#ifndef OBJECT_FACTORY_H

#define OBJECT_FACTORY_H

#include "attribute.h"

#include "object.h"

namespace ns3 {

class ObjectFactory

{

public:

  ObjectFactory ();

  void SetTypeId (TypeId tid);

  void SetTypeId (std::string tid);

  void SetTypeId (const char *tid);

  void Set (std::string name, Attribute value);

  TypeId GetTypeId (void) const;

  Ptr<Object> Create (void) const;

  template <typename T>

  Ptr<T> Create (void) const;

private:

  TypeId m_tid;

  AttributeList m_parameters;

};

std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream &os, const ObjectFactory &factory);

std::istream & operator >> (std::istream &is, ObjectFactory &factory);

} // namespace ns3

namespace ns3 {

template <typename T>

Ptr<T> 

ObjectFactory::Create (void) const

{

  Ptr<Object> object = Create ();

  return object->GetObject<T> ();

}

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* OBJECT_FACTORY_H */