0ad/source/tools/atlas/AtlasUI/General/IAtlasSerialiser.h
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/* Copyright (C) 2009 Wildfire Games.
* This file is part of 0 A.D.
*
* 0 A.D. is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* 0 A.D. is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with 0 A.D. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#ifndef INCLUDED_IATLASSERIALISER
#define INCLUDED_IATLASSERIALISER
#include "AtlasObject/AtlasObject.h"
// An interface for GUI components to transfer their contents to/from AtObjs.
// (Maybe "serialise" isn't quite correct, since AtObjs aren't serial, but
// it's close enough...)
class IAtlasSerialiser
{
public:
// Freeze/Thaw are mainly used by the 'undo' system, to take a snapshot
// of the a GUI component's state, and to revert to that snapshot.
// obj.Thaw(obj.Freeze()) should leave the component's contents unchanged.
virtual AtObj FreezeData()=0; // wxWindow defines a Freeze method, so we're stuck with an uglier name
virtual void ThawData(AtObj& in)=0;
// Import/Export have a different meaning to Freeze/Thaw: they handle
// data that is read from / written to XML files. Import needs to be
// backwards-compatible with old data files that might still be in use.
// Export may perform some processing on the data to tidy it up.
// (By default, they just call Freeze and Thaw, since that's often good enough)
virtual void ImportData(AtObj& in) { ThawData(in); }
virtual AtObj ExportData() { return FreezeData(); }
};
#endif // INCLUDED_IATLASSERIALISER