/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 solarpowerlog -- photovoltaic data logging

Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Tobias Frost

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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    This program 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

/** \file IConnectFactory.h
 *
 *  \date Created on: May 16, 2009
 *  \author: Tobias Frost (coldtobi)
 */

#ifndef CONNECTIONFACTORY_H_
#define CONNECTIONFACTORY_H_

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

#include "Connections/interfaces/IConnect.h"

using namespace std;

/** Factory for IConnection-Classes
 *
 *\ingroup factories
 */
class IConnectFactory
{
public:
	/** Factory for generation of connection methods.
	 * Give it the configurationpath, and out of the config, it will
	 * generate the right class.
	 *
	 * If the class is not known, it will return a dummy connection class.
	 * So you can also create inverters or derived classes without commms.
	 *
	 * \parameter configurationpath Where to extract the type of the
	 * requested comms?
	 *  */
	static IConnect* Factory( const string &configurationpath );

protected:
	IConnectFactory()
	{};
public:
	virtual ~IConnectFactory()
	{};

};

#endif /* CONNECTIONFACTORY_H_ */
