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    created:    Mon Jun 13 2005
    author:     Paul D Turner <paul@cegui.org.uk>
*************************************************************************/
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#ifndef _CEGUIFalPropertyInitialiser_h_
#define _CEGUIFalPropertyInitialiser_h_

#include "../PropertySet.h"


// Start of CEGUI namespace section
namespace CEGUI
{
    /*!
    \brief
        Class that holds information about a property and it's required initial value.
    */
    class CEGUIEXPORT PropertyInitialiser
    {
    public:
        PropertyInitialiser() {};
        /*!
        \brief
            Constructor

        \param property
            String holding the name of the property targetted by this PropertyInitialiser.

        \param value
            String holding the value to be set by this PropertyInitialiser.
        */
        PropertyInitialiser(const String& property, const String& value);

        /*!
        \brief
            Apply this property initialiser to the specified target CEGUI::PropertySet object.

        \param target
            CEGUI::PropertySet object to be initialised by this PropertyInitialiser.

        \return
            Nothing.
        */
        void apply(PropertySet& target) const;
        /*!
        \brief
            Sets the name of the property targetted by this PropertyInitialiser.

        \param name
            String object holding the name of the target property.

        \return
            Nothing.
        */
        void setTargetPropertyName(const String& name);

        /*!
        \brief
            Return the name of the property targetted by this PropertyInitialiser.

        \return
            String object holding the name of the target property.
        */
        const String& getTargetPropertyName() const;

        /*!
        \brief
            Sets the value string to be set on the property targetted by this PropertyInitialiser.

        \return
            String object holding the value string.

        \return
            Nothing.
        */
        void setInitialiserValue(const String& value);

        /*!
        \brief
            Return the value string to be set on the property targetted by this PropertyInitialiser.

        \return
            String object holding the value string.
        */
        const String& getInitialiserValue() const;

        /*!
        \brief
            Writes an xml representation of this PropertyInitialiser to \a out_stream.

        \param xml_stream
            Stream where xml data should be output.


        \return
            Nothing.
        */
        void writeXMLToStream(XMLSerializer& xml_stream) const;

    private:
        CEGUI::String   d_propertyName;     //!< Name of a property to be set.
        CEGUI::String   d_propertyValue;    //!< Value string to be set on the property.
    };

} // End of  CEGUI namespace section


#endif  // end of guard _CEGUIFalPropertyInitialiser_h_
