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//  (c) 2006 by Basler Vision Technologies
//  Section: Vision Components
//  Project: GenApi
//  Author:  Fritz Dierks
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/*!
\file
\brief  Definition of interface INodeMap
\ingroup GenApi_PublicInterface
*/

#ifndef GENAPI_INODEMAP_H
#define GENAPI_INODEMAP_H

#include "Base/GCBase.h"
#include "INode.h"
#include "IPort.h"
#include "Synch.h"


#pragma warning ( push )
#pragma warning ( disable : 4251 ) // XXX needs to have dll-interface to be used by clients of class YYY

namespace GenApi
{

    //*************************************************************
    // INodeMap interface
    //*************************************************************

    /**
    \brief Interface to access the node map
    \ingroup GenApi_PublicInterface
    */
    interface GENAPI_DECL_ABSTRACT INodeMap
    {
        //! Retrieves all nodes in the node map
        virtual void GetNodes(NodeList_t &Nodes) const =  0;

        //! Retrieves the node from the central map by Name
        virtual INode* GetNode( const GenICam::gcstring& Name) const = 0;

        //! Invalidates all nodes
        virtual void InvalidateNodes() const =  0;

        //! Connects a port to a port node with given name
        virtual bool Connect( IPort* pPort, const GenICam::gcstring& PortName) const = 0;

        //! Connects a port to the standard port "Device"
        virtual bool Connect( IPort* pPort) const = 0;

        //! Get device name
        /*! The device name identifies a device instance, e.g. for debuggin purposes.
        The default ist "Device". */
        virtual GenICam::gcstring GetDeviceName() = 0;

        //! Fires nodes which have a polling time
        virtual void Poll( int64_t ElapsedTime ) = 0;

        //! Returns the lock which guards the node map
        virtual CLock& GetLock() const = 0;

        //! Get the number of nodes in the map
        virtual uint64_t GetNumNodes() const  = 0;
    };
}

#pragma warning ( pop )

#endif // ifndef GENAPI_INODEMAP_H
