Metadata.h

#pragma once
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// Copyright (c) 2015 Toolchefs Ltd. All rights reserved.
//
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#include <AtomsCore/Globals.h>
#include <AtomsCore/Serialiser.h>
#include <AtomsCore/Hash.h>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
namespace AtomsCore
{
 
    class ATOMSCORE_EXPORT Metadata
    {
    public:
 
 
        virtual std::string typeStr() const = 0;
 
 
        virtual unsigned int typeId() const = 0;
 
        Metadata();
 
        virtual ~Metadata() = 0;
 
 
        virtual void copy(Metadata*) = 0;
 
 
        virtual AtomsPtr<Metadata> clone() const = 0;
 
 
        virtual size_t memSize() const = 0;
 
        /*
        \return true if the operation was successfull, false otherwise
        */
        virtual bool setWithValuesAndWeights(const std::vector<AtomsPtr<Metadata>> &values, const std::vector<double> &weights);
        virtual bool setWithValuesAndWeights(const std::vector<Metadata *> &values, const std::vector<double> &weights);
 
        virtual void hash(MurmurHash3& hasher) const = 0;
 
        virtual bool isEqual(Metadata* right, double err = 0.0) const;
 
        virtual bool isGreater(Metadata* right) const;
 
        virtual bool isLess(Metadata* right) const;
 
        virtual bool isArray() const;
 
    public:
 
        virtual bool serialise(Archive& outArchive) const = 0;
 
        virtual bool deserialise(Archive& inArchive) = 0;
 
        virtual void toString(std::stringstream& ss) const = 0;
 
    private:
 
        Metadata(const Metadata&);
 
 
        Metadata& operator=(const Metadata&);
    };
 
 
 
}