conn_builder_factory.h

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#ifndef CONN_BUILDER_FACTORY_H
#define CONN_BUILDER_FACTORY_H
 
// C++ includes:
#include <map>
 
// Includes from nestkernel:
#include "conn_builder.h"
 
 
namespace nest
{
 
class GenericBipartiteConnBuilderFactory
{
public:
  virtual ~GenericBipartiteConnBuilderFactory()
  {
  }
 
  virtual BipartiteConnBuilder* create( NodeCollectionPTR,
    NodeCollectionPTR,
    ThirdOutBuilder*,
    const Dictionary&,
    const std::vector< Dictionary >& ) const = 0;
};
 
template < typename ConnBuilderType >
class BipartiteConnBuilderFactory : public GenericBipartiteConnBuilderFactory
{
public:
  BipartiteConnBuilder*
  create( NodeCollectionPTR sources,
    NodeCollectionPTR targets,
    ThirdOutBuilder* third_out,
    const Dictionary& conn_spec,
    const std::vector< Dictionary >& syn_specs ) const override
  {
    return new ConnBuilderType( sources, targets, third_out, conn_spec, syn_specs );
  }
};
 
class GenericThirdConnBuilderFactory
{
public:
  virtual ~GenericThirdConnBuilderFactory()
  {
  }
 
  virtual ThirdOutBuilder* create( NodeCollectionPTR,
    NodeCollectionPTR,
    ThirdInBuilder*,
    const Dictionary&,
    const std::vector< Dictionary >& ) const = 0;
};
 
template < typename ThirdConnBuilderType >
class ThirdConnBuilderFactory : public GenericThirdConnBuilderFactory
{
public:
  ThirdOutBuilder*
  create( NodeCollectionPTR sources,
    NodeCollectionPTR targets,
    ThirdInBuilder* third_in,
    const Dictionary& conn_spec,
    const std::vector< Dictionary >& syn_specs ) const override
  {
    return new ThirdConnBuilderType( sources, targets, third_in, conn_spec, syn_specs );
  }
};
 
}  // namespace nest
 
#endif