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#ifndef ROCKETCONTROLSDATAFORMATTER_H
#define ROCKETCONTROLSDATAFORMATTER_H

#include "../Core/ScriptInterface.h"
#include "../Core/String.h"
#include "Header.h"

namespace Rocket {
namespace Controls {

class Element;

/**
	Abstract base class for a data formatter. A data formatter takes raw data
	and processes it into a final string. They are usually used in conjunction
	with a data source and a datagrid.

	@author Robert Curry
 */

class ROCKETCONTROLS_API DataFormatter
{
public:
	DataFormatter(const Rocket::Core::String& name = "");
	virtual ~DataFormatter();

	/// Returns the name by which this data formatter is referenced by.
	/// @return The name of this data formatter.
	const Rocket::Core::String& GetDataFormatterName();
	/// Returns a data formatter with the given name.
	/// @parameter [in] data_formatter_name The name of the data formatter to
	/// be returned.
	/// @return If the data formatter with the specified name has been
	/// constructed, a pointer to it will be returned. Otherwise, NULL.
	static DataFormatter* GetDataFormatter(const Rocket::Core::String& data_formatter_name);

	/// Formats the raw results of a data source request into RML.
	/// @param[out] formatted_data The formatted RML.
	/// @param[in] raw_data A list of the raw data fields.
	virtual void FormatData(Rocket::Core::String& formatted_data, const Rocket::Core::StringList& raw_data) = 0;

	virtual void* GetScriptObject() const;

private:
	Rocket::Core::String name;
};

}
}

#endif