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** ViTE developers are (for version 0.* to 1.0):
**
**        - COULOMB Kevin
**        - FAVERGE Mathieu
**        - JAZEIX Johnny
**        - LAGRASSE Olivier
**        - MARCOUEILLE Jule
**        - NOISETTE Pascal
**        - REDONDY Arthur
**        - VUCHENER Clément 
**
*/
#ifndef LINK_HPP
#define LINK_HPP

/*!
 * \file Link.hpp
 */

/*!
 * \class Link
 * \brief Describe a link between two containers
 */
class Link: public Entity {
public:
    typedef std::list<Link *>                 Vector;
    typedef std::list<Link *>::const_iterator VectorIt;

private:
    Date         _start, _end;
    LinkType    *_type;
    EntityValue *_value;
    Container   *_source, *_destination;

public: 
    /*!
     * \brief Constructor
     */
    Link(Date start, Date end, LinkType *type, Container *container, Container *source, Container *destination, EntityValue *value, std::map<std::string, Value *> opt);
    
    /*!
     * \fn get_start_time() const;
     * \brief Get the start time of the link
     */                    
    Date get_start_time() const;
    
    /*!
     * \fn get_end_time() const
     * \brief Get the end time of the link
     */                    
    Date get_end_time() const;
    
    /*!
     * \fn get_duration() const
     * \brief Get the duration of the link
     */
    double get_duration() const;
    
    /*!
     * \fn get_type() const
     * \brief Get the type of the link
     */                                             
    const LinkType *get_type() const;
    
    /*!
     * \fn get_value() const
     * \brief Get the value of the link
     * \return Pointer to the Entityvalue or NULL if it has no value
     */                    
    const EntityValue *get_value() const;
    
    /*!
     * \fn get_source() const
     * \brief Get the source container of the link
     */
    const Container *get_source() const;
    
    /*!
     * \fn get_destination() const
     * \brief Get the destination container of the link
     */
    const Container *get_destination() const;

};

#endif
