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//   MOOS - Mission Oriented Operating Suite 
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//   A suit of Applications and Libraries for Mobile Robotics Research 
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//   This software was written by Paul Newman at MIT 2001-2002 and Oxford 
//   University 2003-2005. email: pnewman@robots.ox.ac.uk. 
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// MOOSVariable.h: interface for the CMOOSVariable class.
//

#ifndef MOOSVARIABLEH
#define MOOSVARIABLEH

#include "MOOSMsg.h"
#include <iomanip>
#include <ostream>
#define DEFAULT_MOOS_VAR_COMMS_TIME 0.2

class CMOOSVariable  
{
public:

    CMOOSVariable();
    CMOOSVariable(std::string sName, std::string sSubscribe,std::string sPublish,double dfCommsTime = DEFAULT_MOOS_VAR_COMMS_TIME);
    virtual ~CMOOSVariable();
    
    std::string GetAsString(int nFieldWidth = 12) const;
    
    std::string GetWriter() const;

    double              GetAge(double dfTimeNow) const;
    
    bool                Set(const std::string & sVal,double dfTime);
    
    bool                Set(double dfVal,double dfTime);

    std::string GetName() const;
    
    std::string GetStringVal() const;
    
    double              GetTime() const ;
    
    double              GetDoubleVal() const ;
    
    bool                IsDouble() const;
    
    std::string GetPublishName() const;
    
    bool                IsFresh() const ;

    bool                SetFresh(bool bFresh);

    std::string GetSubscribeName() const;
    
    bool                Set(const CMOOSMsg & Msg);
    
    double              GetCommsTime() const {return m_dfCommsTime;};
    
    
    
     


protected:
    double m_dfVal;
    std::string m_sVal;
    bool   m_bDouble;
    bool   m_bFresh; 
    double m_dfTimeWritten;
    double m_dfCommsTime; //time used when registering (how often should we receive updates?

    std::string m_sName;
    std::string m_sSrc;
    std::string m_sSubscribeName;
    std::string m_sPublishName;
};



template <typename _CharT, typename _Traits>
static std::basic_ostream <_CharT, _Traits>&
operator<< (std::basic_ostream <_CharT, _Traits>& OutputStream, const CMOOSVariable& MOOSVar)
{
    OutputStream << "name=" << MOOSVar.GetName ();
    OutputStream << ", ";
    
    if (MOOSVar.IsDouble ()) 
    {
        OutputStream << "double=" << MOOSVar.GetDoubleVal ();
    }
    else 
    {
        OutputStream << "string=" << MOOSVar.GetStringVal ();
    }
    OutputStream << ", ";
    OutputStream << std::fixed << std::setprecision (2) << "time=" << MOOSVar.GetTime ();
    return OutputStream;
}

#endif