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 * $Id: GEN_DataCache.h,v 1.5 2002/12/27 13:11:00 mein Exp $
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#ifndef __GEN_DATACACHE_H
#define __GEN_DATACACHE_H

#include "STR_HashedString.h"
#include "GEN_Map.h"

template <class T> 
class GEN_DataCache
{
	GEN_Map<STR_HashedString,T*>	m_dataCache;
	virtual	T*	LoadData(const STR_String& name)=0;
	virtual void	FreeCacheObjects()=0;

public:
	GEN_DataCache() {};
	virtual ~GEN_DataCache() {};

	T*		GetData(const STR_String& paramname)
	{
		T* result=NULL;

		T** resultptr = m_dataCache[paramname];
		if (resultptr)
		{
			result = *resultptr;
		}
		
		else
		{
			result = LoadData(paramname);
			if (result)
			{
				m_dataCache.insert(paramname,result);
			}
		}

		return result;
	}
	
	virtual void	ClearCache()
	{
		FreeCacheObjects();
		m_dataCache.clear();
	}
};

#endif //__GEN_DATACACHE_H

