PRMAttribute.h

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#ifndef GUM_ATTRIBUTE_H
#define GUM_ATTRIBUTE_H

#include <agrum/PRM/elements/PRMClassElement.h>
#include <agrum/multidim/implementations/multiDimImplementation.h>

namespace gum {
  namespace prm {

    template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
    class PRMAttribute : public PRMClassElement< GUM_SCALAR > {
      public:
      // ========================================================================
      // ========================================================================
      explicit PRMAttribute(const std::string& name);

      virtual ~PRMAttribute();

      // ========================================================================
      // ========================================================================

      virtual PRMAttribute< GUM_SCALAR >*
         newFactory(const PRMClass< GUM_SCALAR >& c) const = 0;
      virtual PRMAttribute< GUM_SCALAR >*
         copy(Bijection< const DiscreteVariable*, const DiscreteVariable* > bij)
            const = 0;

      virtual void copyCpf(
         const Bijection< const DiscreteVariable*, const DiscreteVariable* >& bif,
         const PRMAttribute< GUM_SCALAR >& source) = 0;

      virtual typename PRMClassElement< GUM_SCALAR >::ClassElementType
         elt_type() const = 0;

      virtual PRMType& type() = 0;

      virtual const PRMType& type() const = 0;

      virtual const Potential< GUM_SCALAR >& cpf() const = 0;

      virtual void addParent(const PRMClassElement< GUM_SCALAR >& elt) = 0;

      virtual void addChild(const PRMClassElement< GUM_SCALAR >& elt) = 0;

      virtual PRMAttribute< GUM_SCALAR >* getCastDescendant() const = 0;

      virtual void setAsCastDescendant(PRMAttribute< GUM_SCALAR >* attr) = 0;

      virtual void becomeCastDescendant(PRMType& subtype) = 0;

      virtual void swap(const PRMType& old_type, const PRMType& new_type) = 0;

      virtual void overload(PRMAttribute< GUM_SCALAR >* source);


      protected:
      PRMAttribute(const PRMAttribute< GUM_SCALAR >& source);

      virtual PRMType* _type() = 0;
      virtual void     _type(PRMType* t) = 0;
    };


#ifndef GUM_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_CLASS
    extern template class PRMAttribute< double >;
#endif


  } /* namespace prm */
}   // namespace gum

#include <agrum/PRM/elements/PRMAttribute_tpl.h>

#endif /* GUM_ATTRIBUTE_H */