source: code/trunk/src/orxonox/objects/quest/Quest.h @ 2206

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#ifndef _Quest_H__
#define _Quest_H__

#include "OrxonoxPrereqs.h"

#include <list>
#include <string>

#include "core/XMLPort.h"
#include "QuestItem.h"

namespace questStatus
{

    enum Enum
    {
        inactive,
        active,
        failed,
        completed
    };

}

namespace orxonox {

    class Player; //Forward declaration, remove when fully integrated into the objecthirarchy.

    /**
    @brief
        Represents a quest in the game.
        A quest has a list of subquests and a parentquest (if it is not a rootquest).
        Each quest exists only once but it has a different status (inactive, active, failed or completed) for each player.
    @author
        Damian 'Mozork' Frick
    */
    class _OrxonoxExport Quest : public QuestItem
    {
        public:
            Quest(BaseObject* creator);
            virtual ~Quest();

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

            inline Quest* getParentQuest(void) const //!< Returns the parent quest of the quest.
                { return this->parentQuest_; }
            inline const std::list<Quest*> & getSubQuestList(void) const //!< Returns the list of sub quests.
                { return this->subQuests_; }

            bool isInactive(const Player* player) const; //!< Returns true if the quest status for the specific player is 'inactive'.
            bool isActive(const Player* player) const; //!< Returns true if the quest status for the specific player is 'active'.
            bool isFailed(const Player* player) const; //!< Returns true if the quest status for the specific player is 'failed'.
            bool isCompleted(const Player* player) const; //!< Returns true if the quest status for the specific player is 'completed'.

            bool start(Player* player); //!< Sets a quest to active.
            bool fail(Player* player); //!< Fails the quest.
            bool complete(Player* player); //!< Completes the quest.

        protected:
            void initialize(void); //!< Initialized the object.

            virtual bool isStartable(const Player* player) const = 0; //!< Checks whether the quest can be started.
            virtual bool isFailable(const Player* player) const = 0; //!< Checks whether the quest can be failed.
            virtual bool isCompletable(const Player* player) const = 0; //!< Checks whether the quest can be completed.

            bool setParentQuest(Quest* quest); //!< Sets the parent quest of the quest.
            bool addSubQuest(Quest* quest); //!< Adds a sub quest to the quest.
            bool addHint(QuestHint* hint); //!< Add a hint to the list of hints.
            bool addFailEffect(QuestEffect* effect);
            bool addCompleteEffect(QuestEffect* effect);

            const Quest* getParentQuest(void);
            const Quest* getSubQuests(unsigned int index) const;
            const QuestHint* getHints(unsigned int index) const;
            const QuestEffect* getFailEffects(unsigned int index) const;
            const QuestEffect* getCompleteEffects(unsigned int index) const;

            virtual questStatus::Enum getStatus(const Player* player) const = 0; //!< Returns the status of the quest for a specific player.
            virtual bool setStatus(Player* player, const questStatus::Enum & status) = 0; //!< Changes the status for a specific player.

            Quest* parentQuest_; //!< Pointer to the parent quest.
            std::list<Quest*> subQuests_; //!< List of all the sub quests.

            std::list<QuestHint*> hints_; //!< A list of all the hints tied to this quest.

            std::list<QuestEffect*> failEffects_; //!< A list of all effects to be invoked, when the quest has been failed.
            std::list<QuestEffect*> completeEffects_; //!< A list of effects to be invoked, when the quest has been completed.

    };

}

#endif /* _Quest_H__ */