source: code/branches/tutoriallevel2/src/modules/notifications/NotificationManager.h @ 8444

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/**
    @file NotificationManager.h
    @brief Definition of the NotificationManager class.
    @ingroup Notifications
*/

#ifndef _NotificationManager_H__
#define _NotificationManager_H__

#include "notifications/NotificationsPrereqs.h"

#include <ctime>
#include <map>
#include <string>

#include "util/Singleton.h"
#include "interfaces/NotificationListener.h"

namespace orxonox // tolua_export
{ // tolua_export

    /**
    @brief
        The Singleton NotificationManager functions as a gateway between @ref orxonox::Notification "Notifications" and @ref orxonox::NotificationListener "NotificationListeners".
        It receives, organizes @ref orxonox::Notification "Notifications" and the redistributes them to the specific @ref orxonox::NotificationListener "NotificationListeners".
        It also provides a static function to send @ref orxonox::Notification "Notifications" and works as a liaison between the @ref orxonox::NotificationQueue "NotificationQueues" and the GUI that displays notification, called NotificationLayer.

    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick

    @ingroup Notifications
    */
    class _NotificationsExport NotificationManager // tolua_export
        : public Singleton<NotificationManager>, public NotificationListener
    { // tolua_export
            friend class Singleton<NotificationManager>;
        public:
            NotificationManager();
            virtual ~NotificationManager();

            virtual void preDestroy(void); //!< Is called before the object is destroyed.

            /**
            @brief Get the instance of the NotificationManager Singleton.
            @return Returns a reference to the NotificationManager.
            */
            static NotificationManager& getInstance() { return Singleton<NotificationManager>::getInstance(); } // tolua_export

            virtual bool registerNotification(const std::string& message, const std::string& sender);

            bool registerNotification(Notification* notification); //!< Registers a Notification within the NotificationManager.
            void unregisterNotification(Notification* notification, NotificationQueue* queue); //!< Unregisters a Notification within the NotificationManager for a given NotificationQueue.

            void getNotifications(NotificationQueue* queue, std::multimap<std::time_t, Notification*>* map, const std::time_t & timeFrameStart, const std::time_t & timeFrameEnd); //!< Fetches the Notifications for a specific NotificationQueue in a specified timeframe and stores them in the input map.

            /**
            @brief Fetches the Notifications for a specific NotificationQueue in a timeframe from now-timeDelay to now and stores them in the input map.
            @param listener The NotificationQueue the Notifications are fetched for.
            @param map A pointer to a multimap, in which the notifications are stored. The map needs to have been allocated.
            @param timeDelay The timespan.
            @return Returns true if successful.
            */
            void getNotifications(NotificationQueue* queue, std::multimap<std::time_t, Notification*>* map, int timeDelay)
                { this->getNotifications(queue, map, std::time(0)-timeDelay, std::time(0)); }

            void getNewestNotifications(NotificationQueue* queue, std::multimap<std::time_t, Notification*>* map, int numberOfNotifications); //!< Fetches the newest Notifications for a specific NotificationQueue and stores them in the input map.

            void enterEditMode(void); //!< Enters the edit mode of the NotificationLayer.

            bool registerQueue(NotificationQueue* queue); //!< Registers a NotificationQueue.
            void unregisterQueue(NotificationQueue* queue); //!< Unregisters a NotificationQueue.

            // tolua_begin
            void loadQueues(void); //!< Loads all the NotificationQueues that should exist.
            void createQueue(const std::string& name); //!< Creates a new NotificationQueue.
            orxonox::NotificationQueue* getQueue(const std::string & name); //!< Get the NotificationQueue with the input name.
            // tolua_end

        private:
            static NotificationManager* singletonPtr_s;

            std::multimap<std::time_t, Notification*> allNotificationsList_; //!< Container where all Notifications are stored.
            std::map<const std::string, std::multimap<std::time_t, Notification*>*> notificationLists_; //!< Container where all Notifications, for each identifier (associated with a NotificationQueue), are stored.

            std::map<const std::string, NotificationQueue*> queues_; //!< The list of NotificationQueues created by the NotificationManager.

            bool removeNotification(Notification* notification, std::multimap<std::time_t, Notification*>& map); //!< Helper method that removes an input Notification form an input map.

    }; // tolua_export

} // tolua_export

#endif /* _NotificationManager_H__ */