source: code/trunk/src/modules/questsystem/QuestListener.h @ 7456

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/**
    @file QuestListener.h
    @brief Definition of the QuestListener class.
    @ingroup Questsystem
*/

#ifndef _QuestListener_H__
#define _QuestListener_H__

#include "questsystem/QuestsystemPrereqs.h"

#include <string>
#include <list>
#include "core/BaseObject.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    namespace QuestListenerMode
    {
        //! The mode of the @ref orxonox::QuestListener "QuestListener".
        enum Value
        {
            All,
            Start,
            Fail,
            Complete
        };
    }

    /**
    @brief
        Provides a way to react to the starting, completing and failing of @ref orxonox::Quest "Quests".

        The XML representation goes as follows:
        @code
        <BaseObject> // The object that should react to the status change of a Quest.
            <events>
                <function> // Where function is the method of the object that should be executed. Normally this would be visibility or activity.
                    <QuestListener questId="someQuestId" mode="someMode" /> // Where someQuestId is the identifier for the Quest the QuestListener is reacting to, and someMode is the kind of status change the QUestListener reacts to (all, start, complete or fail).
                </function>
            </events>
        </BaseObject>
        @endcode

        You can use the QuestListener as if it were a @ref orxonox::Trigger "Trigger" or @ref orxonox::EventListener "EventListener", that fires an Event when the status (depending on the set mode) of the given @ref orxonox::Quest "Quest" changes.
    @author
    Damian 'Mozork' Frick
    */
    class _QuestsystemExport QuestListener : public BaseObject
    {

        public:
            QuestListener(BaseObject* creator);
            virtual ~QuestListener();

            virtual void XMLPort(Element& xmlelement, XMLPort::Mode mode); //!< Method for creating a QuestListener object through XML.

            static void advertiseStatusChange(std::list<QuestListener*> & listeners, const std::string & status); //!< Makes all QuestListener in the list aware that a certain status change has occured.

            bool setQuestId(const std::string & id); //!< Sets the questId of the Quest the QuestListener reacts to.
            bool setMode(const std::string & mode); //!< Sets the mode of the QuestListener.

            std::string getMode(void); //!< Get the mode of the QuestListener.

            const std::string & getQuestId(void);
            bool execute(void); //!< Executes the QuestListener, resp. fires an Event.

        private:
            QuestListenerMode::Value mode_; //!< The mode of the QuestListener.
            Quest* quest_; //!< A pointer to the Quest the QuestListener is reacting to.

            //! Static variables for the modes as strings.
            static const std::string ALL;
            static const std::string START;
            static const std::string FAIL;
            static const std::string COMPLETE;

    };

}

#endif /* _QuestListener_H__ */