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/**
    @file
    @ingroup Output
    @brief Declaration of the ConsoleWriter singleton which is used to write output to the console.
*/

#ifndef _ConsoleWriter_H__
#define _ConsoleWriter_H__

#include "util/UtilPrereqs.h"

#include <ostream>

#include "BaseWriter.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
        @brief ConsoleWriter inherits from BaseWriter and writes output to the console.

        This class can be seen as an equivalent to std::cout within the output system.
    */
    class _UtilExport ConsoleWriter : public BaseWriter
    {
        public:
            ConsoleWriter(std::ostream& outputStream);
            virtual ~ConsoleWriter();

            void enable();
            void disable();

            inline const std::ostream& getOutputStream() const
                { return this->outputStream_; }

        protected:
            virtual void printLine(const std::string& line, OutputLevel level) override;

        private:
            // non-copyable:
            ConsoleWriter(const ConsoleWriter&) = delete;
            ConsoleWriter& operator=(const ConsoleWriter&) = delete;

            std::ostream& outputStream_; ///< The ostream to which the console writer writes its output
            bool bEnabled_;              ///< If false, the instance will not write output to the console.
    };
}

#endif /* _ConsoleWriter_H__ */