AttributeBase.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Tue Dec 21 22:43:08 CET 2004  AttributeBase.hpp

                        AttributeBase.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Tue December 21 2004
    copyright            : (C) 2004 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter.soetens@mech.kuleuven.ac.be

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#ifndef ORO_ATTRIBUTE_BASE_HPP
#define ORO_ATTRIBUTE_BASE_HPP

#include "DataSourceBase.hpp"

namespace RTT
{

    class RTT_API AttributeBase
    {
    protected:
        std::string mname;
    public:
        AttributeBase();

        AttributeBase(const std::string& name);

        virtual ~AttributeBase();

        const std::string& getName() const;

        bool ready() const
        {
            return this->getDataSource();
        }

        virtual DataSourceBase::shared_ptr getDataSource() const = 0;

        virtual AttributeBase* clone() const = 0;

        virtual AttributeBase* copy( std::map<const DataSourceBase*, DataSourceBase*>& replacements, bool instantiate ) = 0;
    };
}
#endif