/** 
 * @file lldispatcher.h
 * @brief LLDispatcher class header file.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2004-$CurrentYear$, Linden Research, Inc.
 * $License$
 */

#ifndef LL_LLDISPATCHER_H
#define LL_LLDISPATCHER_H

#include <map>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

class LLDispatcher;
class LLMessageSystem;
class LLUUID;

//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Class LLDispatchHandler
//
// Abstract base class for handling dispatches. Derive your own
// classes, construct them, and add them to the dispatcher you want to
// use.
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

class LLDispatchHandler
{
public:
	typedef std::vector<std::string> sparam_t;
	//typedef std::vector<S32> iparam_t;
	LLDispatchHandler() {}
	virtual ~LLDispatchHandler() {}
	virtual bool operator()(
		const LLDispatcher* dispatcher,
		const std::string& key,
		const LLUUID& invoice,
		const sparam_t& string) = 0;
	//const iparam_t& integers) = 0;
};

//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Class LLDispatcher
//
// Basic utility class that handles dispatching keyed operations to
// function objects implemented as LLDispatchHandler derivations.
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
class LLDispatcher
{
public:
	typedef std::string key_t;
	typedef std::vector<std::string> keys_t;
	typedef std::vector<std::string> sparam_t;
	//typedef std::vector<S32> iparam_t;

	// construct a dispatcher.
	LLDispatcher();
	virtual ~LLDispatcher();

	// Returns if they keyed handler exists in this dispatcher.
	bool isHandlerPresent(const key_t& name) const;

	// copy all known keys onto keys_t structure
	void copyAllHandlerNames(keys_t& names) const;

	// Call this method with the name of the request that has come
	// in. If the handler is present, it is called with the params and
	// returns the return value from 
	bool dispatch(
		const key_t& name,
		const LLUUID& invoice,
		const sparam_t& strings) const;
	//const iparam_t& itegers) const;

	// Add a handler. If one with the same key already exists, its
	// pointer is returned, otherwise returns NULL. This object does
	// not do memory management of the LLDispatchHandler, and relies
	// on the caller to delete the object if necessary.
	LLDispatchHandler* addHandler(const key_t& name, LLDispatchHandler* func);

	// Helper method to unpack the dispatcher message bus
	// format. Returns true on success.
	static bool unpackMessage(
		LLMessageSystem* msg,
		key_t& method,
		LLUUID& invoice,
		sparam_t& parameters);

protected:
	typedef std::map<key_t, LLDispatchHandler*> dispatch_map_t;
	dispatch_map_t mHandlers;
};

#endif // LL_LLDISPATCHER_H