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/*
  data observer

  Author: Ansgar Philippsen
*/

#ifndef IMG_DATA_OBSERVER
#define IMG_DATA_OBSERVER

#include <boost/ref.hpp>

#include "data.hh"

namespace ost { namespace img {


class DLLEXPORT InvalidObserver: public Error {
public:
  InvalidObserver(const String& s = String("unknown")):
    Error(String("InvalidObserver exception occured: ") + s)
  {}
};

/*
  Based on the pattern of same name (293). The expression Observer or
  Observed is part of the method names in purpose, in order to avoid
  conflict with other interfaces (such as in wxWidgets)

  ObserverUpdate() and ObserverRelease() are the abstract methods and
  must be implemented by a derived class. It is important to note that
  the reference to Data given to the ctor should not be saved in the
  derived class, but rather the GetObservedData method should be used.
  
  If the observed data goes out-of-scope, a call to ObserverRelease will
  be followed by a call to ObserverInvalidate, which will mark the data
  reference as invalidated. A further call to GetObserved Data will throw
  an InvalidObserver exception!
*/
class DLLEXPORT_OST_IMG_BASE DataObserver {
 public:

  DataObserver(const Data& d);

  DataObserver(const DataObserver& o);

  DataObserver& operator=(const DataObserver& o);

  virtual ~DataObserver();

  virtual void ObserverUpdate();

  virtual void ObserverUpdate(const Extent&);

  virtual void ObserverUpdate(const Point&);

  virtual void ObserverRelease() = 0;

  /*
    This will automatically invalidate the observer so that
    a next call to GetData() will throw an InvalidObserver
    exception
  */
  void ObserverInvalidate();
  
  virtual const Data& GetObservedData() const;

  bool IsDataValid() const {return is_valid();}

 protected:


  void SetObservedData(const Data& d);

  bool is_valid() const;

private:
  boost::reference_wrapper<const Data> data_;

};

}} // namespace img

#endif