/***************************************************************************
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 *   copyright (C) 2003      Brian Thomas <thomas@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov>   *
 *   copyright (C) 2004-2008                                               *
 *   Umbrello UML Modeller Authors <uml-devel@uml.sf.net>                  *
 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef CODEPARAMETER_H
#define CODEPARAMETER_H

#include "umlnamespace.h"
#include "codecomment.h"

class ClassifierCodeDocument;
class UMLObject;

/**
 * class CodeParameter
 * A parameter on some type of code.
 */
class CodeParameter : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:

    /**
     * Empty Constructor
     */
    CodeParameter ( ClassifierCodeDocument * doc, UMLObject * parentObj );

    /**
     * Empty Destructor
     */
    virtual ~CodeParameter ( );

    ClassifierCodeDocument * getParentDocument ( );

    UMLObject * getParentObject ( );

    bool getAbstract ( );

    bool getStatic ( );

    QString getName ( ) const;

    virtual QString getTypeName ( );

    Uml::Visibility getVisibility ( ) const;

    virtual void setInitialValue ( const QString &new_var );

    virtual QString getInitialValue ( );

    void setComment ( CodeComment * comment );

    CodeComment * getComment ( );

    // the id of this parameter is the same as the parent UMLObject id.
    QString getID ();

    virtual void updateContent() = 0;

protected:

    virtual void setAttributesOnNode ( QDomDocument & doc, QDomElement & blockElement);

    virtual void setAttributesFromNode ( QDomElement & element);

private:

    ClassifierCodeDocument * m_parentDocument;
    UMLObject * m_parentObject;
    CodeComment * m_comment;

    // The initial value of this code parameter
    QString m_initialValue;

    void initFields ( ClassifierCodeDocument * doc, UMLObject * obj);

public slots:

    void syncToParent ();

};

#endif // CODEPARAMETER_H
