#ifndef SIMELEMENT__HPP
#define SIMELEMENT__HPP

#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>

#include "libcsim.hpp"

// forward declarations
class SimLoop;
class Recorder;
class BinRecorder;
class IRngQueue;

using namespace std;

enum SimElementType {NONE, seLayer, seConnection, seLearning, seInput, seNormalize};
static const char* SimElementTypeStrings[6] = {"SimElement", "Layer", "Connection", "Learning", "Input", "Normalize"};

/*! \brief Klasse SimElement
 *         Basisklasse für Layer-, Connection-, Normalisierungs-Objekte
 *
 *  Detailed description starts here.
 */
class SimElement
{
protected:
	SimLoop *MainSimLoop;  // pointer to SimLoop for getting global settings
	int MacroTimeStep;   // default: 1000    
	string DataDirectory; 
	bool active;
	gsl_rng * gslr;  // global random generator
    IRngQueue * mRndNumQueue; // threaded random number queue 
	float dt;  // time step in ms
	Recorder *rec;
	BinRecorder *BinRec;
	bool resetable;
public:
	SimElement(SimLoop* _MainSimLoop, int _MacroTimeStep=1000, SimElementType _type=NONE);
	SimElement(SimElementType _type=NONE);
	~SimElement();
	string Name;
	string SimTag;
	SimElementType seType;
	string seTypeString;
	unsigned int IdNumber;
	virtual int proceede(int =0);
	virtual int prepare(int =0);
	virtual int reset(int t);     
    virtual long calcMemoryConsumption();
	void SetResetable(bool value);
	bool Resetable();
	int GetMacroTimeStep();
	int SetMacroTimeStep(int);
	float GetDeltaT();
	void TurnOn();
	void TurnOff();
	bool On();
	void SetSimTag(const char* tag);
	void SetDataDirectory(const char* dirname);
	virtual void SetName(const char*);
	virtual void Hallo();
	virtual int SaveSimInfo();
	virtual int WriteSimInfo(fstream &fw);     
	virtual int WriteSimInfo(fstream &fw, const string &ChildInfo);
	virtual string GetSimInfo();
	virtual string GetSimInfo(const string &ChildInfo);
	virtual int StartRecorder(char* RecName="data.txt");
	virtual void SetParameter(ParaType p, double value);
    virtual bool compiledWithMemsave()
    {
        return compiledWithLowMemConfig();
    }
    
    SimLoop* getSimLoop() {return MainSimLoop;};
};

#endif // #ifndef SIMELEMENT__HPP