/*
 *   ORXONOX - the hottest 3D action shooter ever to exist
 *                    > www.orxonox.net <
 *
 *
 *   License notice:
 *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 *   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 *   of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 *
 *   Author:
 *      Reto Grieder
 *      Kevin Young
 *   Co-authors:
 *      ...
 *
 */

#ifndef _AmbientSound_H__
#define _AmbientSound_H__

#include "OrxonoxPrereqs.h"

#include "core/BaseObject.h"
#include "sound/BaseSound.h"
#include "network/synchronisable/Synchronisable.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
     * The AmbientSound class is the base class for all sound file loader classes.
     * It server as main interface to the OpenAL library.
     *
     */
    class _OrxonoxExport AmbientSound : public BaseSound, public BaseObject, public Synchronisable
    {
        friend class SoundManager;

    public:
        AmbientSound(BaseObject* creator);
        ~AmbientSound();

        void XMLPort(Element& xmlelement, XMLPort::Mode mode);
        void XMLEventPort(Element& xmlelement, XMLPort::Mode mode);
        void changedActivity();

        void play();
        void stop();
        void pause();
        
        float getVolumeGain();

        void setAmbientSource(const std::string& source);
        const std::string& getAmbientSource() const { return this->ambientSource_; }
        inline void ambientSourceChanged(){ this->setAmbientSource(this->ambientSource_); }

    private:
        void doPlay();
        void doStop();
        void doPause();
        
        void registerVariables();

        std::string ambientSource_; //!< Analogous to source_, but mood independent
    };
}

#endif /* _AmbientSound_H__ */