Package.h

/***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   (c) Art Tevs, MPI Informatik Saarbruecken                             *
 *       mailto: <tevs@mpi-sb.mpg.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 the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef __PACKAGE_PLUGIN_H_
#define __PACKAGE_PLUGIN_H_

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Includes
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "Prerequisities.h"

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Redefine Export/Import Macros for win32 systems
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#define _NRPackageExport

#if NR_PLATFORM == NR_PLATFORM_WIN32

        // first we define our own export/import macro
        #if defined (BUILD_PLUGIN)
        #   undef _NRPackageExport
        #       define _NRPackageExport __declspec( dllexport )
        #endif
        #if defined (BUILD_PACKAGE)
        #   undef _NRPackageExport
        #       define _NRPackageExport
        #endif
        
        
        // if we built a binding, so we should import from engine's main dll
        #if defined (BUILD_PACKAGE) || defined (BUILD_PLUGIN)
        #   undef _NRExport
        #       define _NRExport __declspec( dllimport )
        #endif

#endif


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Namespaces and classes
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace nrEngine {

        //! Package abstract classes for the engine
        /**
         * Packages are loadtime plugins provide to the engine
         * new functionality. They do not linked within the engine library
         * but with application written for the engine.
         *
         * This is an abstract class providing some default methods
         * which has to be overwritten by the package. Later on we could
         * create a package manager, so it could initialize the packages
         * by user wish.
         *
         * \ingroup plugin
         **/
        class _NRPackageExport Package{
                public:

                        //! Initialize the binding and its subsystems
                        Package() {}

                        //! Release used memory and close binded subsystem
                        virtual ~Package() {}

                        //! Get the name of the binding
                        virtual const std::string& getName() = 0;

                        //! Get a full name including authors, version,... strings of the bindings
                        virtual const std::string& getFullName() = 0;

        };

};

#endif

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