PropertyManagerOwner.h

#ifndef MANTID_KERNEL_PROPERTYMANAGEROWNER_H_
#define MANTID_KERNEL_PROPERTYMANAGEROWNER_H_

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// Includes
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <vector>
#include <map>

#include "MantidKernel/IPropertyManager.h"

namespace Mantid {
namespace Kernel {
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// Forward Declaration
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
class PropertyManager;

/** @class PropertyManagerOwner PropertyManagerOwner.h
 Kernel/PropertyManagerOwner.h

 Implementation of IPropertyManager which allows sharing the same set of
 Properties
 between several instances.

 @author Roman Tolchenov, Tessella plc
 @date 03/03/2009

 Copyright &copy; 2007-8 ISIS Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, NScD Oak Ridge
 National Laboratory & European Spallation Source

 This file is part of Mantid.

 Mantid 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 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.

 Mantid 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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

 File change history is stored at: <https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid>.
 Code Documentation is available at: <http://doxygen.mantidproject.org>
 */
class MANTID_KERNEL_DLL PropertyManagerOwner : virtual public IPropertyManager {
public:
  PropertyManagerOwner();
  PropertyManagerOwner(const PropertyManagerOwner &);
  PropertyManagerOwner &operator=(const PropertyManagerOwner &);
  virtual ~PropertyManagerOwner() {}

  // Function to declare properties (i.e. store them)
  void declareProperty(Property *p, const std::string &doc = "");

  using IPropertyManager::declareProperty;

  // Sets all the declared properties from
  void setProperties(const std::string &propertiesArray);
  void setPropertyValue(const std::string &name, const std::string &value);
  void setPropertyOrdinal(const int &index, const std::string &value);

  /// Make m_properties point to the same PropertyManager as po.
  virtual void copyPropertiesFrom(const PropertyManagerOwner &po) {
    *this = po;
  }

  bool existsProperty(const std::string &name) const;
  bool validateProperties() const;
  size_t propertyCount() const;

  virtual std::string getPropertyValue(const std::string &name) const;
  const std::vector<Property *> &getProperties() const;

  /// Get the value of a property
  virtual TypedValue getProperty(const std::string &name) const;
  /// Return the property manager serialized as a string.
  virtual std::string asString(bool withDefaultValues = false,
                               char separator = ',') const;

  bool isDefault(const std::string &name) const;

  /// Removes the property from management
  void removeProperty(const std::string &name, const bool delproperty = true);
  /// Clears all properties under management
  void clear();
  /// Override this method to perform a custom action right after a property was
  /// set.
  /// The argument is the property name. Default - do nothing.
  virtual void afterPropertySet(const std::string &);

  virtual void filterByTime(const DateAndTime & /*start*/,
                            const DateAndTime & /*stop*/) {
    throw(std::runtime_error("Not yet implmented"));
  }
  virtual void splitByTime(std::vector<SplittingInterval> & /*splitter*/,
                           std::vector<PropertyManager *> /* outputs*/) const {
    throw(std::runtime_error("Not yet implmented"));
  }
  virtual void filterByProperty(const TimeSeriesProperty<bool> & /*filte*/) {
    throw(std::runtime_error("Not yet implmented"));
  }

public:
  Property *getPointerToProperty(const std::string &name) const;
  Property *getPointerToPropertyOrdinal(const int &index) const;

private:
  /// Shared pointer to the 'real' property manager
  boost::shared_ptr<PropertyManager> m_properties;
};

} // namespace Kernel
} // namespace Mantid

#endif /*MANTID_KERNEL_PROPERTYMANAGEROWNER_H_*/