FunctionFactory.hpp

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

                        FunctionFactory.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 FUNCTIONFACTORY_HPP
#define FUNCTIONFACTORY_HPP

#include "../OperationFactory.hpp"
#include "../Property.hpp"
#include "../ProgramInterface.hpp"
#include "../DispatchInterface.hpp"

#include <map>
#include <string>

namespace RTT
{
    class ExecutionEngine;




    class FunctionFactory
        : public detail::OperationFactoryPart<DispatchInterface*>
    {
        ProgramInterfacePtr func;
        ExecutionEngine* proc;
    public:
        FunctionFactory(ProgramInterfacePtr func, ExecutionEngine* procs);

        std::string resultType() const;

        std::vector< ArgumentDescription > getArgumentList() const;

        int arity() const;

        DispatchInterface* produce(const std::vector<DataSourceBase::shared_ptr>& args
                                   ) const;
    };
}

#endif