abstractmo.hpp

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/*
  ABSTRACTMO.hpp  -  abstract base class for all Media Objects

  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
    2008,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>

  This program 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
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  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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*/


#ifndef MOBJECT_SESSION_ABSTRACTMO_H
#define MOBJECT_SESSION_ABSTRACTMO_H

#include "steam/mobject/mobject.hpp"
#include "lib/symbol.hpp"



namespace steam {
namespace mobject {
namespace session {
  
  namespace error = lumiera::error;
  
  
  class AbstractMO
    : public MObject
    {
      
     
      /* === some default implementations ===  */
      
      DEFINE_PROCESSABLE_BY (builder::BuilderTool);
      
      string
      initShortID()  const
        {
          return buildShortID("MObject");
        }
      
    public:
      
      Duration&
      getLength()
        {
          return length_; 
        }
      
      bool operator== (const MObject& oo)  const;
      
    protected:
      void
      throwIfInvalid()  const
        {
          if (!isValid())
            throw error::Fatal ("Invalid MObject in model. Indicates a race "
                                "or similarly broken internal assumptions.");
        }
      
      string buildShortID (lib::Literal typeID, string suffix ="")  const;
    };
  
  
  
}}} // namespace steam::mobject::session
#endif