enumeration_container_base.h

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#ifndef __RTTR_ENUMERATION_CONTAINER_BASE_H__
#define __RTTR_ENUMERATION_CONTAINER_BASE_H__

#include "rttr/base/core_prerequisites.h"
#include "rttr/variant.h"
#include "rttr/type.h"
#include "rttr/detail/metadata_container.h"

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <initializer_list>

namespace rttr
{

namespace detail
{
class argument;

class RTTR_API enumeration_container_base : public metadata_container
{
    public:
        enumeration_container_base(const type declaring_type);
        virtual ~enumeration_container_base();

        virtual type get_underlying_type() const = 0;
        
        virtual type get_type() const = 0;

        virtual std::vector<std::string> get_keys() const = 0;

        virtual std::vector<variant> get_values() const = 0;

        virtual std::string value_to_key(detail::argument& value) const = 0;

        virtual variant key_to_value(const std::string& key) const = 0;

        // Returns the class that declares this property.
        type get_declaring_type() const;

    private:
        const type  _declaring_type;
};

} // end namespace detail
} // end namespace rttr

#endif // __RTTR_ENUMERATION_CONTAINER_BASE_H__