source: code/trunk/src/orxonox/overlays/notifications/Notification.cc @ 2911

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/**
    @file Notification.cc
    @brief Implementation of the Notification class.
*/

#include "OrxonoxStableHeaders.h"
#include "Notification.h"

#include "core/CoreIncludes.h"
#include "util/Exception.h"

#include "NotificationManager.h"

namespace orxonox
{

    /**
    @brief
        Default constructor. Initializes the object.
    */
    Notification::Notification(BaseObject* creator) : BaseObject(creator)
    {
        this->initialize();
    }
    
    /**
    @brief
        Constructor. Creates a Notification with the input message.
    @param message
        The message of the Notification.
    */
    Notification::Notification(const std::string & message) : BaseObject(this)
    {
        this->message_ = message;
    }
    
    /**
    @brief
        Destructor.
    */
    Notification::~Notification()
    {
    }
    
    /**
    @brief
        Registers the object and sets some default values.
    */
    void Notification::initialize(void)
    {
        RegisterObject(Notification);
        
        this->message_ = "";
        this->sender_ = NotificationManager::NONE;
        this->sent_ = false;
    }
    
    /**
    @brief
        Sends the Notification to the Notificationmanager, with sender NetificationManager::NONE.
    @return
        Returns true if successful.
    */
    bool Notification::send(void)
    {
        return this->send(NotificationManager::NONE);
    }
    
    /**
    @brief
        Sends the Notification to the Notificationmanager, which then in turn distributes it to the different NotificationQueues.
    @param sender
        The sender the Notification was sent by. Used by the NotificationManager to distributes the notification to the correct NotificationQueues.
    @return
        Returns true if successful.
    */
    bool Notification::send(const std::string & sender)
    {
        this->sender_ = sender;
        bool successful = NotificationManager::getInstance().registerNotification(this);
        if(!successful)
            return false;
        this->sent_ = true;
        
        COUT(3) << "Notification \"" << this->getMessage() << "\" sent." << std::endl;
        
        return true;
    }
    
    /**
    @brief
        Sets the message of the notification.
    @param message
        The message to be set.
    @return
        Returns true if successful.
    */
    bool Notification::setMessage(const std::string & message)
    {
        if(this->isSent()) //!< The message cannot be changed if the message has already been sent.
            return false;
        this->message_ = message;
        return true;
    }

}