optarray.h

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#ifndef _GURLS_OPTARRAY_H_
#define _GURLS_OPTARRAY_H_

#include "gurls++/options.h"

#include <vector>

namespace gurls
{

class GurlsOptionsList;

class GURLS_EXPORT OptArray: public GurlsOption
{
public:

    typedef std::vector<GurlsOption*> ValueType; 

protected:

    ValueType *value; 


public:

    OptArray();

    OptArray(const OptArray& other);

    ~OptArray();

    const ValueType& getValue() const;

    void push_back(GurlsOption *opt);

    void erase(unsigned long index, bool deleteMembers = true);

    void clear();

    void reserve(unsigned long size);

    virtual bool isA(OptTypes id) const;

    static OptArray* dynacast(GurlsOption* opt);

    static const OptArray* dynacast(const GurlsOption* opt);

    unsigned long size() const;

    GurlsOption* operator[] (unsigned long i) const;

    friend GURLS_EXPORT std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const OptArray& opt);

    virtual std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os) const;

    void save(const std::string& fileName) const;

    void load(const std::string& fileName);

};

}

#endif //_GURLS_OPTARRAY_H_