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#ifndef ROCKETCOREPYTHONELEMENTINSTANCER_H
#define ROCKETCOREPYTHONELEMENTINSTANCER_H

#include <EMP/Core/String.h>
#include <EMP/Core/XMLParser.h>
#include <EMP/Core/Python/Python.h>
#include <Rocket/Core/Element.h>
#include <Rocket/Core/ElementInstancer.h>
#include <Rocket/Core/Python/Header.h>

namespace Rocket {
namespace Core {
namespace Python {

/**
	Python Element Instancer 

	This object provides the standard ElementInstancer 
	interface for instancing python elements.

	NOTE: This is all inline so that it can be used by 3rdparty plugins

	@author Lloyd Weehuizen 
 */

class ElementInstancer : public Rocket::Core::ElementInstancer
{
public:
	ElementInstancer(PyObject* _class_definition)
	{
		class_definition = _class_definition;
		Py_INCREF(class_definition);
	}
	virtual ~ElementInstancer()
	{
		Py_DECREF(class_definition);
	}

	/// Instances an element given the tag name and attributes
	/// @param tag Name of the element to instance
	/// @param attributes vector of name value pairs
	virtual Element* InstanceElement(Element* EMP_UNUSED(parent), const EMP::Core::String& tag, const EMP::Core::XMLAttributes& EMP_UNUSED(attributes))
	{
		// Build the arguments
		PyObject* args = PyTuple_New(1);
		PyTuple_SetItem(args, 0, PyString_FromString(tag.CString()));

		PyObject* instance = PyObject_CallObject(class_definition, args);
		Py_DECREF(args);

		// Check the instance was created successfully
		if (instance == NULL)
		{
			PyErr_Print();
			return NULL;
		}

		Element* element = python::extract<Element*>(python::object(python::handle<>(python::borrowed(instance))));	

		// Need to switch the Python reference count to a true C++ reference count.
		element->AddReference(); // Adds to C++ and Python reference counts.
		Py_DECREF( instance );   // Removes from Python.

		return element;
	}

	/// Releases the given element
	/// @param element to release
	virtual void ReleaseElement(Element* EMP_UNUSED(element))
	{
		// Never release Python elements, Python will manage this for us.
	}

	/// Release the instancer
	virtual void Release()
	{
		delete this;
	}

private:
	PyObject* class_definition;
};

}
}
}

#endif