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/************************************************************************
        filename:       CEGUIScriptModule.h
        created:        16/7/2004
        author:         Paul D Turner

        purpose:        Abstract class interface for scripting support
*************************************************************************/
/*************************************************************************
    Crazy Eddie's GUI System (http://www.cegui.org.uk)
    Copyright (C)2004 - 2005 Paul D Turner (paul@cegui.org.uk)

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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*************************************************************************/
#ifndef _CEGUIScriptModule_h_
#define _CEGUIScriptModule_h_

#include "CEGUIBase.h"
#include "CEGUIString.h"
#include "CEGUIEvent.h"


// Start of CEGUI namespace section
namespace CEGUI
{
/*!
\brief
        Abstract interface required for all scripting support modules to be used with
        the CEGUI system.
*/
class CEGUIEXPORT ScriptModule
{
public:
        /*************************************************************************
                Construction and Destruction
        *************************************************************************/
        /*!
        \brief
                Constructor for ScriptModule base class
        */
        ScriptModule(void);


        /*!
        \brief
                Destructor for ScriptModule base class.
        */
        virtual ~ScriptModule(void) {}


        /*************************************************************************
                Abstract interface
        *************************************************************************/
        /*!
        \brief
                Execute a script file.

        \param filename
                String object holding the filename of the script file that is to be executed
                
        \param resourceGroup
                Resource group idendifier to be passed to the ResourceProvider when loading the script file.
        */
        virtual void    executeScriptFile(const String& filename, const String& resourceGroup = "")     = 0;


        /*!
        \brief
                Execute a scripted global function.  The function should not take any parameters and should return an integer.

        \param function_name
                String object holding the name of the function, in the global script environment, that
                is to be executed.

        \return
                The integer value returned from the script function.
        */
        virtual int     executeScriptGlobal(const String& function_name)        = 0;


        /*!
        \brief
                Execute a scripted global 'event handler' function.  The function should take some kind of EventArgs like parameter
                that the concrete implementation of this function can create from the passed EventArgs based object.  The function
                should not return anything.

        \param handler_name
                String object holding the name of the scripted handler function.

        \param e
                EventArgs based object that should be passed, by any appropriate means, to the scripted function.

        \return
                - true if the event was handled.
                - false if the event was not handled.
        */
        virtual bool    executeScriptedEventHandler(const String& handler_name, const EventArgs& e)             = 0;


    /*!
    \brief
        Execute script code contained in the given CEGUI::String object.

    \param str
        String object holding the valid script code that should be executed.

    \return
        Nothing.
    */
    virtual void executeString(const String& str) = 0;


    /*!
    \brief
        Method called during system initialisation, prior to running any scripts via the ScriptModule, to enable the ScriptModule
        to perform any operations required to complete initialisation or binding of the script language to the gui system objects.

    \return
        Nothing.
    */
    virtual void createBindings(void) {}


    /*!
    \brief
        Method called during system destruction, after all scripts have been run via the ScriptModule, to enable the ScriptModule
        to perform any operations required to cleanup bindings of the script language to the gui system objects, as set-up in the
        earlier createBindings call.

    \return
        Nothing.
    */
    virtual void destroyBindings(void) {}

    /*!
    \brief
        Return identification string for the ScriptModule.  If the internal id string has not been
        set by the ScriptModule creator, a generic string of "Unknown scripting module" will be returned.

    \return
        String object holding a string that identifies the ScriptModule in use.
    */
    const String& getIdentifierString() const;

protected:
    String d_identifierString;                 //!< String that holds some id information about the module.
};


/*!
\brief
        Functor class used for binding named script functions to events
*/
class ScriptFunctor
{
public:
        ScriptFunctor(const String& functionName) : scriptFunctionName(functionName) {}
    ScriptFunctor(const ScriptFunctor& obj) : scriptFunctionName(obj.scriptFunctionName) {}
        bool    operator()(const EventArgs& e) const;

private:
    // no assignment possible
    ScriptFunctor& operator=(const ScriptFunctor& rhs);

        const String    scriptFunctionName;
};

} // End of  CEGUI namespace section


#endif  // end of guard _CEGUIScriptModule_h_