/*
    Scan Tailor - Interactive post-processing tool for scanned pages.
    Copyright (C) 2007-2009  Joseph Artsimovich <joseph_a@mail.ru>

    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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

#ifndef PROPERTY_FACTORY_H_
#define PROPERTY_FACTORY_H_

#include "Property.h"
#include "IntrusivePtr.h"
#include <QString>
#include <map>

class QDomElement;

class PropertyFactory
{
    // Member-wise copying is OK.
public:
    virtual ~PropertyFactory() {}

    typedef IntrusivePtr<Property> (*PropertyConstructor)(QDomElement const& el);

    void registerProperty(QString const& property, PropertyConstructor constructor);

    IntrusivePtr<Property> construct(QDomElement const& el) const;
private:
    typedef std::map<QString, PropertyConstructor> Registry;
    Registry m_registry;
};

#endif
