#pragma once

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#include <GBL_Global/Types.hpp>
#include "GeoPairingImpl.hpp"

namespace N_GeoPairingImpl
{

/**
 * This class serves is the entry point to the GeoPairing Software. It must be
 * initialized before use.
 *
 * @author Daniel.Schmid
 * @version 1.0
 * @created 17-Jul-2009 14:27:37
 */
class GeoPairingImplFactory
{
public:

  /**
   * Creates a new air target tracker
   */
  static GeoPairingImplAirTargetTracker *createAirTargetTracker();

  /**
   * Creates a new air target updater
   */
  static GeoPairingImplAirTargetUpdater *createAirTargetUpdater();

  /**
   * Creates a new air target cache
   *
   * @param a_playerID
   */
  static GeoPairingImplAirTargetCache *createAirTargetCache(SInt32 a_playerID);

  /**
   * Creates a new fired bulled according to the given SensorData
   *
   * @param a_sensorData
   */
  static GeoPairingImplFiredBullet *createFiredBullet(GeoPairingImplSensorData &a_sensorData);

  /**
   * Populates a SensorData instance according to the given transparent datastream
   *
   * @param a_sensorData
   * @param a_transparentData
   * @param a_sizeOfTransparentData
   */
  static SInt32 createSensorData(GeoPairingImplSensorData *a_sensorData, const QByteArray& a_transparentData, int &isDefault);
  static SInt32 createSensorData(GeoPairingImplSensorData *a_sensorData, const QByteArray& a_transparentData);

  /**
   * Initialize the GeoPairing component
   *
   * @param a_config
   */
  static bool initialize(const QString &filePath);

  /**
   * installs an implementation
   *
   * @param a_impl
   */
  static void setImpl(GeoPairingImpl *a_impl);

  /**
   * Sets global meteo conditions
   *
   * @param a_meteoData
   */
  static void setMeteoData(const GeoPairingImplMeteoData &a_meteoData);

protected:

private:

  static GeoPairingImpl *m_Impl;


  /**
   * retrieves the implementation object pointer
   */
  static GeoPairingImpl *getImpl();

};

}