XMLGeneratorVisitor.h

#pragma once

#include "Visitor.h"

#include <memory>
#include <string>

// Forward declarations
namespace xmlpp {
class Document;
class Element;
} // namespace xmlpp

namespace ChimeraTK {
// Forward declarations
class Application;
class VariableNetworkNode;

/**
 * @brief The XMLGeneratorVisitor class
 *
 * This class is responsible for generating the XML representation of the
 * Variables in an Application
 */
class XMLGeneratorVisitor : public Visitor<Application, VariableNetworkNode> {
public:
  XMLGeneratorVisitor();
  virtual ~XMLGeneratorVisitor() {}
  void dispatch(const Application &app);
  void dispatch(const VariableNetworkNode &node);

  void save(const std::string &filename);

private:
  std::shared_ptr<xmlpp::Document> _doc;
  xmlpp::Element *_rootElement;
};

} // namespace ChimeraTK