IStringPool.h

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// This file's extension implies that it's C, but it's really -*- C++ -*-.
 
/*
  Copyright (C) 2002-2025 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
*/

 
 
#ifndef ATHENAKERNEL_ISTRINGPOOL_H
#define ATHENAKERNEL_ISTRINGPOOL_H
 
 
#include "SGCore/sgkey_t.h"
#include "GaudiKernel/ClassID.h"
#include <string>
 

class IStringPool
{
public:
  virtual ~IStringPool() {}

  typedef SG::sgkey_t sgkey_t;
 

  virtual
  sgkey_t stringToKey (const std::string& str, CLID clid) = 0;

  virtual
  const std::string* keyToString (sgkey_t key) const = 0;

  virtual
  const std::string* keyToString (sgkey_t key,
                                  CLID& clid) const = 0;

  virtual
  void registerKey (sgkey_t key,
                    const std::string& str,
                    CLID clid) = 0;
};
 
 
#endif // not ATHENAKERNEL_ISTRINGPOOL_H