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#ifndef FIFE_MODEL_METAMODEL_ACTION_H
#define FIFE_MODEL_METAMODEL_ACTION_H

// Standard C++ library includes
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <list>

// 3rd party library includes

// FIFE includes
// These includes are split up in two parts, separated by one empty line
// First block: files included from the FIFE root src directory
// Second block: files included from the same folder
#include "util/math/angles.h"
#include "util/base/resourceclass.h"

#include "abstractvisual.h"

namespace FIFE {

	class Action : public ResourceClass {
	public:
		/** Constructor
		 * Actions are created by calling addAction from object, thus
		 * this method should really be called only by object or test code
		 */
		Action(const std::string& identifier);

		/** Destructor
		 */
		virtual ~Action();

		/** Get the identifier for this action.
		 */
		const std::string& getId() { return m_id; }

		/** Sets the duration for this action
		 */
		void setDuration(unsigned int duration) { m_duration = duration; }

		/** Gets the duration of this action
		 */
		unsigned int getDuration() { return m_duration; }

		/** Sets visualization to be used. Transfers ownership.
		 */
		void adoptVisual(AbstractVisual* visual) { m_visual = visual; }
		
		/** Gets used visualization
		 */
		template<typename T> T* getVisual() const { return reinterpret_cast<T*>(m_visual); }


	private:
		std::string m_id;

		// duration of the action
		unsigned int m_duration;
		// visualization for action
		AbstractVisual* m_visual;
	};

}

#endif