/*
  PARAMPROVIDER.hpp  -  interface denoting a source for actual Parameter values

  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
    2008,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>

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*/


/** @file paramprovider.hpp
 ** Core abstraction: an entity to expose a single parameter
 ** 
 ** @todo as of 2016, we still need to work out our parameter/automation concept.
 */


#ifndef STEAM_MOBJECT_PARAMPROVIDER_H
#define STEAM_MOBJECT_PARAMPROVIDER_H



namespace steam {
namespace mobject {

  template<class VAL> class Parameter;
  template<class VAL> class Interpolator;



  /**
   * A facility to get the actual value of a plugin/effect parameter
   */
  template<class VAL>
  class ParamProvider
    {
    protected:
      Parameter<VAL>* param;
      Interpolator<VAL>* ipo;


    public:
      virtual VAL getValue () ;
    };



}} // namespace steam::mobject
#endif /*STEAM_MOBJECT_PARAMPROVIDER_H*/
