PluginManagerInterface.h

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/*  This file is part of Charon.

 Charon is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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 */
#ifndef PLUGINMANAGERINTERFACE_H_
#define PLUGINMANAGERINTERFACE_H_

#include "ParameteredObject.h"

class charon_core_PUBLIC PluginManagerInterface {
public:

    virtual ParameteredObject*
            getInstance(const std::string & instanceName) const = 0;


    virtual std::set<std::string> getConnected (
            const std::string & root,
            const ParameterFile & pf) const = 0;

    virtual ~PluginManagerInterface() {}

    virtual bool initializePluginOnLoad() const = 0;
    virtual void setInitiailizePluginOnLoad (bool initOnLoad) = 0;

    enum PluginVersionCheckLevel {
        PluginVersionIgnore  = 0,
        PluginVersionWarn    = 1,
        PluginVersionDiscard = 2
    };


    virtual std::string templateTypeToString(
            ParameteredObject::template_type t) const = 0;
};

#endif /* PLUGINMANAGERINTERFACE_H_ */