//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  (c) 2006 by Basler Vision Technologies
//  Section: Vision Components
//  Project: GenApi
//  Author:  Margret Albrecht
//  $Header$
//
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//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*!
\file
\brief    Definition of interface IString
\ingroup GenApi_PublicInterface
*/

#ifndef GENAPI_ISTRING_H
#define GENAPI_ISTRING_H

#include "Base/GCString.h"
#include "GenApiDll.h"
#include "Types.h"
#include "IValue.h"

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

namespace GenApi
{
    //*************************************************************
    // IString interface
    //*************************************************************

    /**
    \brief Interface for string properties
    \ingroup GenApi_PublicInterface
    */
    interface GENAPI_DECL_ABSTRACT IString  : virtual public IValue
    {
        //! Set node value
        /*!
        \param Value The value to set
        \param Verify Enables AccessMode and Range verification (default = true)
        */
        virtual void SetValue(const GenICam::gcstring& Value, bool Verify = true) = 0;

        //! Set node value
        virtual IString& operator=(const GenICam::gcstring& Value) = 0;

        //! Get node value
        /*!
        \param Verify Enables Range verification (default = false). The AccessMode is always checked
        \param IgnoreCache If true the value is read ignoring any caches (default = false)
        \return The value read
        */
        virtual GenICam::gcstring GetValue(bool Verify = false, bool IgnoreCache = false) = 0;

        //! Get node value
        virtual GenICam::gcstring operator()() = 0;

        //! Get node value
        virtual GenICam::gcstring operator*() = 0;

        //! Retrieves the maximum length of the string in bytes
        virtual int64_t GetMaxLength() = 0;

    };
    //*************************************************************
    // CStringRef class
    //*************************************************************

#ifndef DOXYGEN_IGNORE

    /**
    \internal
    \brief Reference to an IEnumEntry pointer
    \ingroup GenApi_PublicImpl
    */
    template <class T>
    class CStringRefT : public CValueRefT<T>
    {
        typedef CValueRefT<T> ref;

    public:
        /*--------------------------------------------------------*/
        // IString
        /*--------------------------------------------------------*/

        //! Set node value
        virtual void SetValue(const GenICam::gcstring& Value, bool Verify = true)
        {
            if(ref::m_Ptr)
                return ref::m_Ptr->SetValue(Value, Verify);
            else
                throw ACCESS_EXCEPTION("Feature not present (reference not valid)");
        }

        //! Set node value
        virtual IString& operator=(const GenICam::gcstring& Value)
        {
            if(ref::m_Ptr)
                return ref::m_Ptr->operator=(Value);
            else
                throw ACCESS_EXCEPTION("Feature not present (reference not valid)");
        }

        //! Get node value
        virtual GenICam::gcstring GetValue(bool Verify = false, bool IgnoreCache = false)
        {
            if(ref::m_Ptr)
                return ref::m_Ptr->GetValue(Verify, IgnoreCache);
            else
                throw ACCESS_EXCEPTION("Feature not present (reference not valid)");
        }

        //! Get node value
        virtual GenICam::gcstring operator()()
        {
            if(ref::m_Ptr)
                return ref::m_Ptr->operator()();
            else
                throw ACCESS_EXCEPTION("Feature not present (reference not valid)");
        }

        //! Get node value
        virtual GenICam::gcstring operator*()
        {
            if(ref::m_Ptr)
                return ref::m_Ptr-> operator*();
            else
                throw ACCESS_EXCEPTION("Feature not present (reference not valid)");
        }

        //! Get max length of string
        virtual int64_t GetMaxLength()
        {
            if(ref::m_Ptr)
                return ref::m_Ptr->GetMaxLength();
            else
                throw ACCESS_EXCEPTION("Feature not present (reference not valid)");
        }

    };

    //! Reference to an IString pointer
    //! \ingroup GenApi_PublicImpl
    typedef CStringRefT<IString> CStringRef;

#endif

}

#pragma warning ( pop )

#endif // ifndef GENAPI_ISTRING_H
