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 *   Author:
 *      Fabian 'x3n' Landau
 *   Co-authors:
 *      ...
 *
 */

/**
    @file
    @ingroup Object ObjectList
    @brief Declaration of Listable, the base of all classes whose instances can be stored in object lists.
*/

#ifndef _Listable_H__
#define _Listable_H__

#include "core/CorePrereqs.h"

#include <vector>

#include "util/SmallObjectAllocator.h"
#include "core/class/Identifiable.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
        @brief Listable stores the entries of all object lists pointing to this instance.
    */
    class _CoreExport Listable : virtual public Identifiable
    {
        friend class Context;

        public:
            Listable();
            Listable(Context* context);
            virtual ~Listable();

            void unregisterObject();

            void setContext(Context* context);
            inline Context* getContext() const
                { return this->context_; }

        private:
            static SmallObjectAllocator& getObjectListElementAllocator();

            template <class T>
            static ObjectListElement<T>* createObjectListElement(T* object)
            {
                void* chunk = Listable::getObjectListElementAllocator().alloc();
                return new (chunk) ObjectListElement<T>(object);
            }

            static void deleteObjectListElement(ObjectListBaseElement* element);

            Context* context_;                             //!< The object will register itself in the object lists of this context
            std::vector<ObjectListBaseElement*> elements_; //!< The corresponding ObjectListElements in all object lists the object is registered in
    };
}

#endif /* _Listable_H__ */