/*! 
    \file resource_manager.h
    \brief The Resource Manager checks if a file/resource is loaded.

    If a file/resource was already loaded the resourceManager will 
    return a void pointer to the desired resource.
    Otherwise it will instruct the coresponding resource-loader to load,
    and receive a pointer to it.
*/

#ifndef _RESOURCE_MANAGER_H
#define _RESOURCE_MANAGER_H

#include "base_object.h"

#include "stdlibincl.h"

// FORWARD DEFINITION 
template<class T> class tList;

//! An eumerator for different fileTypes the resourceManager supports
typedef enum ResourceType { OBJ,          //!< loading .obj file
			    PRIM,         //!< loading primitive model
			    MD2,          //!< loading md2-file
			    WAV,          //!< loading wav
			    MP3,          //!< loading mp3
			    OGG,          //!< loading ogg
			    TTF,          //!< loading a TrueTypeFont
			    IMAGE };      //!< loading an image

//! An enumerator for different UNLOAD-types. 
/**
   RP_NO:        will be unloaded on request
   RP_LEVEL:     will be unloaded at the end of a Level
   RP_CAMPAIGN:  will be unloaded at the end of a Campaign
   RP_GAME:      will be unloaded at the end of the whole Game (when closing orxonox)
*/
typedef enum ResourcePriority { RP_NO        =   0,
				RP_LEVEL     =   1,
				RP_CAMPAIGN  =   2,
				RP_GAME      =   4 };

//! A Struct that keeps track about A resource its name its Type, and so on
struct Resource
{
  void*             pointer;           //!< Pointer to the Resource.
  int               count;             //!< How many times this Resource has been loaded.
  
  char*             name;              //!< Name of the Resource.
  ResourceType      type;              //!< ResourceType of this Resource.
  ResourcePriority  prio;              //!< The Priority of this resource. (This will only be increased)

  // more specific
  float             modelSize;         //!< the size of the model (OBJ/PRIM)
  unsigned int      ttfSize;           //!< the size of the ttf-font (TTF)
  unsigned char     ttfColorR;         //!< red Color (TTF)
  unsigned char     ttfColorG;         //!< green Color (TTF)
  unsigned char     ttfColorB;         //!< blue Color (TTF)
  char*             skinFileName;      //!< skinFileName (MD2)
};


//! The ResourceManager is a class, that decides if a file/resource should be loaded
/**
   If a file/resource was already loaded the resourceManager will 
   return a void pointer to the desired resource.
   Otherwise it will instruct the corresponding resource-loader to load,
   and receive the pointer to it.

   It does it by looking, if a desired file has already been loaded.
*/
class ResourceManager : public BaseObject 
{
 public:
  virtual ~ResourceManager();

  static ResourceManager* getInstance();

  bool setDataDir(const char* dataDir);
  /** \returns the Name of the data directory */
  inline const char* getDataDir(void) const {return this->dataDir;}

  bool checkDataDir(const char* fileInside);
  bool addImageDir(const char* imageDir);
  void* load(const char* fileName, ResourcePriority prio = RP_NO,
	     void* param1 = NULL, void* param2 = NULL, void* param3 = NULL);
  void* load(const char* fileName, ResourceType type, ResourcePriority prio = RP_NO,
	     void* param1 = NULL, void* param2 = NULL, void* param3 = NULL);
  bool unload(void* pointer, ResourcePriority prio = RP_NO);
  bool unload(Resource* resource, ResourcePriority = RP_NO);
  bool unloadAllByPriority(ResourcePriority prio);
  
  void debug(void);
  

  // utility functions of this class
  static bool isDir(const char* directory);
  static bool isFile(const char* fileName);
  static bool touchFile(const char* fileName);
  static bool deleteFile(const char* fileName);
  static char* homeDirCheck(const char* fileName);
  static char* getFullName(const char* fileName);

 private:
  ResourceManager();

  Resource* locateResourceByInfo(const char* fileName, ResourceType type, void* param1, void* param2, void* param3);
  Resource* locateResourceByPointer(const void* pointer);  

 private:
  static ResourceManager*  singletonRef;       //!< singleton Reference

  tList<Resource>*         resourceList;       //!< The List of Resources, that has already been loaded.
  char*                    dataDir;            //!< The Data Directory, where all relevant Data is stored.
  tList<char>*             imageDirs;          //!< A list of directories in which images are stored.

};

#endif /* _RESOURCE_MANAGER_H */