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 * Authors: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef ATTRIBUTE_H
#define ATTRIBUTE_H

#include <string>
#include <stdint.h>
#include "ptr.h"
#include "simple-ref-count.h"

namespace ns3 {

class AttributeAccessor;
class AttributeChecker;
class Attribute;
class ObjectBase;

class AttributeValue : public SimpleRefCount<AttributeValue>
{
public:
  AttributeValue ();
  virtual ~AttributeValue ();

  virtual Ptr<AttributeValue> Copy (void) const = 0;
  virtual std::string SerializeToString (Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker) const = 0;
  virtual bool DeserializeFromString (std::string value, Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker) = 0;
};

class AttributeAccessor : public SimpleRefCount<AttributeAccessor>
{
public:
  AttributeAccessor ();
  virtual ~AttributeAccessor ();

  virtual bool Set (ObjectBase * object, const AttributeValue &value) const = 0;
  virtual bool Get (const ObjectBase * object, AttributeValue &attribute) const = 0;

  virtual bool HasGetter (void) const = 0;
  virtual bool HasSetter (void) const = 0;
};

class AttributeChecker : public SimpleRefCount<AttributeChecker>
{
public:
  AttributeChecker ();
  virtual ~AttributeChecker ();

  Ptr<AttributeValue> CreateValidValue (const AttributeValue &value) const;
  virtual bool Check (const AttributeValue &value) const = 0;
  virtual std::string GetValueTypeName (void) const = 0;
  virtual bool HasUnderlyingTypeInformation (void) const = 0;
  virtual std::string GetUnderlyingTypeInformation (void) const = 0;
  virtual Ptr<AttributeValue> Create (void) const = 0;

  virtual bool Copy (const AttributeValue &source, AttributeValue &destination) const = 0;

  
};

class EmptyAttributeValue : public AttributeValue
{
public:
  EmptyAttributeValue ();
private:
  virtual Ptr<AttributeValue> Copy (void) const;
  virtual std::string SerializeToString (Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker) const;
  virtual bool DeserializeFromString (std::string value, Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker);
};

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* ATTRIBUTE_H */