KeywordHandler.hpp

/*
 * KeywordHandler.hpp
 *
 *  Created on: Jan 20, 2016
 *      Author: pschultz
 */

#ifndef KEYWORDHANDLER_HPP_
#define KEYWORDHANDLER_HPP_

#include <columns/BaseObject.hpp>

namespace PV {

typedef BaseObject *(*ObjectCreateFn)(char const *name, HyPerCol *hc);

class HyPerCol;

class KeywordHandler {
  public:
   KeywordHandler(char const *kw, ObjectCreateFn creator);

   KeywordHandler(KeywordHandler const &orig);

   KeywordHandler &operator=(KeywordHandler const &orig);

   const char *getKeyword() const { return keyword; }

   ObjectCreateFn getCreator() const { return creator; }

   BaseObject *create(char const *name, HyPerCol *hc) const;

   virtual ~KeywordHandler();

  protected:
   int initialize(char const *kw, BaseObject *(*creator)(char const *name, HyPerCol *hc));

   // Member variables
  private:
   char *keyword;
   ObjectCreateFn creator;
};

} /* namespace PV */

#endif /* KEYWORDHANDLER_HPP_ */