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#ifndef PROGRAMCHAIN_H
#define PROGRAMCHAIN_H

#include "linkedlist.h"
#include "multilog.h"
#include "programlink.h"

/**
 * The Program Chain links together program "chunks" to more easily facilitate
 * a generalized program loop with modular extensions.
 *@author Mike Buland
 */
class ProgramChain
{
public:
	/**
	 * Construct an empty chain.
	 */
	ProgramChain();

	/**
	 * Destroy your chain.
	 */
	virtual ~ProgramChain();

	/**
	 * Adds a link to the end of the chain.
	 *@param pLink A pointer to the link to add to the chain.
	 *@returns True if adding the link was successful, otherwise false
	 *@author Mike Buland
	 */
	bool addLink( ProgramLink *pLink );

	/**
	 * Gets a link by name.
	 *@param lpName The name of the link you're looking for.  Every link has a
	 * name, apparently.
	 *@returns A pointer to the specified ProgramLink, or NULL if none were
	 * found matching your criteria.
	 *@author Mike Buland
	 */
	class ProgramLink *getLink( const char *lpName );

	/**
	 * Gets the very first link in the chain.
	 *@returns A pointer to the first link in the chain.
	 *@author Mike Buland
	 */
	class ProgramLink *getBaseLink();

	/**
	 * Runs through the chain once.  Useful if you want to have more control
	 * over the operation of the chain.
	 *@returns true if every link returned true.  If at least one link returns
	 * false, then returns false.
	 *@author Mike Buland
	 */
	bool execChainOnce();

	/**
	 * Enters the master chain loop, looping over the entire chain and
	 * executing every link's TimeSlice routine in order, over and over, until
	 * a link returns a false value.
	 *@returns False, always.  It returns true unless a link returned false,
	 * but loops until a link does return false.
	 *@author Mike Buland
	 **/
	bool enterChainLoop();

	/**
	 * Broadcasts an Immediate Response Message to all active links, save the
	 * sender.  Whatever link first responds with a non-null response message
	 * will have it's messages sent back to the broadcasting link as the returns
	 * of this function call.  Therefore it is very important that all message
	 * processing code is handled in a fairly timely fasion.
	 *@param pMsgOut The message to broadcast in hopes of a response.
	 *@param pSender The message that sent out the message and doesn't want to
	 * receive it's own message.  This should always just be "this".
	 *@returns The message that was returned by the first link to return a
	 * non-null response.  If all messages return null responses then this also
	 * returns null.  Please note that whoever calls this will be responsible
	 * for deleting the message returned by it, if non-null.
	 */
	class LinkMessage *broadcastIRM( LinkMessage *pMsgOut, ProgramLink *pSender );

private:
	/**
	 * Shuts down all operation no matter what point in the operation we were.
	 */
	void emergencyShutdown();
	MultiLog &xLog; /**< A reference to the log. */
	LinkedList lLink; /**< The linked list that contains all of the links. */
};

#endif