/***************************************************************************
                          idlwriter.h  -  description
                             -------------------
    begin                : Sat Jan 4 2003
    copyright            : (C) 2003 by Oliver Kellogg
    email                : okellogg@users.sourceforge.net
 ***************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program 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 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef IDLWRITER_H
#define IDLWRITER_H

#include "simplecodegenerator.h"

class UMLAssociation;
class UMLOperation;

/**
 * Class IDLWriter is a code generator for UMLClassifier objects.
 * Create an instance of this class, and feed it a UMLClassifier when
 * calling writeClass and it will generate an IDL interface for that
 * concept.
 */
class IDLWriter : public SimpleCodeGenerator {
public:

    IDLWriter ();
    virtual ~IDLWriter ();

    /**
     * call this method to generate IDL code for a UMLClassifier
     * @param c the class to generate code for
     */
    virtual void writeClass (UMLClassifier *c);

    /**
     * returns "IDL"
     */
    virtual Uml::Programming_Language getLanguage();

    TQStringList defaultDatatypes();

    /**
     * get list of reserved keywords
     */
    virtual const TQStringList reservedKeywords() const;

private:

    /**
     * write one operation
     * @param op the class for which we are generating code
     * @param idl the stream associated with the output file
     */
    void writeOperation(UMLOperation* op, TQTextStream& idl, bool is_comment = false);

    void computeAssocTypeAndRole(UMLAssociation* a, UMLClassifier *c,
                                 TQString& typeName, TQString& roleName);

    static bool isOOClass(UMLClassifier* c);

    static bool assocTypeIsMappableToAttribute(Uml::Association_Type at);

};

#endif // IDLWRITER_H
