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 *
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 * which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
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/// @author Baudouin Raoult
/// @author Tiago Quintino
/// @date Apr 2015

#ifndef eckit_config_Parametrisation_H
#define eckit_config_Parametrisation_H

#include <string>
#include <vector>

namespace eckit {

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

class Parametrisation {

public:  // methods
    /// Destructor redundant but fixes sanity compiler warnings
    virtual ~Parametrisation();

    virtual bool has(const std::string& name) const = 0;

    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, std::string& value) const = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, bool& value) const        = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, int& value) const         = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, long& value) const        = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, long long& value) const;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, size_t& value) const = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, float& value) const  = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, double& value) const = 0;

    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, std::vector<int>& value) const  = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, std::vector<long>& value) const = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, std::vector<long long>& value) const;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, std::vector<size_t>& value) const      = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, std::vector<float>& value) const       = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, std::vector<double>& value) const      = 0;
    virtual bool get(const std::string& name, std::vector<std::string>& value) const = 0;
};

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

}  // namespace eckit

#endif
