Identified.h

//  trax track library
//  AD 2016 
//
//  "Tough and Competent"
//
//              Gene Kranz
//
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// Copyright (c) 2019 Marc-Michael Horstmann
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#pragma once
 
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
namespace trax{
 
    struct IDType;

    template<class I>
    struct Identified{

        virtual const std::string& Reference( const std::string& name ) const = 0;
 

        virtual void Reference( const std::string& name, const std::string& reference ) = 0;
 

        virtual const std::vector<char const *>& ReferenceNames( const std::string& namePart ) const = 0;
 

        virtual IDType ID() const noexcept = 0;
 

        virtual void ID( IDType id ) noexcept = 0;
 
 
        virtual ~Identified() = default;
        Identified( const Identified& ) = delete; // if identified would copy, they would no longer be identified.
        Identified& operator=( const Identified& ) = delete;
    protected:
        Identified() = default;
        Identified( Identified&& ) = default;
        Identified& operator=( Identified&& ) = default;
    };
 
}