azaleasource/WPILibCProgramming/trunk/WPILib/SmartDashboard/Sendable.h

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#ifndef __SMART_DASHBOARD_DATA__
#define __SMART_DASHBOARD_DATA__

#include <string>
#include "tables/ITable.h"

class Sendable
{
public:
	/**
	 * Initializes a table for this sendable object.
	 * @param subtable The table to put the values in.
	 */
	virtual void InitTable(ITable* subtable) = 0;

	/**
	 * @return the table that is currently associated with the sendable
	 */
	virtual ITable* GetTable() = 0;

	/**
	 * @return the string representation of the named data type that will be used by the smart dashboard for this sendable
	 */
	virtual std::string GetSmartDashboardType() = 0;
};

#endif