//
//  Copyright (C) 2003-2006 Rational Discovery LLC
//
//  @@ All Rights Reserved @@
//  This file is part of the RDKit.
//  The contents are covered by the terms of the BSD license
//  which is included in the file license.txt, found at the root
//  of the RDKit source tree.
//
#include <RDGeneral/export.h>
#ifndef __RD_CATALOGPARAMS_H__
#define __RD_CATALOGPARAMS_H__

#include <string>

namespace RDCatalog {
//! abstract base class for the container used to create a catalog
class RDKIT_CATALOGS_EXPORT CatalogParams {
 public:
  virtual ~CatalogParams() = 0;

  //! returns our type string
  std::string getTypeStr() const { return d_typeStr; };

  //! sets our type string
  void setTypeStr(const std::string &typeStr) { d_typeStr = typeStr; };

  //! serializes (pickles) to a stream
  virtual void toStream(std::ostream &) const = 0;
  //! returns a string with a serialized (pickled) representation
  virtual std::string Serialize() const = 0;
  //! initializes from a stream pickle
  virtual void initFromStream(std::istream &ss) = 0;
  //! initializes from a string pickle
  virtual void initFromString(const std::string &text) = 0;

 protected:
  std::string d_typeStr;  //!< our type string
};
}  // namespace RDCatalog

#endif
