/ContentSystem/Rendering/Helpers/EmitterData.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using Delta.Engine.Dynamic;

using Delta.Utilities;



namespace Delta.ContentSystem.Rendering.Helpers

{

	/// <summary>

	/// Emitter data class, used for EffectData, which just contains a list of

	/// emitters. Please note that this class can be derived for additional

	/// functionality and each of the modifiers stored here can also be

	/// any class using the IEffectModifier interface.

	/// </summary>

	public class EmitterData : ISaveLoadBinary

	{

		#region Name (Public)

		/// <summary>

		/// The name of the Emitter.

		/// </summary>

		public string Name

		{

			get;

			set;

		}

		#endregion



		#region Modifiers (Public)

		/// <summary>

		/// The list of modifiers for this emitter.

		/// </summary>

		public List<IEffectModifier> Modifiers

		{

			get;

			private set;

		}

		#endregion



		#region Constructors

		/// <summary>

		/// Create a new emitter data instance.

		/// </summary>

		public EmitterData()

		{

			Modifiers = new List<IEffectModifier>();

			Name = "Emitter";

		}

		#endregion



		#region ISaveLoadBinary Members

		/// <summary>

		/// Load the emitter data and all the modifiers.

		/// </summary>

		/// <param name="reader">BinaryReader for reading the data</param>

		public void Load(BinaryReader reader)

		{

			// Load the name and number of modifiers.

			Name = reader.ReadString();

			int numberOfModifiers = reader.ReadInt32();

			// Iterate through the modifiers...

			for (int index = 0; index < numberOfModifiers; index++)

			{

				// Load the modifier data via the Factory and add it to the list.

				Modifiers.Add(Factory.Load<IEffectModifier>(reader));

			} // for

		}



		/// <summary>

		/// Save the emitter data and all the modifiers.

		/// </summary>

		/// <param name="writer">BinaryWriter for the stream to write into</param>

		public void Save(BinaryWriter writer)

		{

			// Save the name and number of modifiers.

			writer.Write(Name);

			writer.Write(Modifiers.Count);

			// Iterate through the modifiers...

			for (int index = 0; index < Modifiers.Count; index++)

			{

				// And save them via the Factory.

				Factory.Save(writer, Modifiers[index]);

			} // for

		}

		#endregion



		#region ToString (Public)

		/// <summary>

		/// To string helper method to print out the name of this emitter instance.

		/// </summary>

		/// <returns>String representing this EmitterData instance (name)</returns>

		public override string ToString()

		{

			return base.ToString() + " " + Name;

		}

		#endregion

	}

}