/** * \file DataSetIF.h * * \brief This file contains the small interface to access the DataSet class. * * \date 10/23/2012 * * \author Bastian Baetz * */ #ifndef DATASETIF_H_ #define DATASETIF_H_ class PoolVariableIF; /** * \brief This class defines a small interface to register on a DataSet. * * \details Currently, the only purpose of this interface is to provide a method for locally * checked-out variables to register on a data set. Still, it may become useful for * other purposes as well. * * \ingroup data_pool */ class DataSetIF { public: /** * \brief This is an empty virtual destructor, as it is proposed for C++ interfaces. */ virtual ~DataSetIF() {} /** * \brief This operation provides a method to register local data pool variables * to register in a data set by passing itself to this DataSet operation. */ virtual void registerVariable( PoolVariableIF* variable ) = 0; }; #endif /* DATASETIF_H_ */