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+// Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Michael Bartl
+// Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Ulf Lorenz
+// Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 Andrea Paternesi
+// Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009 Ben Asselstine
+// Copyright (C) 2007 Ole Laursen
+//
+// 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 3 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 Library 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+// 02110-1301, USA.
+
+#ifndef UNIQUELYIDENTIFIED_H
+#define UNIQUELYIDENTIFIED_H
+
+#include <gtkmm.h>
+#include "vector.h"
+#include "rectangle.h"
+
+class XML_Helper;
+
+//! A game object that has a unique numeric identifier.
+class UniquelyIdentified
+{
+ public:
+ //! Default constructor.
+ UniquelyIdentified();
+
+ //! Copy constructor.
+ UniquelyIdentified(const UniquelyIdentified&);
+
+ //! non-default constructor.
+ UniquelyIdentified(guint32 id);
+
+ //! Loading constructor.
+ UniquelyIdentified(XML_Helper* helper);
+
+ //! Destructor.
+ virtual ~UniquelyIdentified();
+
+
+ // Get Methods
+
+ //! Returns the unique numeric identifer of this object.
+ guint32 getId() const {return d_id;}
+
+
+ //Methods that operate on class data and modify the class.
+
+ //! Make the counter aware of this object by syncing it to one after this.
+ void syncNewId();
+
+ //! Go get a new unique identifier for this object.
+ void assignNewId();
+
+ protected:
+
+ //! A unique numeric identifier for an object in the game.
+ guint32 d_id;
+
+ //! Whether or not this id is actually unique.
+ bool d_unique;
+};
+
+#endif
+
+// End of file