/* This source file is a part of the GePhex Project.

 Copyright (C) 2001-2004

 Georg Seidel <georg@gephex.org> 
 Martin Bayer <martin@gephex.org> 
 Phillip Promesberger <coma@gephex.org>
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.*/

#ifndef INCLUDED_MODULE_H
#define INCLUDED_MODULE_H

/**
 * Common module interface for our own modules and other apis
 * (e.g. freeframe)
 * These modules are typically created by a metamodule
 */
class Module
{
 public:
  virtual ~Module() {};

  //TODO void* must become Type*!
  virtual void setInput(int index, void* type) = 0;
  virtual void setOutput(int index, void* type) = 0;

  virtual void update() = 0;
	
  virtual void strongDependenciesCalculated(int** neededIns) = 0;
  virtual void getPatchLayout(int** out2in ) = 0;
};
#endif