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+++ b/Applications/Commands/BaseCommandFactory.h	Tue Sep 04 15:09:42 2018 +0200
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+/**
+ * Stone of Orthanc
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
+ * Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Osimis S.A., Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "ICommand.h"
+#include "../../Applications/Commands/ICommandFactory.h"
+
+// TODO: must be reworked completely (check trello)
+
+namespace OrthancStone
+{
+  class BaseCommandFactory
+  {
+    typedef ICommand* (*CommandCreationFn)(void);
+    typedef std::map<std::string, CommandCreationFn> CommandCreationFunctions;
+    CommandCreationFunctions commands_;
+
+  public:
+    virtual ICommand* CreateFromJson(const Json::Value& commandJson);
+
+    template<typename TCommand> void RegisterCommandClass()
+    {
+      // create the command only to get its name
+      std::auto_ptr<ICommand> command(TCommand::Create());
+
+      commands_[command->GetName()] = &TCommand::Create;
+    }
+  };
+}