/*
 * Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Id Software, Inc.
 * 
 * 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.
 */

package lwjake2.game;

import lwjake2.qcommon.Com;

import java.util.Hashtable;

public abstract class SuperAdapter {

	/** Constructor, does the adapter registration. */
	public SuperAdapter() {
		register(this, getID());
	}

	/** Adapter registration. */
	private static void register(SuperAdapter sa, String id) {
		adapters.put(id, sa);
	}

	/** Adapter repository. */
	private static Hashtable<String, SuperAdapter> adapters= new Hashtable<String, SuperAdapter>();

	/** Returns the adapter from the repository given by its ID. */
	public static SuperAdapter getFromID(String key) {
		SuperAdapter sa= (SuperAdapter) adapters.get(key);

		// try to create the adapter
		if (sa == null) {
			Com.DPrintf("SuperAdapter.getFromID():adapter not found->" + key + "\n");
		}

		return sa;
	}

	/** Returns the Adapter-ID. */
	public abstract String getID();
}
