Datastore.hpp

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/**
  @file Datastore.hpp

  @author Aline LIBRES <libres@supagro.inra.fr>
 */

#ifndef __OPENFLUID_CORE_DATASTORE_HPP__
#define __OPENFLUID_CORE_DATASTORE_HPP__

#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <openfluid/dllexport.hpp>


namespace openfluid { namespace core {


class DatastoreItem;

/**
  Container class for holding information about additional resources.
*/
class OPENFLUID_API Datastore
{
  public:

   /**
     Type to store items indexed by their ID
   */
   typedef std::map<std::string, DatastoreItem*> DataItemsById_t;


  private:

    DataItemsById_t m_ItemsById;

  public:

    /**
      Creates an empty datastore.
    */
    Datastore();

    /**
      Destroys all items of the datastore.
    */
    ~Datastore();

    /**
      Gets all items of the datastore.
     @return A map of all items of the datastore.
    */
    DataItemsById_t getItems();

    /**
      Gets all items of the datastore.
      @return A const map of all items of the datastore.
    */
    const DataItemsById_t getItems() const;

    /**
      Gets the item of the datastore matching the given ID.
      @param[in] ItemID ID of the expected item.
      @return The item with the given ID, or 0 if not found.
    */
    DatastoreItem* item(const std::string& ItemID);

    /**
     Adds an item to the datastore.
     If an item already exists with the ID of the given <tt>Item</tt>,it is deleted before adding.

     @param[in] Item The item to add.
    */
    void addItem(const DatastoreItem* Item);
};

} } // namespaces

#endif /* __OPENFLUID_CORE_DATASTORE_HPP__ */