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/*! \file
 * \brief
 * Declares gmx::IOptionsBehavior.
 *
 * \author Teemu Murtola <teemu.murtola@gmail.com>
 * \inpublicapi
 * \ingroup module_options
 */
#ifndef GMX_OPTIONS_IOPTIONSBEHAVIOR_H
#define GMX_OPTIONS_IOPTIONSBEHAVIOR_H

namespace gmx
{

class Options;

/*! \brief
 * Interface to provide extension points for options parsing.
 *
 * Currently, this is only used in the context of ICommandLineOptionsModule and
 * some other command-line handling, but it is declared in the options module
 * for the lack of a better place: most implementations of the interface are in
 * modules that do not otherwise depend on the commandline module.
 *
 * \if libapi
 * Any code that wants to support these extension points needs to use
 * OptionsBehaviorCollection and call the methods there at appropriate points.
 * This is not (at least, not currently) integrated in any automatic way to the
 * actual Options object.
 * \endif
 *
 * \inpublicapi
 * \ingroup module_options
 */
class IOptionsBehavior
{
    public:
        virtual ~IOptionsBehavior();

        /*! \brief
         * Called when the behavior is associated with an options object.
         *
         * This method can, e.g., use Options::addManager() to associate
         * managers with the options object.
         */
        virtual void initBehavior(Options *options) = 0;
        /*! \brief
         * Called when all option values have been assigned.
         *
         * This is called just before Options::finish(), and can, e.g., do
         * operations that still influence the option values.
         */
        virtual void optionsFinishing(Options *options) = 0;
        /*! \brief
         * Called when all option values have been processed.
         *
         * This is called after Options::finish() (and typically after
         * higher-level optionsFinished() methods, such as that in
         * ICommandLineOptionsModule).  This can add behavior that performs
         * tasks based on the option values provided.
         */
        virtual void optionsFinished() = 0;
};

} // namespace

#endif
