actor.h

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#ifndef _actor_h
#define _actor_h

#include "datatypes.h"
#include "worldobject.h"

/// @file
/// @brief The base class for all Actors is defined here.

namespace Mezzanine
{
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// @brief This is the base class from which all the actors inherit.
    /// @details The actor classes are responsible for character and character-like objects in the
    /// 3D world.
    ///////////////////////////////////////
    class MEZZ_LIB Actor : public WorldObject
    {
    protected:
    public:
        /// @brief Class constructor.
        Actor();
        /// @brief Class destructor.
        virtual ~Actor();
    };//Actor

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// @brief A base factory type for the creation of Actor objects.
    /// @details
    ///////////////////////////////////////
    class MEZZ_LIB ActorFactory
    {
    public:
        /// @brief Class constructor.
        ActorFactory() {  }
        /// @brief Class destructor.
        virtual ~ActorFactory() {  }

        /// @brief Gets the name of the Actor that is created by this factory.
        /// @return Returns the typename of the Actor created by this factory.
        virtual String GetTypeName() const = 0;

        /// @brief Creates a Actor of the type represented by this factory.
        /// @param Name The name to be given to this object.
        /// @param TheWorld A pointer to the world this object belongs to.
        /// @param Params A NameValuePairList containing the params to be applied during construction.
        /// @return Returns a pointer to the Actor created.
        virtual Actor* CreateActor(const String& Name, World* TheWorld, const NameValuePairMap& Params) = 0;
        /// @brief Creates a Actor from XML.
        /// @param XMLNode The node of the xml document to construct from.
        /// @param TheWorld A pointer to the world this object belongs to.
        /// @return Returns a pointer to the Actor created.
        virtual Actor* CreateActor(const XML::Node& XMLNode, World* TheWorld) = 0;
        /// @brief Destroys a Actor created by this factory.
        /// @param ToBeDestroyed A pointer to the Actor to be destroyed.
        virtual void DestroyActor(Actor* ToBeDestroyed) = 0;
    };//ActorFactory
}//Mezzanine

#endif