//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// File and Version Information:
// 	$Id: BdbConfigMap.ddl,v 1.6 1998/01/29 07:39:57 yury Exp $
//
// Description:
//	Class BdbConfigMap: a map object for Configuration database. 
//      Essentially, a wrapper around ooMap
//
// Environment:
//	Software developed for the BaBar Detector at the SLAC B-Factory.
//
// Author List:
//	Yury Kolomensky			
//
// Copyright Information:
//	Copyright (C) 1997	Caltech
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifndef BDBCONFIGMAP_HH
#define BDBCONFIGMAP_HH

//-----------------
// BaBar Headers --
//-----------------
#include "BaBar/BaBar.hh"
//-------------
// C Headers --
//-------------
#include <stddef.h>

//----------------------
// Base Class Headers --
//----------------------
#include "BdbConfig/BdbConfigObject.hh"

//-------------------------------
// Collaborating Class Headers --
//-------------------------------
#include "BdbUtil/Bdb.hh"
#include <ooMap.h>

//------------------------------------
// Collaborating Class Declarations --
//------------------------------------
class BdbConfigDatabase;
class BdbConfigKey;
class ostream;


//		---------------------
// 		-- Class Interface --
//		---------------------

class BdbConfigMap : public BdbConfigObject {

//------------------
// Static Members --
//------------------

public:

  // create an empty map
  static BdbHandle(BdbConfigMap) create(BdbConfigDatabase*  theDatabase,
					const char*   name);

  // copy
  static BdbHandle(BdbConfigMap) create(BdbConfigDatabase*  theDatabase,
					const BdbConfigMap& anotherMap);

  static const char* className( );	

public:

  // Constructor
  BdbConfigMap(const char*   name );
  // copy ctor
  BdbConfigMap(const BdbConfigMap& anotherMap );

  // Destructor
  virtual ~BdbConfigMap( );
  
  // Selectors
  
  inline const char* getObjectName() const; // get the name for this object
  virtual const char* getMyClassName( ) const;	
 
  // copy method 
  virtual BdbStatus copy(const BdbHandle(BdbConfigContObj)& containerH,
			 BdbHandle(BdbConfigObject)& newObjectH);

  // Accessors

  BdbRef(BdbConfigObject) lookup(const char* name) const;
  // this one is more efficient
  BdbStatus lookup(const char* name,
		   BdbHandle(BdbConfigObject)& theObjectH,
		   bool open=false) const;

  bool isMember(const char* name) const;

  // this accessor is not a good OO practice, but I do not see a better 
  // solution at the moment.

  void getMapHandle(BdbHandle(BdbMap)&) const;

  //Modifiers
  bool add(const char* name, BdbRef(BdbConfigObject)& theObject);
  bool remove(const char* name);
  bool replace(const char* name, BdbRef(BdbConfigObject)& theObject);

  // print method
  virtual void print(ostream& os) const;

private:

    // Data members
  ooVString     _name;      // the name of the object
  BdbRef(BdbMap) _map;
  
};

//------------------
// Inline methods --
//------------------


const char*
BdbConfigMap::getObjectName( ) const
{
  return _name;
}


#endif