public:

//*** constructors/destructors ***//

// default constructor

RtDataStore();

// destructor

virtual ~RtDataStore();

// add listener to be notified when new data arrives

virtual void addListener(RtDataListener *lis);

//*** data methods ***//

// hand off some data to be output

virtual void setData(RtData *data);

// get data by id

//

// NOTE: this function is much more efficient if the requested data is

// specified fully, i.e. there are no wildcards in the dataID (see

// RtDataID.h) avoid using wildcards if possible

virtual RtData *getData(RtDataID id);

// get latest data

virtual RtData *getLatestData(RtDataID id);

// get a list of the available data in the data store

// note: this returns a list of the unique data ids excepting timepoint.

set<RtDataID>::const_iterator getAvailableData();

protected:

// list of outputs to be notified when new data arrives

vector<RtDataListener*> notifyList;

// hash map to store pointers to acquired data

map<RtDataID,RtData*,RtDataIDCompare> store;

// list of the data ids we currently have in the data

// store (excepting timepoiint)

set<RtDataID> availableData;

// set data ids to availableData

void setAvailableData(RtDataID);

// latest tr for which dataStore has data

unsigned int latestTR;

// create mutex for datastore lockdown

ACE_Mutex mut;