/* Copyright (c) 2002-2012 Croteam Ltd. 
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation


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.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. */

#ifndef SE_INCL_UPDATEABLE_H
#define SE_INCL_UPDATEABLE_H
#ifdef PRAGMA_ONCE
  #pragma once
#endif

/*
 * Object that can be updated to reflect changes in some changeable object(s).
 */
class ENGINE_API CUpdateable {
private:
  TIME ud_LastUpdateTime;   // last time this object has been updated
public:
  /* Constructor. */
  CUpdateable(void);
  /* Get time when last updated. */
  TIME LastUpdateTime(void) const ;
  /* Mark that the object has been updated. */
  void MarkUpdated(void);
  /* Mark that the object has become invalid in spite of its time stamp. */
  void Invalidate(void);
};


#endif  /* include-once check. */