/***********************************************************************
    created:    Fri Oct 07 2011
    author:     Paul D Turner <paul@cegui.org.uk>
*************************************************************************/
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#ifndef _CEGUIFactoryModule_h_
#define _CEGUIFactoryModule_h_

#include "CEGUI/String.h"
#include <vector>

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#	pragma warning(push)
#	pragma warning(disable : 4251)
#endif

// Start of CEGUI namespace section
namespace CEGUI
{
class FactoryRegisterer;

class CEGUIEXPORT FactoryModule
{
public:
    //! Destructor.
    virtual ~FactoryModule();
    //! Register the factory for objects of the specified type.
    void registerFactory(const String& type_name);
    //! Register factories for all object types in the module.
    unsigned int registerAllFactories();
    //! Unregister the factory for objects of the specified type.
    void unregisterFactory(const String& type_name);
    //! Unregister factories for all object types in the module.
    unsigned int unregisterAllFactories();

protected:

    //! The collection of factorty registerer object pointers.
    std::vector<FactoryRegisterer*> d_registry;
};

} // End of  CEGUI namespace section

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#	pragma warning(pop)
#endif

#endif  // end of guard _CEGUIFactoryModule_h_

