Source: ../../policy/node_base.hh


 
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// $XORP: xorp/policy/node_base.hh,v 1.2 2005/03/25 02:54:07 pavlin Exp $

#ifndef __POLICY_NODE_BASE_HH__
#define __POLICY_NODE_BASE_HH__

#include "visitor.hh"

/**
 * @short The base class of a node for building a hierarchy.
 *
 * Each node has a line number to associate it with a line in the configuration
 * file. This is useful for reporting error location in semantic checks.
 *
 * Nodes implement the visitor pattern [Inspired by Alexandrescu].
 */
class Node {
public:
    /**
     * @param line the configuration line number where this node was created.
     */
    Node(unsigned line) : _line(line) {}
    virtual ~Node() {}

    /**
     * @return line number of configuration where node was created.
     */
    unsigned line() const { return _line; }

    /**
     * Implementation of visitor.
     *
     * @param v visit node with this pattern.
     * @return element at the end of node evaluation.
     */
    virtual const Element* accept(Visitor& v) =0;

private:
    unsigned _line;
};

// macro ugliness for visitor implemntation.
#define DEFINE_VISITABLE() \
const Element* accept(Visitor& visitor) { \
    return visitor.visit(*this); \
}

#endif // __POLICY_NODE_BASE_HH__

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