PropertyLoader.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Sat May 7 12:56:52 CEST 2005  PropertyLoader.hpp

                        PropertyLoader.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Sat May 07 2005
    copyright            : (C) 2005 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter.soetens@mech.kuleuven.ac.be

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#ifndef ORO_PROPERTY_LOADER_HPP
#define ORO_PROPERTY_LOADER_HPP

#include <string>
#include "TaskContext.hpp"

namespace RTT
{
    class RTT_API PropertyLoader
    {
    public:

        bool load(const std::string& filename, TaskContext* target) const;

        bool store(const std::string& filename, TaskContext* target) const;

        bool configure(const std::string& filename, TaskContext* target, bool all = true) const;

        bool save(const std::string& filename, TaskContext* target, bool all = true) const;

        bool configure(const std::string& filename, TaskContext* target, const std::string& name) const;

        bool save(const std::string& filename, TaskContext* target, const std::string& name) const;
    };
}

#endif