//Author: Dodji Seketeli
/*
 *This file is part of the Nemiver project
 *
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 *the GNU General Public License as published by the
 *Free Software Foundation; either version 2,
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 */
#ifndef __NMV_I_VAR_WALKER_H__
#define __NMV_I_VAR_WALKER_H__

#include "nmv-i-debugger.h"
#include "common/nmv-safe-ptr-utils.h"
#include "nmv-var.h"

NEMIVER_BEGIN_NAMESPACE (nemiver)

using nemiver::common::ObjectRef;
using nemiver::common::ObjectUnref;
using nemiver::common::SafePtr;

class IVarWalker;
typedef SafePtr<IVarWalker,ObjectRef, ObjectUnref> IVarWalkerSafePtr;

/// Walker object. Queries recursively a variable and its members
/// for their type and contents.
/// When a member is queried for its content and type, the variable
/// is said have been "walked" or "visited".
/// The Walker then emits a "variable-walked" signal for each variable member
/// node that has been walked.
class NEMIVER_API IVarWalker : public DynModIface {
    IVarWalker ();
    IVarWalker (const IVarWalker &);

protected:
    IVarWalker (DynamicModule *a_dynmod) : DynModIface (a_dynmod)
    {
    }

public:
    /// \name signals
    ///@{

    /// emitted each time one of the members node of a variable is
    /// visited.
    virtual sigc::signal<void,
                         const IDebugger::VariableSafePtr&>&
                                                visited_variable_node_signal () const = 0;
    /// emitted when the root variable (the one the walker has been connected
    /// has been totally visited. That means when all its members nodes have
    /// been visited.
    virtual sigc::signal<void,
                         const IDebugger::VariableSafePtr&>&
                                        visited_variable_signal () const = 0;
    ///@}

    /// connect the walker to a variable and to a debugger
    /// that will be use to walk that variable
    virtual void connect (IDebuggerSafePtr &a_debugger,
                          const UString &a_var_name) = 0;

    virtual void connect (IDebuggerSafePtr &a_debugger,
                          const IDebugger::VariableSafePtr &a_var) = 0;

    virtual void do_walk_variable (const UString &a_cookie="") = 0;

    /// gets the root variable this walker is connected to.
    /// this will return a non null variable if and only if
    /// the visited_root_variabls_signal() has been emited already.
    virtual const IDebugger::VariableSafePtr& get_variable () const = 0;

    /// gets the debugger the walker is connected to
    virtual IDebuggerSafePtr get_debugger () const = 0;
};//end IVarWalker

NEMIVER_END_NAMESPACE (nemiver)

#endif //__NMV_I_VAR_WALKER_H__

