/* This file is part of Ingen.
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Dave Robillard <http://drobilla.net>
 *
 * Ingen 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.
 *
 * Ingen is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
 * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 */

#ifndef INGEN_ENGINE_OBJECTSENDER_HPP
#define INGEN_ENGINE_OBJECTSENDER_HPP

#include <list>

namespace Ingen {

namespace Shared { class ClientInterface; }

class GraphObjectImpl;
class PatchImpl;
class NodeImpl;
class PortImpl;
class PluginImpl;


/** Utility class for sending GraphObjects to clients through ClientInterface.
 *
 * While ClientInterface is the direct low level message-based interface
 * (protocol), this is used from the engine to easily send proper Objects
 * with these messages (which is done in a few different parts of the code).
 *
 * Basically a serialiser, except to calls on ClientInterface rather than
 * eg a byte stream.
 */
class ObjectSender {
public:
	static void send_object(Shared::ClientInterface* client,
			const GraphObjectImpl* object, bool recursive);

private:
	static void send_patch(Shared::ClientInterface* client,
			const PatchImpl* patch, bool recursive, bool bundle=true);
	static void send_node(Shared::ClientInterface* client,
			const NodeImpl* node, bool recursive, bool bundle=true);
	static void send_port(Shared::ClientInterface* client,
			const PortImpl* port, bool bundle=true);
};

} // namespace Ingen

#endif // INGEN_ENGINE_OBJECTSENDER_HPP