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/*
 *  Scope.h
 *
 *  Author: Paul Hamilton
 *      Date: 6 Jun 2011
 *
 */
#ifndef _SCOPE_H
#define _SCOPE_H

#include "Types.h"

#include <string>
#include <map>

namespace phlogo {

class World;
class Thing;

class Scope {
                
public:
        Scope();
        Scope(World *world);
        ~Scope();
        
        void setThing(const std::string &name, const std::string &value, bool local);
        void setThing(const std::string &name,  pThing value, bool local);
        
        pThing getThing(const std::string &name);

    void removeThing(const std::string &name);
    void removeThings();
    
    // iterate
    std::map<std::string, pThing >::const_iterator begin() { return _things.begin(); }
    std::map<std::string, pThing >::const_iterator end() { return _things.end(); }

private:
        World *_world;
        Scope *_parent;
        std::map<std::string, pThing > _things;
};

}

#endif // _SCOPE_H