/*
 * FormatParserTrait.hpp
 *
 *  Created on: Sep 27, 2011
 *      Author: heber
 */

#ifndef FORMATPARSERTRAIT_HPP_
#define FORMATPARSERTRAIT_HPP_

// include config.h
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

#include <string>

#include "ParserTypes.hpp"

/** This class encapsulates properties for a specific parser used during
 * construction of specialized FormatParser variant.
 */
template <ParserTypes Ptype>
struct FormatParserTrait
{
  //!> Name of the parser
  static const std::string name;
  //!> suffix of the files the parser understands to read and write
  static const std::string suffix;
  //!> ParserTypes enumeration for the parser
  static const enum ParserTypes type;
};

template <ParserTypes Ptype> const std::string FormatParserTrait<Ptype>::name = "";
template <ParserTypes Ptype> const std::string FormatParserTrait<Ptype>::suffix = "";
template <ParserTypes Ptype> const ParserTypes FormatParserTrait<Ptype>::type = (ParserTypes)ParserTypesMax;

// forward declare available specializations
#include "FormatParserTrait_specializations_header.hpp"

#endif /* FORMATPARSERTRAIT_HPP_ */