parameter/ElementLibrary.h

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#pragma once

#include <map>
#include <string>

#include "Element.h"

using namespace std;

class CElementBuilder;

class CElementLibrary
{
    typedef map<string, const CElementBuilder*> ElementBuilderMap;
    typedef ElementBuilderMap::iterator ElementBuilderMapIterator;
    typedef ElementBuilderMap::const_iterator ElementBuilderMapConstIterator;

public:
    CElementLibrary();
    virtual ~CElementLibrary();

    /** Add a xml tag and it's corresponding builder in the library.
       *
       * @param[in] xmlTag is the tag of an xml element that can be given to the builder to
       *               create a new element.
       * @param[in] pElementBuilder is the tag associated element builder.
       */
    void addElementBuilder(string type, const CElementBuilder *pElementBuilder);
    void clean();

    // Instantiation
    CElement* createElement(const CXmlElement& xmlElement) const;

private:
    // Builder type
    virtual string getBuilderType(const CXmlElement& xmlElement) const;

    // Builders
    ElementBuilderMap _elementBuilderMap;
};