/*
 * Copyright (c) 2002, Name <email>
 * $Id: object.h,v 1.2 2002/09/19 10:42:02 stefan Exp $
 */
#ifndef JFK_OBJECT_H
#define JFK_OBJECT_H

#include <string>

namespace JFK
{

class object
{
public:
    object();
    object(const object&);
    virtual ~object();

    /* pack all attributes (except the id) into a string */
    virtual std::string tostring() const = 0;
    /* assign the attributes with their values in 's' */
    virtual void        fromstring(const std::string& s) = 0;
    /* update the position depending on passed time 't' */
    virtual void        move(double t);
    virtual std::string classname() const = 0;

    unsigned long   id;

    double  x;      /* x position */
    double  y;      /* y position */
    double  dx;     /* x direction */
    double  dy;     /* y direction */
    double  v;      /* velocity */
    double  w;      /* rotation velocity */
    double  r;      /* radius */
};

}

#endif