PeakColumn.h

#ifndef MANTID_DATAOBJECTS_PEAKCOLUMN_H_
#define MANTID_DATAOBJECTS_PEAKCOLUMN_H_

#include "MantidAPI/Column.h"
#include "MantidDataObjects/Peak.h"

#include <boost/variant.hpp>

namespace Mantid {
namespace DataObjects {

/** PeakColumn : a Column sub-class used to display
 * peak information as a TableWorkspace.
 *
 * The column holds a reference to a vector of Peak objects.
 * Values in the column are taken directly from those Peak objects.
 *
 * @author Janik Zikovsky
 * @date 2011-04-25 18:06:32.952258
 */
class DLLExport PeakColumn : public Mantid::API::Column {

public:
  /// Construct a column with a reference to the peaks list, a name & type
  PeakColumn(std::vector<Peak> &peaks, const std::string &name);
  virtual ~PeakColumn();

  /// Number of individual elements in the column.
  virtual size_t size() const { return m_peaks.size(); }

  /// Returns typeid for the data in the column
  virtual const std::type_info &get_type_info() const;

  /// Returns typeid for the pointer type to the data element in the column
  virtual const std::type_info &get_pointer_type_info() const;

  virtual bool getReadOnly() const;

  /// Prints
  virtual void print(size_t index, std::ostream &s) const;

  virtual void read(size_t index, const std::string &text);

  /// Specialized type check
  virtual bool isBool() const;

  /// Must return overall memory size taken by the column.
  virtual long int sizeOfData() const;

  /// Clone.
  virtual PeakColumn *clone() const;

  /// Cast to double
  virtual double toDouble(size_t i) const;

  /// Assign from double
  virtual void fromDouble(size_t i, double value);

protected:
  /// Sets the new column size.
  virtual void resize(size_t count);
  /// Inserts an item.
  virtual void insert(size_t index);
  /// Removes an item.
  virtual void remove(size_t index);
  /// Pointer to a data element
  virtual void *void_pointer(size_t index);
  /// Pointer to a data element
  virtual const void *void_pointer(size_t index) const;

private:
  /// Reference to the peaks object saved in the PeaksWorkspace.
  std::vector<Peak> &m_peaks;
  /// Precision of hkl in table workspace
  int m_hklPrec;

  /// Type of the row cache value
  typedef boost::variant<double, int, std::string, Kernel::V3D> CacheValueType;
  ///
  mutable std::list<CacheValueType> m_oldRows;
};

} // namespace Mantid
} // namespace DataObjects

#endif /* MANTID_DATAOBJECTS_PEAKCOLUMN_H_ */