pattern.h

#ifndef REBECCA_FRAMEWORK_PATTERN_H
#define REBECCA_FRAMEWORK_PATTERN_H

/*
 * RebeccaAIML, Artificial Intelligence Markup Language 
 * C++ api and engine.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2005,2006,2007 Frank Hassanabad
 *
 * This file is part of RebeccaAIML.
 *
 * RebeccaAIML is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * RebeccaAIML 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

/* 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>

namespace rebecca
{
namespace framework
{
namespace impl
{

/*
 * Forward declerations
 */

class PatternImpl;

class REBECCA_EXPORT Pattern : public InnerCategory
{
    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:

        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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