src/platform/Event.h

   1 #ifndef AESALON_PLATFORM_EVENT_H
   2 #define AESALON_PLATFORM_EVENT_H
   3
   4 #include <string>
   5
   6 #include "misc/SmartPointer.h"
   7
   8 namespace Aesalon {
   9 namespace Platform {
  10
  11 /** Event class. Note that until overloaded, this base class is rather
  12     useless. */
  13 class Event {
  14 public:
  15     /** Event type enum, used for dynamic_cast<>ing later. */
  16     enum event_type_e {
  17         BLOCK_EVENT
  18     };
  19 private:
  20     /** Current event type. */
  21     event_type_e type;
  22 public:
  23     /** Constructor, takes a type. All other stored data is in the derived
  24         types. */
  25     Event(event_type_e type) : type(type) {}
  26     virtual ~Event() {}
  27
  28     /** Returns the type of the current event.
  29         @return The type of the current event.
  30     */
  31     event_type_e get_type() const { return type; }
  32
  33     virtual std::string serialize();
  34     static Misc::SmartPointer<Event> deserialize(std::string data);
  35 };
  36
  37 } // namespace Platform
  38 } // namespace Aesalon
  39
  40 #endif