/*
 *   ORXONOX - the hottest 3D action shooter ever to exist
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 *   Author:
 *      Damian 'Mozork' Frick
 *   Co-authors:
 *      ...
 *
 */

/**
    @file PlayerTrigger.h
    @brief
	Definition of the PlayerTrigger class.
*/

#ifndef _PlayerTrigger_H__
#define _PlayerTrigger_H__

#include "OrxonoxPrereqs.h"

#include "Trigger.h"

namespace orxonox {
    
    /**
    @brief
        A PlayerTrigger is a trigger which is normally triggered by ControllableEntities and can as such return a pointer to the ControllableEntity which triggered it.
    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick
    */
    class _OrxonoxExport PlayerTrigger : public Trigger
    {
	public:
	    PlayerTrigger(BaseObject* creator);
	    virtual ~PlayerTrigger();
	    
            virtual void XMLPort(Element& xmlelement, XMLPort::Mode mode); //!< Method for creating a PlayerTrigger object through XML.
            
            /**
            @brief Returns the player that triggered the PlayerTrigger.
            @return Returns a pointer to the ControllableEntity that triggered the PlayerTrigger.
            */
            inline ControllableEntity* getTriggeringPlayer(void) const
                { return this->player_; }
	    
	    /**
	    @brief Checks whether the PlayerTrigger normally returns a ControllableEntity.
	    @return Returns true if the PlayerTrigger normally returns a ControllableEntity.
	    */
	    inline bool isForPlayer(void) const
	       { return this->isForPlayer_; }
            
	protected:
	    virtual bool isTriggered(TriggerMode mode) = 0;
	    
	    /**
	    @brief Set the player that triggered the PlayerTrigger. This is normally done by classes inheriting vom PlayerTrigger.
	    @param player A pointer to the ControllableEntity that triggered the PlayerTrigger.
	    */
	    inline void setTriggeringPlayer(ControllableEntity* player)
	       { this->player_ = player; }

            /**
            @brief Set whether the PlayerTrigger normally is triggered by ControllableEntities.
            @param isForPlayer Should be true when the PlayerTrigger schould be set to normally be triggered by ControllableEntities, false if not.
            */
	    inline void setForPlayer(bool isForPlayer)
	       { this->isForPlayer_ = isForPlayer; }
	    
	private:
	    ControllableEntity* player_; //!< The player that triggered the PlayerTrigger.
	    bool isForPlayer_; //!< Is true when the PlayerTrigger schould be set to normally be triggered by ControllableEntities.
	
    };

}

#endif /* _PlayerTrigger_H__ */