/*
   Project: Adun

   Copyright (C) 2005 Michael Johnston & Jordi Villa-Freixa

   Author: Michael Johnston

   This application is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   This application is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
*/
/** \file **/
#ifndef ADUN_OBJECT
#define ADUN_OBJECT

#include <stdbool.h>
#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#include "AdunKernel/AdCreation.h"
#include "AdunKernel/AdKeyValueObserving.h"


/*!
\ingroup Inter
AdObject is the base framework object, encapsulating basic functionality of
all Adun Objects
\todo Fix the mechanisim for updating dependant variables
\note Could we move all the environment resyncing code here?
\todo This object will be renamed AdEnvironmentObject and be used
as the super class for all objects that use environment initialisation.
Classes that dont use environment initialisation will be remove from the
hierarchy.
*/

@interface AdObject: NSObject <AdCreation, AdEnvironmentObservation, NSCoding>
{
	BOOL observesEnvironment;
	id environment;
	NSNotificationCenter* notificationCenter;
	NSMutableDictionary* dependantsDict;
}
@end

#endif
