source: src/Fragmentation/Automation/ExitflagContainer.hpp@ d57585

/*
 * ExitflagContainer.hpp
 *
 *  Created on: 11.05.2012
 *      Author: heber
 */

#ifndef EXITFLAGCONTAINER_HPP_
#define EXITFLAGCONTAINER_HPP_

// include config.h
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

/** This class simply contains an exit flag to be inherited by instances that
 * deal with (asynchronous) operations. These may be given a callback function
 * that sets the exitflag to ErrorFlag in case of failure, e.g
 *
 * \code
 * const boost::function<void ()> failed =
 *    boost::bind(&ExitflagContainer::setExitflag, boost::ref(this), ErrorFlag);
 * \endcode
 * where \a this refers to the inheriting instance.
 *
 */
class ExitflagContainer
{
public:
  ExitflagContainer() :
    Exitflag(OkFlag)
  {}

  enum Exitflag_t {
    OkFlag = 0,
    ErrorFlag = 255
  };

  /** Getter for Exitflag.
   *
   * @return Exitflag
   */
  size_t getExitflag() const
  {
    return Exitflag;
  }

  /** Setter for Exitflag.
   *
   * @param exitflag
   */
  void setExitflag(const Exitflag_t _Exitflag)
  {
    Exitflag = _Exitflag;
  }

private:
  // exit flag of this operation, derived classes may change it
  enum Exitflag_t Exitflag;
};

#endif /* EXITFLAGCONTAINER_HPP_ */