// class chat declaration.

class chat;

#ifndef CHAT_H
#define CHAT_H

#include <vector>
#include "../incl.h"
#include "base.h"
#include "perm.h"
#include "room.h"
#include "user.h"
#include "sess.h"
#include "../tool/tool.h"
#include "../maps/hashmap.h"

using namespace std;

#undef chat
class chat : public base<room>, public perm
{
private:
  map<string,string> map_replace_strings;
  vector<string> vec_replace_keys;
  void dumpit();

public:
  virtual room* get_room( string s_name )
  {
    bool b_bool;
    return get_room( s_name, b_bool );
  }

  virtual room* get_room( string &s_name, bool &b_found )
  {
    return static_cast<room*>( get_elem( s_name, b_found ) );
  }

  // public methods:
  explicit chat();  // a standard constructor.
  ~chat();          // destructor.

  // get the object of a specific user.
  user* get_user( string &s_nick );
  user* get_user( string &s_nick, bool &b_found );
  static void get_user_( room* room_obj, void *v_arg   );

  // will be called every time a user tries to login.
  void login( map<string,string> &map_params );

  // will be called if a user posts a message.
  void post ( user* u_user, map<string,string> &map_params );

  void del_elem( string s_name )
  {
    base<room>::del_elem( s_name );
  }

  void reconf();
  void string_replacer(string *p_msg);
};
#endif