/* -*- mode: c++ -*-
*/
/*
GIFT, a flexible content based image retrieval system.
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 CUI, University of Geneva
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.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
#ifndef _CATTRIBUTELIST
#define _CATTRIBUTELIST
#include <map>
#include <list>
#include <string>
#include "CMagic.h"
//#define _PRINTOUTS_AL
/** a simple class destined to contain attribute-value pairs in an
easily accessible fashion */
class CAttributeList:public map<string,string>,public CMagic{
public:
/** from expat */
CAttributeList(const char* const * const inAttributeList);
/** from other c++ */
CAttributeList(const list<pair <string,string> >& inAttributes);
/** copy constructor */
CAttributeList(const CAttributeList& inList);
/** finding in this*/
const_iterator find(string inString)const;
/** adding an attribute */
void add(const string& inFirst,
const string& inSecond);
/** adding an attribute for integers using the function for strings */
void add(const string& inAttribute,long inValue);
/** adding an attribute for doubles using using the function for strings */
void add(const string& inAttribute,double inValue);
/** reading an attribute for booleans using stringReadAttribute
it supports several pairs:
yes/no
true/false
y/n
*/
pair<bool,bool> boolReadAttribute(const string& inAttribute)const;
/** reading an attribute for integers using stringReadAttribute */
pair<bool,long> longReadAttribute(const string& inAttribute)const;
/** reading an attribute for doubles using stringReadAttribute */
pair<bool,double> doubleReadAttribute(const string& inAttribute)const;
/** reading an attribute for strings
All the attribute functions implement a primitive version
of inheritance: We look also at the parents of this, if we
do not find a given attribute in this.
this is virtual in order to plug in other methods of inheritance
*/
virtual pair<bool,string> stringReadAttribute(const string& inAttribute)const;
/** Outputting a string to XML
*/
void CAttributeList::toXML(string& outString)const;
};
#endif
Documentation generated by muellerw@pc7170 on Son Okt 8 16:04:40 CEST 2000