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* "@(#) $Id: BoolParam.cpp,v 1.4 2006/11/29 23:01:26 sharring Exp $"
*
* who       when      what
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* sharring  27/09/04  created 
*/

#include <BoolParam.h>
#include <parameterConstants.h>
#include <sstream>

using namespace Parameters;
using std::stringstream;

/**
 * Constructor.
 */
BoolParam::BoolParam()
{
}

/**
 * Constructor.
 */
BoolParam::BoolParam(bool boolVal, const string & nameVal): Param(nameVal), value_m(boolVal)
{
}

/**
 * Destructor.
 */
BoolParam::~BoolParam()
{
}

/*
 * Accessor for the value.
 * @return the value as a bool.
 */
bool BoolParam::getValue()
{
   return value_m;
}

/**
 * Accessor for the type, e.g. "bool" or "int" etc.
 * @return the type as a string.
 */
string BoolParam::getType()
{
	string retVal(BOOL_PARAM_STRING);
	return retVal;
}

/**
 * Used to create the value_m portion of the toString (XML) string.
 */
string BoolParam::valueToString()
{
	string retVal;

	// value stanza
	//	e.g. <value>true</true>
	retVal.append(TAB);
	retVal.append(TAB);
	retVal.append(LESS_THAN_SIGN);
	retVal.append(VALUE_STRING);
	retVal.append(GREATER_THAN_SIGN);

	stringstream strStream;
	strStream << getValue();	
	retVal.append(strStream.str());

	retVal.append(LESS_THAN_SIGN);
	retVal.append(SLASH_STRING);
	retVal.append(VALUE_STRING);
	retVal.append(GREATER_THAN_SIGN);
	retVal.append(NEWLINE);

	return retVal;
}