/**
 * PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
 * Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
 * license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
 * with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
 *
 * @file paramNodePath.h
 * @author rdb
 * @date 2015-02-25
 */

#ifndef PARAMNODEPATH_H
#define PARAMNODEPATH_H

#include "pandabase.h"
#include "paramValue.h"
#include "nodePath.h"

/**
 * A class object for storing a NodePath as a parameter.
 */
class EXPCL_PANDA_PGRAPH ParamNodePath : public ParamValueBase {
protected:
  INLINE ParamNodePath() {};

PUBLISHED:
  ParamNodePath(NodePath node_path);
  virtual ~ParamNodePath();

  INLINE virtual TypeHandle get_value_type() const;
  INLINE NodePath get_value() const;

  virtual void output(std::ostream &out) const;

private:
  NodePath _node_path;

public:
  static void register_with_read_factory();
  virtual void write_datagram(BamWriter *manager, Datagram &dg);
  virtual int complete_pointers(TypedWritable **plist,
                                BamReader *manager);

protected:
  static TypedWritable *make_from_bam(const FactoryParams &params);
  void fillin(DatagramIterator &scan, BamReader *manager);

public:
  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
    return get_class_type();
  }
  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {init_type(); return get_class_type();}
  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
    return _type_handle;
  }
  static void init_type() {
    ParamValueBase::init_type();
    register_type(_type_handle, "ParamNodePath",
                  ParamValueBase::get_class_type());
  }

private:
  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
};

#include "paramNodePath.I"

#endif