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#ifndef SOFA_SOFALIBRARY_H
#define SOFA_SOFALIBRARY_H

#include "CategoryLibrary.h"


namespace sofa
{

namespace core
{


/**
 *  \brief An Generic Library
 *
 *  It reads the content of the Object Factory and builds a library of components sorted inside categories.
 *  This Interface is used for the Modeler mainly.
 *
 */
class SOFA_CORE_API SofaLibrary
{
public:
    typedef std::vector< CategoryLibrary* > VecCategory;
    typedef VecCategory::const_iterator VecCategoryIterator;

public:
    virtual ~SofaLibrary() {};

    virtual void build(const std::vector< std::string >& examples=std::vector< std::string >());
    virtual void clear();

    std::string getComponentDescription( const std::string &componentName) const;

    const VecCategory& getCategories() const {return categories;};

    const CategoryLibrary  *getCategory(  const std::string &categoryName ) const;
    const ComponentLibrary *getComponent( const std::string &componentName) const;
    unsigned int getNumComponents() const {return numComponents;}

protected:
    virtual CategoryLibrary *createCategory(const std::string &category,
                                            unsigned int /* numCategory */) {
        return new CategoryLibrary(category);
    }
    virtual void addCategory(CategoryLibrary *);
    void computeNumComponents();

    VecCategory categories;
    std::vector< std::string > exampleFiles;
    unsigned int numComponents;

};

}
}

#endif
