/*
  PARAMETER.hpp  -  representation of an automatable effect/plugin parameter

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

  **Lumiera** is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
  Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
  option) any later version. See the file COPYING for further details.

*/


/** @file parameter.hpp
 ** Core abstraction: parameter to be controlled and possibly automated.
 ** 
 ** @todo as of 2016, we still need to work out our parameter/automation concept.
 ** @deprecated 2026 the basic idea is valid — yet the final design will certainly be different;
 **       the only usage of this code is Fixture::getAutomation() ⟼ `Auto<double>*`
 */


#ifndef STEAM_PROC_MOBJECT_PARAMETER_H
#define STEAM_PROC_MOBJECT_PARAMETER_H




namespace steam {
namespace mobject {
  
  template<class VAL> class ParamProvider;
  
  
  /**
   * Descriptor and access object for a plugin parameter.
   * Parameters may be provided with values from the session,
   * and this values may be automated.
   */
  template<class VAL>
  class Parameter
    {
    public:
      VAL getValue () ;
      
    protected:
      ParamProvider<VAL>* provider;
      
    };
  
  
  
}} // namespace steam::mobject
#endif /*STEAM_PROC_MOBJECT_PARAMETER_H*/