/*
   orxonox - the future of 3D-vertical-scrollers

   Copyright (C) 2004 orx

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   ### File Specific:
   main-programmer: Benjamin Grauer
   co-programmer: ...
*/

/*!
 * @file load_param_xml.h
 * A Class and macro-functions, that makes our lives easy to load-in parameters from XML
 */

#ifndef _LOAD_PARAM_XML_H
#define _LOAD_PARAM_XML_H

#include "load_param.h"
#include "executor/executor_xml.h"

#define LoadParamXML(ROOT, PARAMETER_NAME, OBJECT, CLASS, FUNCTION) \
         XmlLoadParam(ROOT, PARAMETER_NAME, OBJECT, new ExecutorXML<CLASS>(&CLASS::FUNCTION, ROOT, PARAMETER_NAME), false)

#define LoadParamXML_CYCLE(ROOT, PARAMETER_NAME, OBJECT, CLASS, FUNCTION) \
         XmlLoadParam(ROOT, PARAMETER_NAME, OBJECT, new ExecutorXML<CLASS>(&CLASS::FUNCTION, ROOT, PARAMETER_NAME), true)

class XmlLoadParam : public LoadParamBase
{
  public:
    XmlLoadParam(const TiXmlElement* root, const std::string& paramName, BaseObject* object, Executor<const TiXmlElement*>* executor, bool inLoadCycle = false);
    virtual ~XmlLoadParam();

    XmlLoadParam& describe(const std::string& descriptionText) { LoadParamBase::describe(descriptionText); return *this; };

  private:
    Executor<const TiXmlElement*>*    executor;
};

#endif /* _LOAD_PARAM_XML_H */