EntityWithProperties.h

// -*-c++-*-
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//EntityWithProperties.h

#ifndef ENTPROP_H
#define ENTPROP_H

#include "EntityWithOwner.h"
#include <map>

//
class EntityWithProperties: public EntityWithOwner
  {
  public:
    typedef std::map<std::string, boost::python::object> PythonDict;    
  protected:
    bool isEqual(const EntityWithProperties &) const;
  private:
    static inline const std::string py_prop_prefix= "py_prop";
    
    PythonDict python_dict; 
  public:
    EntityWithProperties(EntityWithProperties *owr= nullptr);
    
    void clearPyProps(void);
    bool hasPyProp(const std::string &);
    boost::python::object getPyProp(const std::string &str);
    void setPyProp(std::string str, boost::python::object val);
    void copyPropsFrom(const EntityWithProperties &);
    boost::python::list getPropNames(void) const;

    const PythonDict &getPropertiesDict(void) const;
    boost::python::dict getPyDict(void) const;
    void setPyDict(const boost::python::dict &);
  };

#endif