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#ifndef NODEFACTORY_H
#define NODEFACTORY_H

#include "FrapperPrerequisites.h"
#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <QtGui/QColor>
#include "Node.h"
#include "NodeType.h"

namespace Frapper {

    class FRAPPER_CORE_EXPORT NodeFactory
    {

    public: // static functions

        static void initialize ();

        static void registerType ( const QString &filename );

        static unsigned int getNumCategories ();

        static QString getCategoryName ( unsigned int index );

        static QString getCategoryName ( const QString &typeName );

        static QString getCategoryIconName ( unsigned int index );

        static QString getCategoryIconName ( const QString &typeName );

        static QStringList getTypeNames ( bool internalTypes = false );

        static QColor getColor ( const QString &typeName );

        static bool isErroneous ( const QString &typeName );

        static Node * createNode ( const QString &typeName, const QString &name );

        static void freeResources ();

    private: // static data

        static NodeType::CategoryList s_nodeTypeCategories;

        static NodeType::Map s_nodeTypes;

    };

} // end namespace Frapper

#endif