ManagedIceObjectRegistryInterface.h

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 * @package    ArmarXCore::core
 * @author    Kai Welke (kai dot welke at kit dot edu)
 * @date       2012
 * @copyright  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
 *             GNU General Public License
 */
 
#pragma once
 
#include <Ice/Object.h>
 
namespace armarx
{
    // forward declaration
    class ManagedIceObject;
    using ManagedIceObjectPtr = IceInternal::Handle<ManagedIceObject>;
 
    /**
     * ManagedIceObjectRegistryInterface smart pointer type
     */
    class ManagedIceObjectRegistryInterface;
    using ManagedIceObjectRegistryInterfacePtr = IceUtil::Handle<ManagedIceObjectRegistryInterface>;
 
    /**
     * @class ManagedIceObjectRegistryInterface
     * @brief The registery interface is implemented by ArmarXManagers.
     * @ingroup Core
     *
     * It is mainly used to provide the ArmarXDummyManager for properties parsing.
     */
    class ManagedIceObjectRegistryInterface
        : virtual public Ice::Object
    {
    public:
        /**
         * Add a ManagedIceObject to the registry. Takes care of the ManagedIceObject
         * lifcycle using and ArmarXObjectScheduler. addObject is
         * thread-safe and can be called from any method in order to dynamically
         * add ManagedIceObjects (as e.g. required for GUI).
         *
         * @param object      object to add
         * @param addWithOwnAdapter      If true this object will have it's own adapter
         * @param objectName      Name that the object should have. if not empty overrides the currently set name.
         */
        virtual void addObject(const ManagedIceObjectPtr& object, bool addWithOwnAdapter = true, const std::string& objectName = "",  bool useOwnScheduleThread = true) = 0;
 
        /**
         * Removes an object from the registry.
         *
         * This version waits until all calls to this component are finished and
         * the has been completely removed.
         *
         * @param object object to remove
         */
        virtual void removeObjectBlocking(const ManagedIceObjectPtr& object) = 0;
 
        /**
         * Removes an object from the manageregistry.
         *
         * This version waits until all calls to this component are finished and
         * the has been completely removed.
         *
         * @param objectName name of the object to remove
         */
        virtual void removeObjectBlocking(const std::string& objectName) = 0;
 
        /**
         * Removes an object from the registry.
         *
         * This version returns immediatly and does <b>not</b> wait for all call to this
         * to finish.
         *
         * @param object object to remove
         */
        virtual void removeObjectNonBlocking(const ManagedIceObjectPtr& object) = 0;
 
        /**
         * Removes an object from the registry.
         *
         * This version returns immediatly and does <b>not</b> wait for all call to this
         * to finish.
         *
         * @param objectName name of the object to remove
         */
        virtual void removeObjectNonBlocking(const std::string& objectName) = 0;
 
        /**
         * Retrieve pointers to all ManagedIceObject.
         *
         * @return vector of pointers
         */
        virtual std::vector<ManagedIceObjectPtr> getManagedObjects() = 0;
    };
}