DataObjectInterface.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Mon Jan 19 14:11:26 CET 2004  DataObjectInterface.hpp

                        DataObjectInterface.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Mon January 19 2004
    copyright            : (C) 2004 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter.soetens@mech.kuleuven.ac.be

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#ifndef CORELIB_DATAOBJECTINTERFACE_HPP
#define CORELIB_DATAOBJECTINTERFACE_HPP


#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

namespace RTT
{ namespace base {


    template <class T>
    class DataObjectInterface
    {
    public:
        typedef typename boost::shared_ptr<DataObjectInterface<T> > shared_ptr;

        DataObjectInterface() {
        }

        virtual ~DataObjectInterface() {}

        typedef T DataType;

        virtual void Get( DataType& pull ) const = 0;

        virtual DataType Get() const = 0;

        virtual void Set( const DataType& push ) = 0;

        virtual void data_sample( const DataType& sample ) = 0;
    };
}}

#endif