// -*- mode: c++; c-indent-level: 4; c++-member-init-indent: 8; comment-column: 35; -*-

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// eoParam.h
// (c) Marc Schoenauer, Maarten Keijzer and GeNeura Team, 2000
/* 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

    Contact: todos@geneura.ugr.es, http://geneura.ugr.es
             Marc.Schoenauer@polytechnique.fr
             mak@dhi.dk
 */
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifndef _eoMonitor_h
#define _eoMonitor_h


#include <vector>

#include <eoFunctor.h>

class eoParam;

/**
    The abstract monitor class is a vector of parameter pointers. Use
    either push_back a pointer or add a reference to a parameter. 
    Derived classes will then implement the operator()(void) which 
    will stream or pipe the current values of the parameters to wherever you
    want it streamed or piped to.
*/
class eoMonitor : public eoF<eoMonitor&>
{
public :

  virtual void lastCall() {}
    void add(const eoParam& _param) { vec.push_back(&_param); }


protected :
    typedef std::vector<const eoParam*>::iterator iterator;
    std::vector<const eoParam*> vec;
};

#endif