//: C10:Observable.h
// From "Thinking in C++, Volume 2", by Bruce Eckel & Chuck Allison.
// (c) 1995-2004 MindView, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// See source code use permissions stated in the file 'License.txt',
// distributed with the code package available at www.MindView.net.
// The Observable class.
#ifndef OBSERVABLE_H
#define OBSERVABLE_H
#include <set>
#include "Observer.h"

class Observable {
  bool changed;
  std::set<Observer*> observers;
protected:
  virtual void setChanged() { changed = true; }
  virtual void clearChanged() { changed = false; }
public:
  virtual void addObserver(Observer& o) {
    observers.insert(&o);
  }
  virtual void deleteObserver(Observer& o) {
    observers.erase(&o);
  }
  virtual void deleteObservers() {
    observers.clear();
  }
  virtual int countObservers() {
    return observers.size();
  }
  virtual bool hasChanged() { return changed; }
  // If this object has changed, notify all
  // of its observers:
  virtual void notifyObservers(Argument* arg = 0) {
    if(!hasChanged()) return;
    clearChanged(); // Not "changed" anymore
    std::set<Observer*>::iterator it;
    for(it = observers.begin();it != observers.end(); it++)
      (*it)->update(this, arg);
  }
  virtual ~Observable() {}
};
#endif // OBSERVABLE_H ///:~