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#ifndef RTTR_PROPERTY_WRAPPER_BASE_H_
#define RTTR_PROPERTY_WRAPPER_BASE_H_

#include "rttr/detail/base/core_prerequisites.h"
#include "rttr/detail/metadata/metadata_handler.h"
#include "rttr/type.h"
#include "rttr/variant.h"
#include "rttr/access_levels.h"
#include "rttr/string_view.h"

namespace rttr
{

class instance;
class argument;
class visitor;

namespace detail
{
/*!
 * Base class for an instance of a Property.
 *
 * This is the base class for all properties of the system.
 * It provide the basic mechanism for getting all meta data of a property,
 * but it also define a general interface to set/get properties via string: toString and fromString.
 */
class RTTR_API property_wrapper_base
{
    public:
        property_wrapper_base(string_view name, type declaring_type) RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

        virtual ~property_wrapper_base();

        type get_declaring_type() const RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

        string_view get_name() const RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

        virtual bool is_valid() const RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

        virtual access_levels get_access_level() const RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

        virtual bool is_readonly() const RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

        virtual bool is_static() const RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

        virtual type get_type() const RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

        virtual variant get_metadata(const variant& key) const;

        virtual bool set_value(instance& object, argument& arg) const;

        virtual variant get_value(instance& object) const;

        virtual void visit(visitor& visitor, property prop) const RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

    protected:
        void init() RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

    private:
        string_view m_name;
        type        m_declaring_type;
};

} // end namespace detail
} // end namespace rttr

#endif // RTTR_PROPERTY_WRAPPER_BASE_H_