ActionInterface.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Thu Oct 10 16:19:04 CEST 2002  ActionInterface.hpp

                        ActionInterface.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Thu October 10 2002
    copyright            : (C) 2002 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter.soetens@mech.kuleuven.ac.be

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#ifndef ACTIONINTERFACE_HPP
#define ACTIONINTERFACE_HPP

#include <map>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

#ifdef ORO_PRAGMA_INTERFACE
#pragma interface
#endif

namespace RTT {
    class DataSourceBase;

    class ActionInterface
    {
    public:
        typedef boost::shared_ptr<ActionInterface> shared_ptr;

        virtual ~ActionInterface();

        virtual bool execute() = 0;

        virtual void reset();

        virtual bool valid() const;

        virtual void readArguments() = 0;

        virtual ActionInterface* clone() const = 0;

        virtual ActionInterface* copy( std::map<const DataSourceBase*, DataSourceBase*>& alreadyCloned ) const;
    };

}

#endif // ACTIONINTERFACE_HPP