/****************************************************************************
 * NxWidgets/nxwm/include/iapplication.hxx
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2012 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
 *   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
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#ifndef __INCLUDE_IAPPLICATION_NXX
#define __INCLUDE_IAPPLICATION_NXX

/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/
 
#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include "cnxstring.hxx"
#include "ibitmap.hxx"
#include "capplicationwindow.hxx"

/****************************************************************************
 * Pre-Processor Definitions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Abstract Base Classes
 ****************************************************************************/

#if defined(__cplusplus)

namespace NxWM
{
  /**
   * IApplication provides the abstract base class for each NxWM application.
   */

  class IApplication
  {
    public:
      /**
       * Each implementation of IApplication must provide a method to recover
       * the contained CApplicationWindow instance.
       */

      virtual CApplicationWindow *getWindow(void) const = 0;

      /**
       * Get the icon associated with the application
       *
       * @return An instance if IBitmap that may be used to rend the
       *   application's icon.  This is an new IBitmap instance that must
       *   be deleted by the caller when it is no long needed.
       */

      virtual NXWidgets::IBitmap *getIcon(void) = 0;

      /**
       * Get the name string associated with the application
       *
       * @return A copy if CNxString that contains the name of the application.
       */

      virtual NXWidgets::CNxString getName(void) = 0;

      /**
       * Start the application.
       */

      virtual void run(void) = 0;

      /**
       * Stop the application.
       */

      virtual void stop(void) = 0;
  };
}

#endif // __cplusplus

#endif // __INCLUDE_IAPPLICATION_NXX