///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Factory for Just In Time creation of methods
//
// Author: Phil G Jones <p.jones22@physics.ox.ac.uk>
// Author: Matt Mottram <m.mottram@qmul.ac.uk> -- contact person
//
// REVISION HISTORY:
//     26/04/2011 : P G Jones - New file
//     2014-07-17 : P G Jones - Add register method.
//     2015-04-15 : J Walker - Add EnergyPromptLookup method.
//     2015-05-06 : M Mottram - Added PartialEnergy method.
//     2015-09-28 : J Walker - Add EnergyRSP method.
//     2016-06-08 : J Walker - Add EnergyPromptHits method.
//
// Allows methods to be newed by string name, when required.
// This is a singleton class.
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef __RAT_Method_MethodFactory_
#define __RAT_Method_MethodFactory_

#include <RAT/Factory.hh>
#include <RAT/Method.hh>

#include <string>

namespace RAT
{

namespace Methods
{

class MethodFactory
{
public:
  // Returns the only instance of the class
  static MethodFactory* GetInstance() { return Get(); }

  inline static MethodFactory* Get();

  // Register a method in the factory
  //
  // An example call is Register( MyMethod::GetName(), new Alloc<Method, MyMethod>())
  //
  // "name" is the name of the method
  // "allocator" is an instance of an Alloc with the correct method type
  void Register( std::string name, AllocBase<Method>* allocator );

  // Returns the method by name
  Method* GetMethod( const std::string name ); // Method name or name-init, init will be passed to the method

private:
  // Private constructor to prevent instantiation
  MethodFactory();

  Factory<Method> fFactory; // Method factory, contains allocators for Methods
};

inline MethodFactory*
MethodFactory::Get()
{
  static MethodFactory methodFactory;
  return &methodFactory;
}

} //::Method

} //::RAT

#endif