worldmanager.h

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#ifndef _worldmanager_h
#define _worldmanager_h

#include "managerbase.h"
#include "enumerations.h"

namespace Mezzanine
{
    class World;
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// @class WorldManager
    /// @headerfile worldmanager.h
    /// @brief This is the base class for all managers that belong to a single world instance.
    /// @details
    ///////////////////////////////////////
    class MEZZ_LIB WorldManager : public ManagerBase
    {
    protected:
        /// @internal
        /// @brief A pointer to the world that created this manager.
        World* ParentWorld;
        /// @internal
        /// @brief This stores whether or not processing for some or all objects in this manager has been paused.
        Boole OperationsPaused;
    public:
        /// @brief Class constructor.
        /// @param Creator The parent world that is creating the manager.
        WorldManager(World* Creator);
        /// @brief Class destructor.
        virtual ~WorldManager();

        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Utility

        /// @brief Gets the world this manager belongs to.
        /// @return Returns a pointer to the world that created this manager.
        virtual World* GetWorld() const;

        /// @brief Sets the pause state of this manager, or has no effect depending on the value passed in.
        /// @param PL A bitfield describing the pause level being assigned to the parent world of this manager.
        virtual void Pause(const UInt32 PL) = 0;
        /// @brief Gets whether or not this manager is currently paused.
        /// @return Returns true if this manager has some or all of it's operations paused currently.
        virtual Boole IsPaused() const;

        /// @copydoc ManagerBase::Initialize()
        /// @exception If this is called while no valid world is set, this will throw an "INVALID_STATE_EXCEPTION".
        virtual void Initialize();
    };//WorldManager
}//Mezzanine

#endif