lumiera_/src/proc/asset/timeline.hpp

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/*
TIMELINE.hpp - independent top-level element of the Session
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2009, Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
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*/
/** @file timeline.hpp
** Top level structural element within the session.
** Each Lumiera session may contain multiple top level timeline containers,
** which at the same time act as structural asset and as part of the public
** session API exposed to clients for discovering the session contents.
** Actually, Timelines are facade objects, delegating the implementation to
** the BindingMO, the Axis and the Sequences/Tracks.
**
** Contrary to usual habits in video/sound editing software, in Lumiera the
** tracks are \em not part of the timeline, but rather attached directly to
** the sequence container. To be usable, a timeline needs a binding to refer
** to such a sequence, but this sequence may be bound into multiple timelines
** or even virtual clips simultaneously.
**
** Like every structural asset, the creation of timelines happens automatically
** on referral; Timelines can be queried from the StructFactory, providing additional
** requested capabilities. Commonly clients will retrieve a given timeline by query
** on the name-ID of the timeline: \c Struct::retrieve(Query<Timeline>("id(theName)."))
** Additionally, the binding to a specific sequence may be established alongside:
** \c "timeline(theTimelineName),bindSequence(theTimelineName,sequenceID)."
**
** @see Session
** @see Sequence
** @see StructFactory
**
*/
#ifndef ASSET_TIMELINE_H
#define ASSET_TIMELINE_H
#include "proc/asset/struct.hpp"
//#include "proc/mobject/mobject.hpp"
//#include "proc/mobject/placement.hpp"
#include "proc/mobject/mobject-ref.hpp"
//#include "proc/mobject/session/binding.hpp" ////TODO avoidable??
#include "lib/p.hpp"
#include "lib/element-tracker.hpp"
//#include <vector>
//#include <string>
//using std::vector;
//using std::string;
namespace proc {
namespace mobject {
namespace session {
class Binding;
typedef MORef<Binding> RBinding;
}}
namespace asset {
class Timeline;
typedef P<Timeline> PTimeline;
/**
* TODO type comment
*/
class Timeline
: public Struct
, public lib::AutoRegistered<Timeline>
{
typedef mobject::session::RBinding RBinding;
RBinding boundSequence_;
Timeline (Ident const&, RBinding const&);
public:
/** create and register a new Timeline instance */
static PTimeline create (Asset::Ident const& idi, RBinding const& sequenceBinding);
protected:
virtual void unlink ();
};
///////////////////////////TODO currently just fleshing the API
}} // namespace proc::asset
#endif