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 ORCAICE_ICEBOX_SERVICE_H
00012 #define ORCAICE_ICEBOX_SERVICE_H
00013 
00014 #include <IceBox/IceBox.h>
00015 
00016 namespace orcaice {
00017 
00018 class Component;
00019 
00035 class Service : public IceBox::Service
00036 {
00037 
00038 public:
00039 
00043     Service();
00044     virtual ~Service();
00045 
00049     virtual void start(const ::std::string        & name,
00050                        const Ice::CommunicatorPtr & communicator,
00051                        const Ice::StringSeq       & args);
00052 
00054     virtual void stop();
00055 
00056 protected:
00057 
00058     // A service contains only one Component. Derived services will need to set this
00059     // pointer so we make it protected.
00060     orcaice::Component *component_;
00061     
00062 private:
00063 
00064     // By convention there is exactly one adapter per component and, therefore, per service
00065     // Keep the pointer to it here, so it does not get destroyed too soon.
00066     Ice::ObjectAdapterPtr   adapter_;
00067 
00068     // This is flag which is set to true by the first service which uses the shared
00069     // communicator (after it configures it with factory defaults and global settings)
00070     static bool _isSharedCommunicatorConfigured;
00071 };
00072 
00073 } // namespace
00074 
00075 #endif
service.h
