crossplatform.h

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#ifndef _crossplatform_h
#define _crossplatform_h
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// @namespace Mezzanine::crossplatform
/// @brief All functionality that needs different implemenations per platform will go in here
/// @details If we did our jobs right You not need to change anything to compile on
/// different platforms exvept the build target. If you want, the platform can
/// be manually defined in this section and this should be the only place that you
/// need to change to compile this on a supported platform. Just remark all the
/// lines that are not your platform using "//" and unremark your platform.
/// \n\n
/// Should you choose to port this to your platform, make sure that all the
/// required libraries are installed, then make sure to write an implementation
/// for each of the functions in crossplatform.cpp, then you should get to the
/// nitty gritty of making the minor platforms inconsistencies work.
/// \n\n
/// For most games there will be no need to directly call these functions, however if you decide
/// your game is an exception, there is one key thing to remember about all of these functions.
/// All of these may perform/behave slightly differently.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//Unremark one of these when not compiling with code::blocks or cmake
//#define MEZZ_LINUX
//#define MEZZ_MACOSX
//#define MEZZ_WINDOWS

//End Choose Your Platform
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Includes
#include "crossplatformexport.h"
#include "datatypes.h"


// Forward declaration for compatibility
/// @internal
namespace Ogre
{
    class RenderWindow;
}

struct SDL_Window;

namespace Mezzanine
{
    //Forward Declarations should go here
    class Entresol;

    namespace crossplatform
    {
        /// @brief Gets the platform currently being run on.
        /// @return Returns a string based on the platform.  "Windows", "Linux", or "MacOSX".
        String MEZZ_LIB GetPlatform();

        /// @brief Get a timestamp.
        /// @warning On some platforms this requires a static initialization, an can cause undefined behavior if called before static initializations are complete
        /// @return The largest size integer containing a timestamp that can be compared to other timestamps, but hads no guarantees for external value.
        MaxInt MEZZ_LIB GetTimeStamp();

        #ifndef SWIG
        /// @brief Get the resolution of the timestamp in microseconds.
        /// @return A Whole which returns in millionths of a second the smallest unit of time that GetTimeStamp can measure.
        Whole MEZZ_LIB GetTimeStampResolution();

        /// @brief Get the amount of logical processors, a reasononable amount to use for thread creation.
        /// @details This returns whatever your OS thinks is the count of CPUs. This could include
        /// Hyperthreading unit on Intel's chip, or it might not, it could include the threads from
        /// Niagra CPUs or it might not, it could return just about any value on a given piece of
        /// and should return a reasonable value for how many threads should be used.
        /// @return A Whole containing the amount of processors.
        Whole MEZZ_LIB GetCPUCount();
        #endif //SWIG
    }// Crossplatform
}//Mezzanine

#endif