managerfactory.h

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#ifndef _managerfactory_h
#define _managerfactory_h

#include "datatypes.h"

namespace Mezzanine
{
    namespace XML
    {
        class Node;
    }
    class ManagerBase;
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// @class ManagerFactory
    /// @headerfile managerfactory.h
    /// @brief This is a base class for factories that construct the managers the engine uses.
    /// @details
    ///////////////////////////////////////
    class MEZZ_LIB ManagerFactory
    {
        public:
            /// @brief Class constructor.
            ManagerFactory() {  };
            /// @brief Class destructor.
            virtual ~ManagerFactory() {  };

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

            /// @brief Creates a manager of the type represented by this factory.
            /// @param Params A NameValuePairList containing the params to be applied during construction.
            /// @return Returns a pointer to the manager created.
            virtual ManagerBase* CreateManager(NameValuePairList& Params) = 0;
            /// @brief Creates a manager from XML.
            /// @param XMLNode The node of the xml document to construct from.
            /// @return Returns a pointer to the manager created.
            virtual ManagerBase* CreateManager(XML::Node& XMLNode) = 0;
            /// @brief Destroys a Manager created by this factory.
            /// @param ToBeDestroyed A pointer to the manager to be destroyed.
            virtual void DestroyManager(ManagerBase* ToBeDestroyed) = 0;
    };//ManagerFactory
}//Mezzanine

#endif