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Copyright: 2010-2015, iMinds-Vision Lab, University of Antwerp
           2014-2015, CWI, Amsterdam

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*/

#ifndef _INC_ASTRA_ASTRAOBJECTFACTORY
#define _INC_ASTRA_ASTRAOBJECTFACTORY

#include "Globals.h"
#include "Config.h"
#include "Singleton.h"
#include "Utilities.h"
#include "TypeList.h"

#include "ProjectorTypelist.h"


#include "AlgorithmTypelist.h"


namespace astra {

/**
 * This class contains functionality to create data objects based on their type or on a configuration object.
 */
template <typename T, typename TypeList>
class CAstraObjectFactory : public Singleton<CAstraObjectFactory<T, TypeList> > {

public:

	/** A default constructor that contains not a single line of code.
	 */
	CAstraObjectFactory();

	/** Destructor.  
	 */
	~CAstraObjectFactory();

	/** Create, but don't initialize, a new object.
	 *
	 * @param _sType Type of the new object.
	 * @return Pointer to a new, uninitialized object.
	 */
	T* create(std::string _sType);

	/** Create and initialize a new object.
	 *
	 * @param _cfg Configuration object to create and initialize a new object.
	 * @return Pointer to a new, initialized projector.
	 */
	T* create(const Config& _cfg);

	/** Find a plugin.
	*
	* @param _sType Name of plugin to find.
	* @return Pointer to a new, uninitialized object, or NULL if not found.
	*/
	T* findPlugin(std::string _sType);


};


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Constructor
template <typename T, typename TypeList>
CAstraObjectFactory<T, TypeList>::CAstraObjectFactory()
{

}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Destructor
template <typename T, typename TypeList>
CAstraObjectFactory<T, TypeList>::~CAstraObjectFactory()
{

}


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Hook for finding plugin in registered plugins.
template <typename T, typename TypeList>
T* CAstraObjectFactory<T, TypeList>::findPlugin(std::string _sType)
{
	return NULL;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Create 
template <typename T, typename TypeList>
T* CAstraObjectFactory<T, TypeList>::create(std::string _sType) 
{
	functor_find<T> finder = functor_find<T>();
	finder.tofind = _sType;
	CreateObject<TypeList>::find(finder);
	if (finder.res == NULL) {
		finder.res = findPlugin(_sType);
	}
	return finder.res;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Create with XML
template <typename T, typename TypeList>
T* CAstraObjectFactory<T, TypeList>::create(const Config& _cfg)
{
	T* object = create(_cfg.self.getAttribute("type"));
	if (object == NULL) return NULL;
	if (object->initialize(_cfg))
		return object;
	delete object;
	return NULL;
}
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Create the necessary Object Managers
/**
 * Class used to create algorithms from a string or a config object
*/
class _AstraExport CAlgorithmFactory : public CAstraObjectFactory<CAlgorithm, AlgorithmTypeList> {};

/**
 * Class used to create 2D projectors from a string or a config object
*/
class _AstraExport CProjector2DFactory : public CAstraObjectFactory<CProjector2D, Projector2DTypeList> {};

/**
 * Class used to create 3D projectors from a string or a config object
*/
class _AstraExport CProjector3DFactory : public CAstraObjectFactory<CProjector3D, Projector3DTypeList> {};




} // end namespace

#endif