#ifndef SIMLOOP__HPP
#define SIMLOOP__HPP

#include <vector>
#include <string>

#include "libcsim.hpp"


using namespace std;

// forward declaration
class SimElement;
class Connection; //! forward declaration
class connection; //! forward declaration --> loeschen geht noch nicht??
class input; //! forward declaration
class AbstractNormalize; //! forward declaration
class learning;  // forward declaration for learning pointer in class connection
class veclearning;  // forward declaration for learning pointer in class connection
class layer;


/*! \brief SimLoop enthält gemeinsame Informationen, die von allen SimElements genutzt werden
 *
 *  außerdem werden alle SimElements in der SimLoop registriert,
 *  so dass die SimLoop
 *  die proceede und prepare-Methoden aller SimElements aufrufen kann 
 */
class SimLoop
{
private:
	int MacroTimeStep;
	float DeltaT;
	string DataDirectory; 
	unsigned int ElementCounter;
	vector<SimElement*>* SimElementList;   
	TConnectionList* ConnectionList;   
	TNormList* NormList;   
	int MaximumDelay; //!< the real maximum delay of the simulation
public:
	SimLoop(int _MacroTimeStep=1000, float _DeltaT=0.25);
	~SimLoop();
    void deleteAllSimElements();        
	int AddSimElement(SimElement*);
	int AddSimElement(layer*);
	int AddSimElement(Connection*);
	int AddSimElement(AbstractNormalize*);
	void Hallo();
	void SetDataDirectory(const char* _dirname = "/home/frank/data/sim/csim/");
    void SetDataDirectory_(const char* _dirname = "/home/frank/data/sim/csim/");
	string GetDataDirectory();
	int GetMacroTimeStep();
	int SetDeltaT(float _dt);
	float GetDeltaT();
	void SaveSimInfo();
	void SetSimTag(const char* _tag);
	void TurnOffLearning();
	void TurnOnLearning();
	void SaveLearningWeights(int TrialNr);
	void CropLearningWeights(float threshold);
	void SetMaximumDelay(int newmax);
	int GetMaximumDelay();
	int proceede(int TotalTime=0);
	int prepare(int mst=0);
	int reset(int t);
	void SetParameter(ParaType p, double value);
	void ProcessSignalUsr1();
    void showMemoryConsumption();
};

//////////////////////////////////////////////////

/*! \brief erzeugt die globale SimLoop
 */
SimLoop* InitLibCSim(int _MacroTimeStep=1000, float _DeltaT=0.25);

/*! \brief liefert einen Zeiger auf die globale SimLoop
 */
SimLoop* GetGlobalSimLoop();

/*! \brief löscht die globale SimLoop
 */
void deleteGlobalSimLoop();


#endif // #ifndef SIMLOOP__HPP