#ifndef OBJ_WRITER
#define OBJ_WRITER

#include <stdio.h>
#include "../intro_dates.h"
#include "../objversion.h"
#include "../../utils/cstring_t.h"


class obj_node_t;
struct obj_node_info_t;
class tabfileobj_t;
template<class X> class stringhashtable_tpl;
template<class key, class X> class inthashtable_tpl;


class obj_writer_t {
	private:
		static stringhashtable_tpl<obj_writer_t*>* writer_by_name;
		static inthashtable_tpl<obj_type, obj_writer_t*>* writer_by_type;

	protected:
		obj_writer_t() { /* Beware: Cannot register here! */ }

		void register_writer(bool main_obj);
		void dump_nodes(FILE* infp, int level);
		void list_nodes(FILE* infp);
		void skip_nodes(FILE* fp);
		void show_capabilites();

		cstring_t name_from_next_node(FILE* fp) const;
		const char* node_writer_name(FILE* infp) const;

		virtual cstring_t get_node_name(FILE* /*fp*/) const { return ""; }

		virtual void dump_node(FILE* infp, const obj_node_info_t& node);
		virtual void write_obj(FILE* /*fp*/, obj_node_t& /*parent*/, tabfileobj_t& /*obj*/) {}
		void write_head(FILE* fp, obj_node_t& node, tabfileobj_t& obj);

	public:
		virtual obj_type get_type() const = 0;
		virtual const char* get_type_name() const = 0;

		static void write(FILE* fp, obj_node_t& parent, tabfileobj_t& obj);
};

#endif
