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/**
    @defgroup ObjectList Object-lists and iterators
    @ingroup Object
*/

/**
    @file
    @ingroup Object ObjectList
    @brief Definition of the ObjectList class, a wrapper of ObjectListBase.

    @ref orxonox::ObjectList "ObjectList<T>" is a wrapper of an @ref orxonox::ObjectListBase
    "ObjectListBase" of class @a T. Use @ref orxonox::ObjectListIterator "ObjectListIterator<T>"
    to iterate through the list.
*/

#ifndef _ObjectList_H__
#define _ObjectList_H__

#include "core/CorePrereqs.h"

#include "ObjectListBase.h"
#include "ObjectListIterator.h"
#include "Context.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    // ###############################
    // ###       ObjectList        ###
    // ###############################
    /**
        @brief The ObjectList contains all objects of the given class.

        Wraps the ObjectListBase which contains all objects of type @a T. Use @ref ObjectListIterator
        "ObjectListIterator<T>" or its typedef ObjectList<T>::iterator to iterate through all objects
        in the list.
    */
    template <class T>
    class ObjectList
    {
        static_assert(std::is_base_of<Listable, T>::value, "ObjectList can only be used with Listables");

        public:
            typedef ObjectListIterator<T> iterator;

            ObjectList() : ObjectList(Context::getRootContext()) {}
            ObjectList(Context* context) : ObjectList(context->getObjectList<T>()) {}
            ObjectList(ObjectListBase* list) : list_(list) {}

            /// Returns the size of the list
            inline size_t size()
            {   return this->list_->size();   }

            /// Returns an Iterator to the first element in the list.
            inline ObjectListIterator<T> begin()
            {   return static_cast<ObjectListElement<T>*>(this->list_->begin());   }
            /// Returns an Iterator to the element after the last element in the list.
            inline ObjectListIterator<T> end()
            {   return static_cast<ObjectListElement<T>*>(this->list_->end());   }

            /// Returns an Iterator to the last element in the list.
            inline ObjectListIterator<T> rbegin()
            {   return static_cast<ObjectListElement<T>*>(this->list_->rbegin());   }
            /// Returns an Iterator to the element before the first element in the list.
            inline ObjectListIterator<T> rend()
            {   return static_cast<ObjectListElement<T>*>(this->list_->rend());   }

        private:
            ObjectListBase* list_;
    };
}

#endif /* _ObjectList_H__ */