// Cyphesis Online RPG Server and AI Engine
// Copyright (C) 2000,2001 Alistair Riddoch
//
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#ifndef RULESETS_MEM_ENTITY_H
#define RULESETS_MEM_ENTITY_H

#include "rulesets/LocatedEntity.h"

/// \brief This class is used to represent entities inside MemMap used
/// by the mind of an AI.
///
/// It adds a flag to indicate if this entity is currently visible, and
/// a means of tracking when it was last seen, so garbage entities can
/// be cleaned up.
class MemEntity : public LocatedEntity {
  protected:
    double m_lastSeen;
  public:
    explicit MemEntity(const std::string & id, long intId);
    virtual ~MemEntity();

    void setVisible(bool v = true) {
        if (v) {
            m_flags |= entity_visible;
        } else {
            m_flags &= ~entity_visible;
        }
    }

    const double & lastSeen() const {
        return m_lastSeen;
    }

    void update(const double & d) {
        if (d >= m_lastSeen) {
            m_lastSeen = d;
        }
    }

    virtual void externalOperation(const Operation & op, Link &);
    virtual void operation(const Operation &, OpVector &);
    virtual PropertyBase * setAttr(const std::string & name, const Atlas::Message::Element & attr);

    virtual void destroy();
};

#endif // RULESETS_MEM_ENTITY_H