artis/src/artis/kernel/Node.hpp

/**
 * @file artis/kernel/Node.hpp
 * @author See the AUTHORS file
 */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012-2017 ULCO http://www.univ-littoral.fr
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *
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 */

#ifndef __ARTIS_KERNEL_NODE_HPP
#define __ARTIS_KERNEL_NODE_HPP

#include <artis/kernel/Any.hpp>

#include <cassert>

namespace artis { namespace kernel {

template < typename U >
class Node
{
public:
    Node()
    { }

    virtual ~Node()
    { }

    virtual const Any& get(typename U::type t, unsigned int index) const = 0;

    virtual std::string get(const ValueTypeID& value_type, typename U::type t,
                            unsigned int index) const = 0;

    virtual const Node < U >* get_submodel(unsigned int /* index */) const
    {
        assert(false);
        return 0;
    }

    virtual const Node < U >* get_submodel(unsigned int /*index */,
                                           unsigned int /* rank */) const
    {
        assert(false);
        return 0;
    }
};

} }

#endif