//
// VMime library (http://www.vmime.org)
// Copyright (C) 2002-2009 Vincent Richard <vincent@vincent-richard.net>
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#ifndef VMIME_UTILITY_ENCODER_ENCODERFACTORY_HPP_INCLUDED
#define VMIME_UTILITY_ENCODER_ENCODERFACTORY_HPP_INCLUDED


#include "vmime/utility/encoder/encoder.hpp"
#include "vmime/utility/stringUtils.hpp"


namespace vmime {
namespace utility {
namespace encoder {


/** A factory to create 'encoder' objects for the specified encoding.
  */

class encoderFactory
{
private:

	encoderFactory();
	~encoderFactory();

public:

	static encoderFactory* getInstance();

	/** Information about a registered encoder. */
	class registeredEncoder : public object
	{
	protected:

		virtual ~registeredEncoder() { }

	public:

		virtual ref <encoder> create() const = 0;

		virtual const string& getName() const = 0;
	};

private:

	template <class E>
	class registeredEncoderImpl : public registeredEncoder
	{
		friend class vmime::creator;

	protected:

		registeredEncoderImpl(const string& name) : m_name(name) { }

	public:

		ref <encoder> create() const
		{
			return vmime::create <E>();
		}

		const string& getName() const
		{
			return (m_name);
		}

	private:

		const string m_name;
	};


	std::vector <ref <registeredEncoder> > m_encoders;

public:

	/** Register a new encoder by its encoding name.
	  *
	  * @param name encoding name
	  */
	template <class E>
	void registerName(const string& name)
	{
		m_encoders.push_back(vmime::create <registeredEncoderImpl <E> >(utility::stringUtils::toLower(name)));
	}

	/** Create a new encoder instance from an encoding name.
	  *
	  * @param name encoding name (eg. "base64")
	  * @return a new encoder instance for the specified encoding
	  * @throw exceptions::no_encoder_available if no encoder is registered
	  * for this encoding
	  */
	ref <encoder> create(const string& name);

	/** Return information about a registered encoder.
	  *
	  * @param name encoding name
	  * @return information about this encoder
	  * @throw exceptions::no_encoder_available if no encoder is registered
	  * for this encoding
	  */
	const ref <const registeredEncoder> getEncoderByName(const string& name) const;

	/** Return the number of registered encoders.
	  *
	  * @return number of registered encoders
	  */
	int getEncoderCount() const;

	/** Return the registered encoder at the specified position.
	  *
	  * @param pos position of the registered encoder to return
	  * @return registered encoder at the specified position
	  */
	const ref <const registeredEncoder> getEncoderAt(const int pos) const;

	/** Return a list of all registered encoders.
	  *
	  * @return list of registered encoders
	  */
	const std::vector <ref <const registeredEncoder> > getEncoderList() const;
};


} // encoder
} // utility
} // vmime


#endif // VMIME_UTILITY_ENCODER_ENCODERFACTORY_HPP_INCLUDED
