opencog-sensory / opencog / atoms / sensory-v0 / WriteLink.h

/*
 * opencog/atoms/sensory-v0/WriteLink.h
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2018 Linas Vepstas
 * All Rights Reserved
 *
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 */

#ifndef _OPENCOG_WRITE_LINK_H
#define _OPENCOG_WRITE_LINK_H

#include <opencog/atoms/base/Link.h>
#include <opencog/sensory-v0/types/atom_types.h>

namespace opencog
{
/** \addtogroup grp_atomspace
 *  @{
 */

/// The WriteLink moves data from Atoms to some output stream.
///
class WriteLink : public Link
{
private:
	void init(void);

public:
	WriteLink(const HandleSeq&&, Type = WRITE_LINK);

	WriteLink(const WriteLink&) = delete;
	WriteLink& operator=(const WriteLink&) = delete;

	// Return a pointer to what was written.
	virtual ValuePtr execute(AtomSpace*, bool);
	virtual bool is_executable(void) const { return true; }

	static Handle factory(const Handle&);
};

LINK_PTR_DECL(WriteLink)
#define createWriteLink CREATE_DECL(WriteLink)

/** @}*/
}

#endif // _OPENCOG_WRITE_LINK_H