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 * Voreen - The Volume Rendering Engine                                            *
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#ifndef VRN_ANIMATEDPROCESSOR_H
#define VRN_ANIMATEDPROCESSOR_H

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "voreen/core/animation/propertytimeline.h"
#include "voreen/core/io/serialization/serialization.h"

namespace voreen {

class Processor;
class Property;

/**
 * This class manages all animations for one processor.
 */
class VRN_CORE_API AnimatedProcessor : public Serializable {

public:
    /**
     * Constructor, gets a pointer to the processor which should be animated.
     */
    AnimatedProcessor(Processor* processor);

    /**
     * Destructor.
     */
    ~AnimatedProcessor();

    /**
     * Returns an array of all propertytimelines which belong to this processor.
     */
    const std::vector<PropertyTimeline*>& getPropertyTimelines() const;

    /**
     * Renders the complete Animation at a given time - respectively sets all properties of all processors to the value defined in the animation
     */
    void renderAt(float time);

    /**
     * Returns a pointer to the corresponding processor
     */
    const Processor* getCorrespondingProcessor() const;

    /**
     * Returns the name of the animated processor.
     */
    const std::string getProcessorName() const;

    /**
     * @see Serializable::serialize
     */
    virtual void serialize(XmlSerializer& s) const;

    /**
     * @see Serializable::deserialize
     */
    virtual void deserialize(XmlDeserializer& s);

protected:
    static const std::string loggerCat_; ///< category used in logging

private:
    friend class XmlDeserializer;

    /**
     * Adds a new timeline for the given property.
     */
    void addTemplatePropertyTimeline(Property* prop);

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    AnimatedProcessor();

    Processor* processor_;
    std::vector<PropertyTimeline*> properties_;
};

} // namespace voreen

#endif
