scriptworkunit.h

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#ifndef _scriptworkunit_h
#define _scriptworkunit_h

/// @file
/// @brief This file has the interfaces for ScriptsWorkUnit

#include "script.h"
#include "countedptr.h"

#include "Threading/workunit.h"

namespace Mezzanine
{
    namespace Scripting
    {
        // Forward Declares
        class iScriptCompilable;
        class iScriptMultipleReturn;

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        /// @brief The interface for a container of script that can be executed each frame
        /// @details All the methods that all script wokunits for all languages must implement.
        /// These are minimalistic containers which will execute some of all of the scripts the container
        /// every frame.
        /// @n @n
        /// This uses multiple inheritance to minimize the amount of features a scripting langauge with need to
        /// implement.
        ///////////////////////////////////////
        class MEZZ_LIB iScriptWorkUnit : public Threading::DefaultWorkUnit
        {
            public:
                /// @brief This adds a script to list to be run each frame.
                /// @param SCriptToAdd A CountedPtr to a script
                virtual void AddScript(CountedPtr<iScript> ScriptToAdd) = 0;

                /// @brief Remove a Script.
                /// @param ArScriptToRemoveg A CountedPtr matching the one to be removed.
                virtual void RemoveScript(CountedPtr<iScript> ScriptToRemove) = 0;

                /// @brief Remove Script based on index.
                /// @details This removes the specified Script from the internal list. This should be treated as taking linear
                /// time, relative to the total count of svripts assigned to this workunit, to run.
                /// @param Index The number of the Script to be removed. This behaves similar to an array or vector as it starts counting at 0.
                virtual void RemoveScript(Whole Index) = 0;

                /// @brief How many Scripts have been added to this workunit
                /// @return A Whole containing the amount of iScripts passed in so far.
                virtual Whole GetScriptCount() const = 0;

                /// @brief Remove all the Scripts!!! http://imgur.com/PI8YiyG
                /// @details This should run in constant time. It still might be slower than removing and reading just one a few Scripts.
                virtual void ClearScripts() = 0;

                /// @brief Retrieve a Script previously passed in.
                /// @param Index The index of the passed parameter to retrun.
                /// @return A reference counted pointer to an iScript.
                virtual CountedPtr<iScript> GetScript(Whole Index) = 0;

                /// @brief Virtual deconstructor
                virtual ~iScriptWorkUnit() {}

        }; // iScript
    }


}//Mezzanine



#endif // \_script_h