/**
 * 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 dcSwitchParameter.h
 * @author drose
 * @date 2004-06-29
 */

#ifndef DCSWITCHPARAMETER_H
#define DCSWITCHPARAMETER_H

#include "dcbase.h"
#include "dcParameter.h"

class DCSwitch;

/**
 * This represents a switch object used as a parameter itself, which packs the
 * appropriate fields of the switch into the message.
 */
class EXPCL_DIRECT_DCPARSER DCSwitchParameter : public DCParameter {
public:
  DCSwitchParameter(const DCSwitch *dswitch);
  DCSwitchParameter(const DCSwitchParameter &copy);

PUBLISHED:
  virtual DCSwitchParameter *as_switch_parameter();
  virtual const DCSwitchParameter *as_switch_parameter() const;
  virtual DCParameter *make_copy() const;
  virtual bool is_valid() const;

  const DCSwitch *get_switch() const;

public:
  virtual DCPackerInterface *get_nested_field(int n) const;

  const DCPackerInterface *apply_switch(const char *value_data, size_t length) const;

  virtual void output_instance(std::ostream &out, bool brief, const std::string &prename,
                               const std::string &name, const std::string &postname) const;
  virtual void write_instance(std::ostream &out, bool brief, int indent_level,
                              const std::string &prename, const std::string &name,
                              const std::string &postname) const;
  virtual void generate_hash(HashGenerator &hashgen) const;
  virtual bool pack_default_value(DCPackData &pack_data, bool &pack_error) const;

protected:
  virtual bool do_check_match(const DCPackerInterface *other) const;
  virtual bool do_check_match_switch_parameter(const DCSwitchParameter *other) const;

private:
  const DCSwitch *_dswitch;
};

#endif