#pragma once

#include "Visitor.h"

#include <string>
#include <memory>

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

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