/***************************************************************************
 *   Copyright (C) 2005 by Jeff Ferr                                       *
 *   root@sat                                                              *
 *                                                                         *
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 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
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 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
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 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
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 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
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 ***************************************************************************/
#ifndef J_OBJECT_H
#define J_OBJECT_H

#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include <stdint.h>

namespace jcommon {

/**
 * \brief
 * 
 * \author Jeff Ferr
 */
class Object{

	private:
		/** \brief */
		std::string _classname;
		/** \brief */
		std::string _namespace;
		/** \brief */
		std::vector<std::string> _parents;
		
	public:
		/**
		 * \brief
		 * 
		 */
		Object();
		
		/**
		 * \brief
		 * 
		 */
		virtual ~Object();

		/**
		 * \brief
		 * 
		 */
		void AddParent(std::string parent);
		
		/**
		 * \brief
		 *
		 */
		std::vector<std::string> & GetParents();

		/**
		 * \brief
		 *
		 */
		void SetClassName(std::string name);
		
		/**
		 * \brief
		 *
		 */
		void SetNameSpace(std::string name);

		/**
		 * \brief
		 * 
		 */
		std::string GetNameSpace();

		/**
		 * \brief
		 * 
		 */
		std::string GetClassName();

		/**
		 * \brief
		 * 
		 */
		bool InstanceOf(std::string);

		/**
		 * \brief
		 *
		 */
		bool InstanceOf(Object *o);
		
		/**
		 * \brief Clone object.
		 *
		 */
		virtual Object * Clone();
		
		/**
		 * \brief
		 *
		 */
		virtual bool Equals(Object *);
		
		/**
		 * \brief
		 *
		 */
		void Copy(Object *o);

		/**
		 * \brief
		 *
		 */
		virtual int Compare(Object *);
		
		/**
		 * \brief
		 * 
		 */
		virtual uint64_t Hash();
		
		/**
		 * \brief
		 * 
		 */
		virtual std::string what();
};

}

#endif