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SOMELibFactory.h

/********************************************************************
** Copyright (C) 2000 SOMELib Project
**
** This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
** modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
** License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
** version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
**
** This library 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
** Library General Public License for more details.
**
** You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
** License along with this library; if not, write to the
** Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
** Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
**
*******************************************************************/

#ifndef SOMELIB_FACTORY_HEADER
#define SOMELIB_FACTORY_HEADER

#include <string>
#include <deque>
#include <vector>
#include <set>

#include "SOMELibCatalog.h"
#include "SOMEClassCatalog.h"
#include "BasicDynLib.h"
#include "Path.h"
#include <string>

namespace SOME
{

class LibFactory
{
public:
    void addLib(const std::string& path);
    void addLib(SOME::Path& path);
    const ClassCatalog& getClassCatalog(const std::string&);
    std::vector < ClassCatalog > getCategory(const std::string&);
    std::vector < ClassCatalog > getByCategory(const std::string&, const std::string&);
    std::string getLibExtension();
    std::set < std::string > enumCategory( const std::string& key );
    std::set < std::string > enumCategory( const std::string& key, std::map < std::string, std::string > &catmap );

    //fix this for Microsoft's build since it does not like maps
    //get all class catalogs whoes categories corraspond to entries in a map
    std::vector < ClassCatalog > getByCategory( std::map < std::string, std::string > &keys );

private:
    LibFactory();
    friend LibFactory& getLibFactory();

private:
    typedef std::deque < LibCatalog > LibContainer;
    LibContainer libs;
};

LibFactory& getLibFactory();

std::string searchForLib(const std::string& dir, const std::string& name);

} //namespace SOME

#endif //SOMELIB_FACTORY_HEADER

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