/***********************************************************************
    filename:   PropertyDefinitionBase.h
    created:    Sat Jun 16 2012
    author:     Paul D Turner <paul@cegui.org.uk>
*************************************************************************/
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#ifndef _CEGUIPropertyDefinitionBase_h_
#define _CEGUIPropertyDefinitionBase_h_

#include "CEGUI/String.h"

namespace CEGUI
{
class XMLSerializer;

/*!
\brief
    common base class used for types representing a new property to be
    available on all widgets that use the WidgetLook that the property
    definition is a part of.
*/
class CEGUIEXPORT PropertyDefinitionBase
{
public:
    PropertyDefinitionBase(const String& name, const String& help,
                           const String& initialValue,
                           bool redrawOnWrite, bool layoutOnWrite,
                           const String& fireEvent, const String& eventNamespace);

    virtual ~PropertyDefinitionBase();

    const String& getPropertyName() const;
    void setPropertyName(const String& name);

    const String& getInitialValue() const;
    void setInitialValue(const String& value);

    const String& getHelpString() const;
    void setHelpString(const String& help);

    bool isRedrawOnWrite() const;
    void setRedrawOnWrite(bool value);

    bool isLayoutOnWrite() const;
    void setLayoutOnWrite(bool value);

    const String& getEventFiredOnWrite() const;
    void setEventFiredOnWrite(const String& eventName);

    const String& getEventNamespace() const;
    void setEventNamespace(const String& eventNamespace);

    /*!
    \brief
        Writes an xml representation of the PropertyDefinitionBase based
        object to \a out_stream.

    \param xml_stream
        XMLSerializer where xml data should be output.
    */
    virtual void writeDefinitionXMLToStream(XMLSerializer& xml_stream) const;

protected:

    /*!
    \brief
        Write out the text of the XML element type.  Note that you should
        not write the opening '<' character, nor any other information such
        as attributes in this function.  The writeExtraAttributes function
        can be used for writing attributes.

    \param xml_stream
        XMLSerializer where xml data should be output.
    */
    virtual void writeDefinitionXMLElementType(XMLSerializer& xml_stream) const = 0;

    /*!
    \brief
        Write out any xml attributes added in a sub-class.  Note that you
        should not write the closing '/>' character sequence, nor any other
        information in this function.  You should always call the base class
        implementation of this function when overriding.

    \param xml_stream
        XMLSerializer where xml data should be output.
    */
    virtual void writeDefinitionXMLAttributes(XMLSerializer& xml_stream) const;

    String d_propertyName;
    String d_initialValue;
    String d_helpString;
    bool d_writeCausesRedraw;
    bool d_writeCausesLayout;
    String d_eventFiredOnWrite;
    String d_eventNamespace;
};

}

#endif

