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IObjManager.h

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// $Header: /nfs/slac/g/glast/ground/cvs/GaudiKernel/GaudiKernel/IObjManager.h,v 1.1.1.1 2001/04/18 18:14:18 tlindner Exp $
#ifndef GAUDIKERNEL_IOBJMANAGER_H
#define GAUDIKERNEL_IOBJMANAGER_H

// Include files
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "GaudiKernel/IInterface.h"

// Forward class declaration
class IFactory;
class ISvcLocator;

// Declaration of the interface ID ( interface id, major version, minor version) 
static const InterfaceID IID_IObjManager(17, 1 , 0); 

class IObjManager : virtual public  IInterface  {
public:
  typedef std::vector<const IFactory*>  Container;
  typedef const IFactory**              ObjIterator;

  static const InterfaceID& interfaceID() { return IID_IObjManager; }

  // Declare an abastract Converter factory to be used to create instances of a given Converter type
  virtual StatusCode declareObjFactory( const IFactory& factory      // Reference to the abastract factory
                                   ) = 0;
  // Check the existance of an Converter with a given name in the list of known Converters
  virtual bool existsObjFactory(const std::string& objtype             // Factory's object type
                            ) const = 0;
  // Get an existing converter factory
  virtual const IFactory* objFactory(const std::string& objtype             // Factory's object type
                                 ) const = 0;
  // Allow to iterate through all entries of the Converter manager
  // Start of iteration
  virtual ObjIterator objBegin() = 0;
  // End of iteration
  virtual ObjIterator objEnd() = 0;
};

#endif  // GAUDI_INTERFACES_IOBJMANAGER_H

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