Pattern.h

#ifndef REBECCA_FRAMEWORK_PATTERN_H
#define REBECCA_FRAMEWORK_PATTERN_H

/*
 * RebeccaAIML, Artificial Intelligence Markup Language 
 * C++ api and engine.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Frank Hassanabad
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */

/* Disable Windows VC 7.x warning about 
 * shared_ptr needing dll-interface and
 * about it ignoring the throw specification
 */
#ifdef _WIN32
#    pragma warning ( push )
#    pragma warning( disable : 4251 )
#    pragma warning( disable : 4290 )
#endif

//Rebecca includes
#include <rebecca/framework/InnerCategory.h>

//Boost includes
#include <boost/enable_shared_from_this.hpp>

namespace rebecca
{
namespace framework
{
namespace impl
{

/*
 * Forward declerations
 */

class PatternImpl;

using boost::enable_shared_from_this;

class REBECCA_EXPORT Pattern : public InnerCategory, public enable_shared_from_this<Pattern>
{
    public:

        Pattern() 
            throw(InternalProgrammerErrorException &);
        
        virtual void addCharacters(const StringPimpl &characters) 
            throw(InternalProgrammerErrorException &);
        
        virtual StringPimpl getString() const
            throw(InternalProgrammerErrorException &);

        virtual const StringPimpl &getStringConstRef() const
            throw(InternalProgrammerErrorException &);

        virtual ~Pattern();

    private:

        shared_ptr<PatternImpl> m_pimpl;
};

} //end of namespace impl

//Expose just the class name to the framework namespace
using rebecca::framework::impl::Pattern;

} //end of namespace framework
} //end of namespace rebecca

#ifdef _WIN32
#    pragma warning ( pop )
#endif

#endif

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