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/**
@file
@brief
    Definition of GameState class.
*/

#ifndef _GameState_H__
#define _GameState_H__

#include "CorePrereqs.h"

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <map>

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
    @brief
        An implementation of a tree to manage game states.
        This leads to a certain hierarchy that is created at runtime.
        To actually use the structure, you will have to derive from it and
        implement 'enter', 'leave' and 'tick'. The latter corresponds to an
        update function.

        Internally the tree is managed by two maps per node: One stores all its
        children, grandchildren, etc. by name of the state. The other maps these
        children states to the actual child of the node.
        An example: Foo is a grandchildren of Bar and Foofoo is the Foo's parent.
        Then Bar stores Foo in map by its name. The other one then maps Foo to Foofoo.
    */
    class _CoreExport GameState
    {
    public:
        GameState(const std::string& name);
        virtual ~GameState() { }

        const std::string& getName() const { return name_; }

        void addChild(GameState* state);
        void requestState(const std::string& name);

        //! Determines whether the state is active.
        bool isActive()       { return this->bActive_; }
        //! Determines whether the state is suspended.
        bool isSuspended()    { return this->bSuspended_; }
        //! Determines whether the state is the current
        bool isCurrentState() { return this->bActive_ && !this->activeChild_; }

    protected:
        virtual void enter() { }
        virtual void leave() { }
        virtual void tick(float dt) { }

    private:
        GameState* checkState(const std::string& name);
        GameState* getCurrentState();
        GameState* getRootNode();
        void grandchildAdded(GameState* child, GameState* grandchild);
        void makeTransition(GameState* state);
        void activate();
        void deactivate();

        const std::string                    name_;
        bool                                 bPauseParent_;

        bool                                 bActive_;
        bool                                 bSuspended_;

        GameState*                           parent_;
        GameState*                           activeChild_;
        std::map<std::string, GameState*>    allChildren_;
        std::map<GameState*, GameState*>     grandchildrenToChildren_;
    };
}

#endif /* _GameState_H__ */