/*
 * (C) Copyright 1996- ECMWF.
 *
 * This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
 * which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
 * In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities
 * granted to it by virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor
 * does it submit to any jurisdiction.
 */

/// @author Baudouin Raoult
/// @author Tiago Quintino
/// @date May 1996

#ifndef eckit_config_ResourceBase_h
#define eckit_config_ResourceBase_h

#include <string>

#include "eckit/memory/NonCopyable.h"
#include "eckit/utils/Translator.h"
#include "eckit/parser/Tokenizer.h"

namespace eckit {

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

class Configurable;
class Url;

class ResourceBase : private NonCopyable {

public: // methods

    ResourceBase(Configurable* owner, const std::string& str);

    virtual ~ResourceBase();

    void reset() { inited_ = false; }
    void dump(std::ostream&) const;
    void GET(std::ostream&, Url&);

    std::string name() const;

protected: // methods

    void init();

    virtual bool setFromConfigFile();

private: // members

    Configurable*       owner_;

    std::string         name_;        // In the config file
    std::string         environment_; // In the environment variables
    std::string         options_;     // For the command line options

    bool                inited_;

private: // methods

    virtual void setValue(const std::string&) = 0;
    virtual std::string getValue() const      = 0;

};

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

} // namespace eckit

#endif
