wpilibc/shared/include/SmartDashboard/Sendable.h

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#pragma once

#include <memory>
#include <string>

#include "tables/ITable.h"

namespace frc {

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

  /**
   * @return the table that is currently associated with the sendable
   */
  virtual std::shared_ptr<ITable> GetTable() const = 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() const = 0;
};

}  // namespace frc