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/*! \file HeightSelection.h
    \brief Definition of the Template class HeightSelection.
    
    Magics Team - ECMWF 2004
    
    Started: Thu 20-May-2004
    
    Changes:
    
*/

#ifndef OutLayerTechnique_H
#define OutLayerTechnique_H

#include "magics.h"


#include "MagTranslator.h"
#include "Factory.h"

namespace magics {

class XmlNode;

class OutLayerTechniqueInterface
{
public: 
    OutLayerTechniqueInterface() {}
    virtual ~OutLayerTechniqueInterface() {}
	virtual float getMinOutlayer() const = 0;
	virtual float getMaxOutlayer() const = 0;
	
};

class NoOutLayerTechnique {

public:
	NoOutLayerTechnique();
	virtual ~NoOutLayerTechnique();
    virtual void set(const map<string, string>&) {}
    virtual void set(const XmlNode&) {}
    virtual bool accept(const string&) { return false; }
    
    virtual NoOutLayerTechnique* clone() const { return new NoOutLayerTechnique(); }
    
    void toxml(ostream&)  const {}
	
	
	
   

protected:
     //! Method to print  about this class on to a stream of type ostream (virtual).
	 virtual void print(ostream&) const; 

private:
    //! Copy constructor - No copy allowed
	NoOutLayerTechnique(const NoOutLayerTechnique&);
    //! Overloaded << operator to copy - No copy allowed
	NoOutLayerTechnique& operator=(const NoOutLayerTechnique&);

// -- Friends
    //! Overloaded << operator to call print().
	friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& s,const NoOutLayerTechnique& p)
		{ p.print(s); return s; }
};

class SimpleOutLayerTechnique : public NoOutLayerTechnique
{
public:
	SimpleOutLayerTechnique();
	virtual ~SimpleOutLayerTechnique();
  
	
};





template<>
class MagTranslator<string, NoOutLayerTechnique> { 
public:
	NoOutLayerTechnique* operator()(const string& val )
	{
		return SimpleObjectMaker<NoOutLayerTechnique>::create(val);
	}     

	NoOutLayerTechnique* magics(const string& param)
	{
		NoOutLayerTechnique* object;
		ParameterManager::update(param, object);
		return object;
	}

};

} // namespace magics
#endif
