define _uiactionhandler_h

#include "Input/metacodekey.h"

namespace Mezzanine
{
    namespace UI
    {
        class Action;
        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        /// @class ActionHandler
        /// @headerfile actionhandler.h
        /// @brief This class is the core class responsible for the management of actions.
        /// @details
        ///////////////////////////////////////
        class MEZZ_LIB ActionHandler
        {
        public:
            typedef std::map< String,Action* >                   ActionContainer;
            typedef ActionContainer::iterator                    ActionIterator;
            typedef ActionContainer::const_iterator              ConstActionIterator;
            typedef std::vector< Action* >                       ActivatedContainer;
            typedef ActivatedContainer::iterator                 ActivatedIterator;
            typedef ActivatedContainer::const_iterator           ConstActivatedIterator;
            typedef std::multimap< Input::MetaCodeKey,Action* >  BindingContainer;
            typedef BindingContainer::iterator                   BindingIterator;
            typedef BindingContainer::const_iterator             ConstBindingIterator;
            typedef std::pair< Input::MetaCodeKey,Action* >      BindingPair;
            typedef std::pair<BindingIterator,BindingIterator>   BindingRange;
            typedef std::pair<ConstBindingIterator,ConstBindingIterator>  ConstBindingRange;
        protected:
            ActionContainer Actions;
            BindingContainer Bindings;
            ActivatedContainer ActivatedActions;
        public:
            /// @brief Class constructor.
            ActionHandler();
            /// @brief Class destructor.
            ~ActionHandler();

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            // Action Management

            /// @brief Creates a new Action that can be bound to a MetaCode.
            /// @param Name The name to be given to the created Action.
            /// @return Returns a pointer to the created Action.
            Action* CreateAction(const String& Name);
            /// @brief Gets an Action by name.
            /// @param Name The name of the Action to retrieve.
            /// @return Returns a pointer to the named Action.
            Action* GetAction(const String& Name);
            /// @brief Destroy's an action.
            /// @param ToBeDestroyed The action to be destroyed.
            void DestroyAction(Action* ToBeDestroyed);
            /// @brief Destroys all Actions being stored by this Handler.
            void DestroyAllActions();

            /// @brief Gets an iterator to the first Action.
            /// @return Returns an iterator to the first Action stored by this handler.
            ActionIterator BeginAction();
            /// @brief Gets an iterator to one-passed-the-last Action.
            /// @return Returns an iterator to one-passed-the-last Action stored by this handler.
            ActionIterator EndAction();
            /// @brief Gets a const iterator to the first Action.
            /// @return Returns a const iterator to the first Action stored by this handler.
            ConstActionIterator BeginAction() const;
            /// @brief Gets a const iterator to one-passed-the-last Action.
            /// @return Returns a const iterator to one-passed-the-last Action stored by this handler.
            ConstActionIterator EndAction() const;

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            // Binding Methods

            /// @brief Gets all Actions bound to a MetaCode.
            /// @param Code The MetaCode to use to search for bound Actions.
            /// @return Returns the first and one-passed-the-last iterators representing all of the Actions bound to the provided code.
            ConstBindingRange GetActionsBoundToCode(const Input::MetaCode& Code);

            /// @brief Binds a MetaCode to an action, making the action fire when this handler recieves the code.
            /// @note Only one Action can be bound to a given code.  Binding a second Action to a code will unbind the first.
            /// @param Code The code to trigger the Action.
            /// @param ToBind The Action to be triggered.
            /// @param ForceUnique If true this will clear any previous entries that are equal to the MetaCode provided in the binding multimap.
            void Bind(const Input::MetaCode& Code, Action* ToBind, bool ForceUnique = true);
            /// @brief Unbinds Actions via MetaCode.
            /// @note This can unbind multiple Actions.
            /// @param Code The MetaCode to find and remove all bindings to actions.
            void Unbind(const Input::MetaCode& Code);
            /// @brief Unbinds an Action via Action pointer.
            /// @note This method will iterate over all the elements in the binding multimap in search of all bindings to the provided Action.
            /// @param ToUnbind The Action to unbind from any and all MetaCodes.
            void Unbind(Action* ToUnbind);
            /// @brief Unbinds all actions in this handler.
            /// @note This does not delete entries for MetaCodeKey's, this simply sets the Action value to NULL.
            void UnbindAll();
            /// @brief Completely removes all bindings from this Handler.
            void RemoveAllBindings();

            /// @brief Gets an iterator to the first Binding.
            /// @return Returns an iterator to the first Binding stored by this handler.
            BindingIterator BeginBinding();
            /// @brief Gets an iterator to one-passed-the-last Binding.
            /// @return Returns an iterator to one-passed-the-last Binding stored by this handler.
            BindingIterator EndBinding();
            /// @brief Gets a const iterator to the first Binding.
            /// @return Returns a const iterator to the first Binding stored by this handler.
            ConstBindingIterator BeginBinding() const;
            /// @brief Gets a const iterator to one-passed-the-last Binding.
            /// @return Returns a const iterator to one-passed-the-last Binding stored by this handler.
            ConstBindingIterator EndBinding() const;

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            // Internal Methods

            /// @internal
            /// @brief Used by Actions to notify this handler it was activated.
            /// @param BeingActivated The Action calling this method and being activated.
            void _NotifyActionActivated(Action* BeingActivated);
            /// @internal
            /// @brief Handles input passed to this handler.
            /// @param Code The MetaCode to be processed.
            /// @return Returns true if this input was consumed/handled, false otherwise.
            bool _HandleInput(const Input::MetaCode& Code);
            /// @internal
            /// @brief Processes all active actions, and deactivates them if necessary.
            void _ProcessAllActions();
        };//ActionHandler
    }//UI
}//Mezzanine

#endif