#ifndef ACTIONS_H
#define ACTIONS_H

#include "emsg.h"

struct parsedact {
  MudObject *who;
  string a_me;
  string a_rest;
  string a_you;
  
  string txt;

  MudObject *targ;
  MudObject *prop;

  string r_me;
  string r_rest;
  string r_you;
  MudObject *rprop;

  parsedact() : who(0), targ(0), prop(0), rprop(0) {
  }
};

parsedact parse_action(MudObject *who, int argc, const char **argv, bool trigger);
parsedact parse_action(MudObject *who, const string &s, bool trigger);

//! an Action.
class Action {
public:
  //! the 'category' of this action. e.g. 'roman', 'conv', 'weird'
  string category;

  //! lua code for this action
  string lua;

  //! whether the lua code is commline-safe
  int safe;

  //! message to user for untargetted
  string u_me;
  //! message to others for untargetted
  string u_rest;

  //! message to user for targetted
  string t_me;
  //! message to victim for targetted
  string t_you;
  //! message to others for targetted
  string t_rest;
  
  //! message to user for text
  string x_me;
  //! message to others for text
  string x_rest;
  //! error message for text (when text=="")
  string x_err;

  //! message to user for targetted text
  string s_me;
  //! message to target for targetted text
  string s_you;
  //! message to others for targetted text
  string s_rest;
  //! error message for targetted text (when target=="")
  string s_err;
  
  //! message to user for object
  string o_me;
  //! message to others for object
  string o_rest;
  //! requirements code for object
  string o_req;

  //! message to user for prop action
  string p_me;
  //! message to target for prop action
  string p_you;
  //! message to others for prop action
  string p_rest;
  //! requirements code for prop action
  string p_req;
  //! preposition for prop action
  string  p_prep;
  
  
  Action() : safe(0) { }
  Action(const Action &a) {
    *this = a;
  }

  //! load an action from a file. will throw an emsg if cannot load.
  Action(const char *name, bool create=0);
  
  //! send the code for action to given file
  void output(const char *name);
};

#endif