LUMIERA.clone/src/proc/mobject/session/placement-index-query-resolver.hpp

/*
  PLACEMENT-INDEX-QUERY-RESOLVER.hpp  -  using PlacementIndex to resolve scope queries
 
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    2009,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
 
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/** @file placement-index-query-resolver.hpp
 ** Implementing resolution of "discover contents"-queries based on PlacementIndex.
 ** This wrapper adds a service to resolve queries for exploring the contents or
 ** the parent path of a given scope; the actual implementation is based on the 
 ** basic operations provided by the PlacementIndex; usually this wrapper is
 ** instantiated as one of the SessionServices for use by Proc-Layer internals.
 ** The PlacementIndex to use for the implementation is handed in to the ctor.
 ** 
 ** As any of the QueryResolver services, the actual resolution is completely
 ** decoupled from the querying client code, which retrieves the query results
 ** through an iterator. Parametrisation is transmitted to the resolver using a
 ** special subclass of Goal, a ScopeQuery. Especially, besides a filter to apply
 ** on the results to retrieve, the direction and way* to search can be parametrised: 
 ** - ascending to the parents of the start scope
 ** - enumerating the immediate child elements of the scope
 ** - exhaustive depth-first search to get any content of the scope
 ** 
 ** \par how the actual result set is created
 ** On initialisation, a table with preconfigured resolution functions is built,
 ** in order to re-gain the fully typed context when receiving a query. From within
 ** this context, the concrete Query instance can be investigated to define a
 ** constructor function for the actual result set, to determine the way how further
 ** results will be searched and extracted. The further exploration is driven by the
 ** client pulling values from the iterator until exhaustion.  
 **
 ** @see PlacementRef
 ** @see PlacementIndex_test
 **
 */



#ifndef MOBJECT_SESSION_PLACEMENT_INDEX_QUERY_RESOLVER_H
#define MOBJECT_SESSION_PLACEMENT_INDEX_QUERY_RESOLVER_H

//#include "pre.hpp"
#include "proc/mobject/session/placement-index.hpp"
#include "proc/mobject/session/query-resolver.hpp"
#include "lib/symbol.hpp"



namespace mobject {
namespace session {
  
  using lib::Literal;
  
  class Explorer;
  
  
  /**
   * Wrapper for the PlacementIndex, allowing to resolve scope contents discovery
   * - handles queries for placements of
   *   * MObjcect
   *   * Clip
   *   * Effect
   * - is able to process
   *   * ContentsQuery for retrieving full contents of a scope depth-first
   *   * PathQuery for retrieving all the parent scopes
   *   * more generally, any ScopeQuery with these properties, in some variations
   */
  class PlacementIndexQueryResolver
    : public session::QueryResolver
    {
      PPIdx index_;
      
      
      virtual bool canHandleQuery(Goal::QueryID const&)  const;
      
      virtual operator string()  const { return "PlacementIndex"; }
      
      
      Explorer* setupExploration (PlacementIndex::ID startID, Literal direction);
      
      template<typename MO>
      void defineHandling();
        
      template<typename MO>
      Resolution* resolutionFunction (Goal const& goal);
      
      
    public:
      PlacementIndexQueryResolver (PPIdx theIndex);
    };
  
  
}} // namespace mobject::session
#endif