editor/action/action_base.hpp

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/* $Id: action_base.hpp 53522 2012-03-13 18:19:16Z fendrin $ */
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/**
 * @file
 * Base class for editor actions
 *
 * An action is constructed in response to a user command, then executed on
 * the map. An undo action is returned by default via pointer, caller-owned).
 * It is possible to call an action without creating the undo action.
 * Actions report failure via exceptions.
 * Code that only deals with actions polymorphically should only need to
 * include this header file.
 */

#ifndef EDITOR_ACTION_BASE_HPP_INCLUDED
#define EDITOR_ACTION_BASE_HPP_INCLUDED

#include "../editor_common.hpp"

namespace editor {

/**
 * Base class for all editor actions. An editor_action object
 * encapsulates the action to be performed on a map, in separation
 * from the user interface or display, and provides a way of reversing
 * its affects by creating an "undo" action.  All the actions can be
 * processed via this base class' virtual functions.
 */
class editor_action
{
    public:
        editor_action();
        virtual ~editor_action();

        /**
         * Action cloning
         */
        virtual editor_action* clone() const = 0;

        /**
         * Perform the action, returning an undo action that,
         * when performed, shall reverse any effects of this
         * action.  The undo action object is owned by the
         * caller. Default behaviour is to create a whole-map
         * undo, call the perform_without_undo function and
         * return the undo object.
         */
        virtual editor_action* perform(map_context&) const;

        /**
         * Perform the action without creating an undo action.
         */
        virtual void perform_without_undo(map_context&) const = 0;

        /**
         * @return the actual number of actions contained within
         */
        virtual int action_count() const;

        /**
         * @return a short name of this action type, defaults to unknown
         */
        virtual const char* get_name() const { return "unknown"; }

        /**
         * A textual description of the action. For use
         * e.g. in the undo menu, to have a "Undo: Fill with
         * Grassland" item rather than just "Undo". Should be
         * overridden by derived Actions, defaults to a debug
         * message.
         */
        virtual std::string get_description() const;

        /**
         * Debugging aid. Return an unique identifier of this Action.
         */
        int get_id() const { return id_; }

        /**
         * Debugging aid. Return number of existing instances of Actions.
         */
        static int get_instance_count() { return instance_count_; }

    private:
        static int next_id_;
        static int instance_count_;
        const int id_;
};


//TODO: add messages etc
struct editor_action_exception : public editor_exception
{
    editor_action_exception(const std::string& msg)
    : editor_exception(msg)
    {
    }
};

} //end namespace editor

#endif