/*
 * ModuleGroup.h
 *
 *  Created on: Aug 23, 2017
 *      Author: Martin Hierholzer
 */

#ifndef CHIMERATK_MODULE_GROUP_H
#define CHIMERATK_MODULE_GROUP_H

#include <list>

#include <boost/thread.hpp>

#include "ModuleImpl.h"

namespace ChimeraTK {

  class ModuleGroup : public ModuleImpl {
   public:
    /** Constructor: register the ModuleGroup with its owner. If
     * eliminateHierarchy is true, the hierarchy level introduced by this group
     * will be eliminated from the "dynamic" data model (see
     *  EntityOwner::setEliminateHierarchy()). The tags given as the last argument
     * are added to all variables in this module recursively (see
     * EntityOwner::addTag()).
     *
     *  Note: ModuleGroups may only be owned by the Application or other
     * ModuleGroups. */
    ModuleGroup(EntityOwner* owner, const std::string& name, const std::string& description,
        bool eliminateHierarchy = false, const std::unordered_set<std::string>& tags = {});

    /** Default constructor: Allows late initialisation of ModuleGroups (e.g. when
     * creating arrays of ModuleGroups).
     *
     *  This construtor also has to be here to mitigate a bug in gcc. It is needed
     * to allow constructor inheritance of modules owning other modules. This
     * constructor will not actually be called then. See this bug report:
     * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=67054 */
    ModuleGroup() : ModuleImpl() {}

    /** Move constructor */
    ModuleGroup(ModuleGroup&& other) { operator=(std::move(other)); }

    /** Move assignment */
    ModuleGroup& operator=(ModuleGroup&& other) {
      ModuleImpl::operator=(std::move(other));
      return *this;
    }

    /** Destructor */
    virtual ~ModuleGroup(){};

    ModuleType getModuleType() const override { return ModuleType::ModuleGroup; }
  };

} /* namespace ChimeraTK */

#endif /* CHIMERATK_MODULE_GROUP_H */