gravityfield.h

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#ifndef _gravityfield_h
#define _gravityfield_h

#include "areaeffect.h"

namespace Mezzanine
{
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// @brief This is an implementation of the AreaEffect class that alters gravity in a region.
    /// @details This class is not a gravity well, where gravity is pulling to one point.  Instead this class uniformly
    /// pulls gravity in one direction that is different from the world gravity.
    ///////////////////////////////////////
    class MEZZ_LIB GravityField : public AreaEffect
    {
    protected:
        /// @internal
        /// @brief The stored value for this fields gravity.
        Vector3 Grav;
    public:
        /// @brief Blank constructor.
        /// @param TheWorld A pointer to the world this object belongs to.
        GravityField(World* TheWorld);
        /// @brief Class constructor.
        /// @param Name The name to be given to this object.
        /// @param TheWorld A pointer to the world this object belongs to.
        GravityField(const String& Name, World* TheWorld);
        /// @brief XML constructor.
        /// @param SelfRoot An XML::Node containing the data to populate this class with.
        /// @param TheWorld A pointer to the world this object belongs to.
        GravityField(const XML::Node& SelfRoot, World* TheWorld);
        /// @brief Class destructor.
        virtual ~GravityField();

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Utility

        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObject::GetType() const
        virtual Mezzanine::WorldObjectType GetType() const;

        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObject::ApplyEffect()
        virtual void ApplyEffect();

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // GravityField Properties

        /// @brief Sets the gravity force for this field.
        /// @param Gravity The vector3 representing the force and direction of gravity this field will have.
        virtual void SetFieldGravity(const Vector3& Gravity);
        /// @brief Gets the gravity of this field.
        /// @return Returns a vector3 representing the force and direction of gravity this field has.
        virtual Vector3 GetFieldGravity() const;

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Serialization

        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObject::ProtoSerializeProperties(XML::Node&) const
        virtual void ProtoSerializeProperties(XML::Node& SelfRoot) const;
        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObject::ProtoDeSerializeProperties(const XML::Node&)
        virtual void ProtoDeSerializeProperties(const XML::Node& SelfRoot);

        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObject::GetDerivedSerializableName() const
        virtual String GetDerivedSerializableName() const;
        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObject::GetSerializableName()
        static String GetSerializableName();
    };//GravityField

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// @brief A factory type for the creation of GravityField objects.
    /// @details
    ///////////////////////////////////////
    class MEZZ_LIB GravityFieldFactory : public AreaEffectFactory
    {
    public:
        /// @brief Class constructor.
        GravityFieldFactory();
        /// @brief Class destructor.
        virtual ~GravityFieldFactory();

        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObjectFactory::GetTypeName() const
        virtual String GetTypeName() const;

        /// @brief Creates a GravityField object.
        /// @param Name The name to be given to this object.
        /// @param TheWorld A pointer to the world this object belongs to.
        virtual GravityField* CreateGravityField(const String& Name, World* TheWorld);
        /// @brief Creates a GravityField object.
        /// @param XMLNode The node of the xml document to construct from.
        /// @param TheWorld A pointer to the world this object belongs to.
        virtual GravityField* CreateGravityField(const XML::Node& XMLNode, World* TheWorld);

        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObjectFactory::CreateAreaEffect(const String&, World*, const NameValuePairMap&)
        virtual AreaEffect* CreateAreaEffect(const String& Name, World* TheWorld, const NameValuePairMap& Params);
        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObjectFactory::CreateAreaEffect(XML::Node&)
        virtual AreaEffect* CreateAreaEffect(const XML::Node& XMLNode, World* TheWorld);
        /// @copydoc Mezzanine::WorldObjectFactory::DestroyAreaEffect(AreaEffect*)
        virtual void DestroyAreaEffect(AreaEffect* ToBeDestroyed);
    };//GravityFieldFactory
}//Mezzanine

#endif