ProfileExtension.h

//-*-C++-*-
/***************************************************************************
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2008 by Willem van Straten
 *   Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1
 *
 ***************************************************************************/
 
// psrchive/Base/Classes/Pulsar/ProfileExtension.h
 
#ifndef __Pulsar_Profile_Extension_h
#define __Pulsar_Profile_Extension_h
 
#include "Pulsar/Profile.h"
#include "extutil.h"
 
namespace Pulsar
{
  class Profile::Extension : public Reference::Able
  {
  public:

    Extension (const char* name);

    virtual ~Extension ();
    
    virtual Extension* clone () const = 0;
    
    virtual TextInterface::Parser* get_interface () { return 0; }
    
    virtual void integrate (const Profile* subint) { }

    std::string get_extension_name () const;
    
    virtual std::string get_short_name () const;
    
  protected:
    
    std::string extension_name;
    
  };

  template<class T>
  const T* Profile::get () const
  {
    return get_ext<const T> (this, "Pulsar::Profile::get<Ext>", verbose);
  }

  template<class T>
  T* Profile::get ()
  {
    return get_ext<T> (this, "Pulsar::Profile::get<Ext>", verbose);
  }
 
}
 
#endif