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#ifndef CONFIGURATION_H
#define CONFIGURATION_H

#include <cassert>
#include <libxml/xmlwriter.h>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <string>

class ConfigListener;
class ConfigurationObject;

/**
 * Configuration list manager interface; responsible for serlialising/deserialising
 * configuration choices in containers.
 *
 * \param T Type of the container elements to serialise
 * \param CONT Type of the container we (de)serialise
 */
template <class T, class CONT>
class ConfigurationListManager
{
    public:
        /**
         * Writes a value into a configuration object
         *
         * \param value The value to write out
         * \param obj The configuation object to write to
         * \return obj, or otherwise NULL to indicate that this option should be skipped
         */
        virtual ConfigurationObject *writeConfigItem(T value, ConfigurationObject *obj) = 0;

        /**
         * Reads a value from a configuration object
         *
         * \param obj The configuration object to read from
         * \param container The container to insert the object to
         */
        virtual CONT readConfigItem(ConfigurationObject *obj, CONT container) = 0;
};

/**
 * Configuration object, mapping values to names and possibly containing
 * lists of further configuration objects
 *
 * \ingroup CORE
 */
class ConfigurationObject
{
    friend class Configuration;

    public:
        virtual ~ConfigurationObject();

        /**
         * Sets an option using a string value.
         *
         * \param key Option identifier.
         * \param value Value.
         */
        virtual void setValue(const std::string &key, std::string value);

        /**
         * Sets an option using a numeric value.
         *
         * \param key Option identifier.
         * \param value Value.
         */
        virtual void setValue(const std::string &key, float value);

        /**
         * Gets a value as string.
         *
         * \param key Option identifier.
         * \param deflt Default option if not there or error.
         */
        std::string getValue(const std::string &key, std::string deflt);

        /**
         * Gets a value as numeric (float).
         *
         * \param key Option identifier.
         * \param deflt Default option if not there or error.
         */
        float getValue(const std::string &key, float deflt);

        /**
         * Re-sets all data in the configuration
         */
        virtual void clear();

        /**
         * Serialises a container into a list of configuration options
         *
         * \param IT Iterator type over CONT
         * \param T Elements that IT iterates over
         * \param CONT The associated container type
         *
         * \param name Name of the list the elements should be stored under
         * \param begin Iterator start
         * \param end Iterator end
         * \param manager An object capable of serialising T items
         */
        template <class IT, class T, class CONT>
        void setList(const std::string &name, IT begin, IT end, ConfigurationListManager<T, CONT> *manager)
        {
            ConfigurationObject *nextobj = new ConfigurationObject();
            deleteList(name);
            ConfigurationList *list = &(mContainerOptions[name]);

            for (IT it = begin; it != end; it++) {
                ConfigurationObject *wrobj = manager->writeConfigItem(*it, nextobj);
                if (wrobj) { // wrote something
                    assert (wrobj == nextobj);
                    nextobj = new ConfigurationObject();
                    list->push_back(wrobj);
                } else
                    nextobj->clear(); // you never know...
            }

            delete nextobj;
        }

       /**
        * Serialises a container into a list of configuration options
        *
        * \param IT Iterator type over CONT
        * \param T Elements that IT iterates over
        * \param CONT The associated container type
        *
        * \param name Name of the list the elements should be read from under
        * \param empty Initial (empty) container to write to
        * \param manager An object capable of deserialising items into CONT
        */
        template<class T, class CONT>
        CONT getList(const std::string &name, CONT empty, ConfigurationListManager<T, CONT> *manager)
        {
            ConfigurationList *list = &(mContainerOptions[name]);
            CONT container = empty;

            for (ConfigurationList::const_iterator it = list->begin(); it != list->end(); it++)
                container = manager->readConfigItem(*it, container);

            return container;
        }

    protected:
        virtual void initFromXML(xmlNodePtr node);
        virtual void writeToXML(xmlTextWriterPtr writer);

        void deleteList(const std::string &name);

        typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> Options;
        typedef Options::iterator OptionIterator;
        Options mOptions;

        typedef std::list<ConfigurationObject *> ConfigurationList;
        std::map<std::string, ConfigurationList> mContainerOptions;
};

/**
 * Configuration handler for reading (and writing).
 *
 * \ingroup CORE
 */
class Configuration : public ConfigurationObject
{
    public:
        virtual ~Configuration() {}

        /**
         * Reads config file and parse all options into memory.
         *
         * \param filename path to config file
         */
        void init(const std::string &filename);

        /**
         * Writes the current settings back to the config file.
         */
        void write();

        /**
         * Adds a listener to the listen list of the specified config option.
         */
        void addListener(const std::string &key, ConfigListener *listener);

        /**
         * Removes a listener from the listen list of the specified config
         * option.
         */
        void removeListener(const std::string &key, ConfigListener *listener);

        virtual void setValue(const std::string &key, std::string value);
        virtual void setValue(const std::string &key, float value);

    private:
        typedef std::list<ConfigListener*> Listeners;
        typedef Listeners::iterator ListenerIterator;
        typedef std::map<std::string, Listeners> ListenerMap;
        typedef ListenerMap::iterator ListenerMapIterator;
        ListenerMap mListenerMap;

        std::string mConfigPath;         /**< Location of config file */
};

extern Configuration config;

#endif