Orca Robotics

00001 /*
00002  * Orca-Robotics Project: Components for robotics 
00003  *               http://orca-robotics.sf.net/
00004  * Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Alex Brooks, Alexei Makarenko, Tobias Kaupp
00005  *
00006  * This copy of Orca is licensed to you under the terms described in
00007  * the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
00008  *
00009  */
00010 
00011 #ifndef ORCA_ORCAPROBE_FACTORY_H
00012 #define ORCA_ORCAPROBE_FACTORY_H
00013 
00014 #include <vector>
00015 #include <string>
00016 #include <orca/orca.h>
00017 
00018 namespace orcaice
00019 {
00020     class Context;
00021 }
00022 
00023 namespace orcaprobe
00024 {
00025 
00026 class InterfaceProbe;
00027 class IDisplay;
00028 
00034 class Factory
00035 {
00036 public:
00037     virtual ~Factory() {};
00038 
00042     std::vector<std::string> supportedTypes() const;
00043 
00047     bool isSupported( const std::string &interfaceType ) const;
00048 
00051     virtual InterfaceProbe* create( const std::string           & id, 
00052                                     const orca::FQInterfaceName & name, 
00053                                     IDisplay               & display, 
00054                                     const orcaice::Context      & context ) = 0;
00055 protected:
00056 
00058     void addSupportedType( const std::string & interfaceType );
00059 
00060 private:
00061     std::vector<std::string> types_;
00062 };
00063 
00064 } // namespace
00065 
00066 
00067 // Function for instantiating plug-in factories.
00068 // A plug-in library must have a function like so:
00069 // extern "C" {
00070 //     orcalog::Factory *createFactory();
00071 // }
00072 typedef orcaprobe::Factory *FactoryMakerFunc();
00073 
00074 
00075 #endif
orcaprobe/factory.h
