tools/config/ConfigWriter.h

#ifndef TOOLS_CONFIG_WRITER_H
#define TOOLS_CONFIG_WRITER_H

/*
* Simpatico - Simulation Package for Polymeric and Molecular Liquids
*
* Copyright 2010 - 2017, The Regents of the University of Minnesota
* Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
*/

#include <util/param/ParamComposite.h>  // base class

namespace Tools
{

   class Configuration;
   using namespace Util;

   class ConfigWriter  : public ParamComposite
   {

   public:

      ConfigWriter();

      ConfigWriter(Configuration& configuration, bool needsAuxiliaryFile = false);

      virtual ~ConfigWriter();

      virtual void writeConfig(std::ofstream& file) = 0;

      bool needsAuxiliaryFile() const;

      virtual void readAuxiliaryFile(std::ifstream& file)
      {}

   protected:

      Configuration& configuration()
      { return *configurationPtr_; }

   private:

      Configuration* configurationPtr_;

      bool needsAuxiliaryFile_;

   };

   /*
   * Return true if an auxiliary file is needed.
   */
   inline
   bool ConfigWriter::needsAuxiliaryFile() const
   {  return needsAuxiliaryFile_; }

}
#endif