/**
 * @file    Event.h
 * @brief   Definitions of Event and ListOfEvents.
 * @author  Ben Bornstein
 *
 * $Id: Event.h 10084 2009-08-22 11:52:43Z ajouraku $
 * $HeadURL: https://sbml.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/sbml/branches/rel-4-0-0/src/sbml/Event.h $
 *
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 *
 * @class Event
 * @brief LibSBML implementation of SBML's %Event construct.
 * 
 * An Event object defines when the event can occur, the variables that are
 * affected by the event, and how the variables are affected.
 *
 * An Event definition has several parts: an optional identifier (defined
 * by the attribute "id"), an optional name (defined by the attribute
 * "name"), a required trigger condition (defined by an object of class
 * Trigger), and at least one EventAssignment.  In addition, an event can
 * include an optional delay (defined by an object of class Delay).
 *
 * The operation of Event is divided into two phases (even when the event
 * is not delayed): one when the event is @em fired, and the other when the
 * event is @em executed.  Trigger objects define the conditions for firing
 * an event, Delay objects define when the event is actually executed, and
 * EventAssignment objects define the effects of executing the event.
 * Please consult the descriptions of Trigger, Delay and EventAssignment
 * for more information.
 *
 * The optional Delay on Event means there are two times to consider when
 * computing the results of an event: the time at which the event
 * <em>fires</em>, and the time at which assignments are <em>executed</em>.
 * It is also possible to distinguish between the time at which the
 * EventAssignment's expression is calculated, and the time at which the
 * assignment is made: the expression could be evaluated at the same time
 * the assignments are performed, i.e., when the event is
 * <em>executed</em>, but it could also be defined to be evaluated at the
 * time the event <em>fired</em>.
 * 
 * In SBML Level&nbsp;2 versions prior to Version&nbsp;4, the semantics of
 * Event time delays were defined such that the expressions in the event's
 * assignments were always evaluated at the time the event was
 * <em>fired</em>.  This definition made it difficult to define an event
 * whose assignment formulas were meant to be evaluated at the time the
 * event was <em>executed</em> (i.e., after the time period defined by the
 * value of the Delay element).  In SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;4, the
 * attribute "useValuesFromTriggerTime" on Event allows a model to indicate
 * the time at which the event's assignments are intended to be evaluated.
 * The default value is @c true, which corresponds to the interpretation of
 * event assignments prior to Version&nbsp;4: the values of the assignment
 * formulas are computed at the moment the event fired, not after the
 * delay.  If "useValuesFromTriggerTime"=@c false, it means that the
 * formulas in the event's assignments are to be computed after the delay,
 * at the time the event is executed.
 *
 * @section version-diffs SBML version differences
 *
 * Definitions of Event in SBML Level&nbsp;2 Versions 1 and 2 included an
 * additional attribute called "timeUnits", which allowed the time units of
 * the Delay to be set explicitly.  Versions&nbsp;3 and&nbsp;4 do not
 * define this attribute.  The LibSBML supports this attribute for
 * compatibility with previous versions of SBML Level&nbsp;2; however, if a
 * Version&nbsp;3 or&nbsp;4 model sets the attribute, the
 * consistency-checking method SBMLDocument::checkConsistency() will report
 * an error.
 *
 * The attribute "useValuesFromTriggerTime" was introduced in SBML
 * Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;4.  Models defined in prior Versions of SBML
 * Level&nbsp;2 cannot use this attribute, and
 * SBMLDocument::checkConsistency() will report an error if they do.
 *
 * 
 * @class ListOfEvents
 * @brief LibSBML implementation of SBML's %ListOfEvents construct.
 * 
 * The various ListOf___ classes in %SBML are merely containers used for
 * organizing the main components of an %SBML model.  All are derived from
 * the abstract class SBase, and inherit the various attributes and
 * subelements of SBase, such as "metaid" as and "annotation".  The
 * ListOf___ classes do not add any attributes of their own.
 *
 * The relationship between the lists and the rest of an %SBML model is
 * illustrated by the following (for %SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;4):
 *
 * @image html listof-illustration.jpg "ListOf___ elements in an SBML Model"
 * @image latex listof-illustration.jpg "ListOf___ elements in an SBML Model"
 *
 * Readers may wonder about the motivations for using the ListOf___
 * containers.  A simpler approach in XML might be to place the components
 * all directly at the top level of the model definition.  We chose instead
 * to group them within XML elements named after ListOf<em>Classname</em>,
 * in part because we believe this helps organize the components and makes
 * visual reading of models in XML easier.  More importantly, the fact that
 * the container classes are derived from SBase means that software tools
 * can add information about the lists themselves into each list
 * container's "annotation".
 *
 * @see ListOfFunctionDefinitions
 * @see ListOfUnitDefinitions
 * @see ListOfCompartmentTypes
 * @see ListOfSpeciesTypes
 * @see ListOfCompartments
 * @see ListOfSpecies
 * @see ListOfParameters
 * @see ListOfInitialAssignments
 * @see ListOfRules
 * @see ListOfConstraints
 * @see ListOfReactions
 * @see ListOfEvents
 */

#ifndef Event_h
#define Event_h


#include <sbml/common/extern.h>
#include <sbml/common/sbmlfwd.h>


#ifdef __cplusplus


#include <string>

#include <sbml/SBase.h>
#include <sbml/ListOf.h>
#include <sbml/EventAssignment.h>
#include <sbml/Trigger.h>
#include <sbml/Delay.h>

LIBSBML_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class ASTNode;
class SBMLVisitor;


class LIBSBML_EXTERN Event : public SBase
{
public:

  /**
   * Creates a new Event using the given SBML @p level and @p version
   * values.
   *
   * @param level an unsigned int, the SBML Level to assign to this Event
   *
   * @param version an unsigned int, the SBML Version to assign to this
   * Event
   * 
   * @note Once a Event has been added to an SBMLDocument, the @p level,
   * @p version for the document @em override those used
   * to create the Event.  Despite this, the ability to supply the values
   * at creation time is an important aid to creating valid SBML.  Knowledge of
   * the intented SBML Level and Version determine whether it is valid to
   * assign a particular value to an attribute, or whether it is valid to add
   * an object to an existing SBMLDocument.
   */
  Event (unsigned int level, unsigned int version);



  /**
   * Creates a new Event using the given SBMLNamespaces object
   * @p sbmlns.
   *
   * The SBMLNamespaces object encapsulates SBML Level/Version/namespaces
   * information.  It is used to communicate the SBML Level, Version, and
   * (in Level&nbsp;3) packages used in addition to SBML Level&nbsp; Core.
   * A common approach to using this class constructor is to create an
   * SBMLNamespaces object somewhere in a program, once, then pass it to
   * object constructors such as this one when needed.
   * 
   * @param sbmlns an SBMLNamespaces object.
   *
   * @note Once a Event has been added to an SBMLDocument, the @p level,
   * @p version and @p xmlns namespaces for the document @em override those used
   * to create the Event.  Despite this, the ability to supply the values
   * at creation time is an important aid to creating valid SBML.  Knowledge of
   * the intented SBML Level and Version determine whether it is valid to
   * assign a particular value to an attribute, or whether it is valid to add
   * an object to an existing SBMLDocument.
   */
  Event (SBMLNamespaces* sbmlns);


  /**
   * Destroys this Event.
   */
  virtual ~Event ();


  /**
   * Copy constructor; creates a copy of this Event.
   */
  Event (const Event& orig);


  /**
   * Assignment operator
   */
  Event& operator=(const Event& rhs);


  /**
   * Accepts the given SBMLVisitor for this instance of Event.
   *
   * @param v the SBMLVisitor instance to be used.
   *
   * @return the result of calling <code>v.visit()</code>, which indicates
   * whether the Visitor would like to visit the next Event in the list
   * of events within which this Event is embedded.
   */
  virtual bool accept (SBMLVisitor& v) const;


  /**
   * Creates and returns a deep copy of this Event.
   * 
   * @return a (deep) copy of this Event.
   */
  virtual Event* clone () const;


  /**
   * Returns the value of the "id" attribute of this Event.
   * 
   * @return the id of this Event.
   */
  const std::string& getId () const;


  /**
   * Returns the value of the "name" attribute of this Event.
   * 
   * @return the name of this Event.
   */
  const std::string& getName () const;


  /**
   * Get the event trigger portion of this Event.
   * 
   * @return the Trigger object of this Event.
   */
  const Trigger* getTrigger () const;


  /**
   * Get the event trigger portion of this Event.
   * 
   * @return the Trigger object of this Event.
   */
  Trigger* getTrigger ();


  /**
   * Get the assignment delay portion of this Event, if there is one.
   * 
   * @return the delay of this Event if one is defined, or @c NULL if none
   * is defined.
   */
  const Delay* getDelay () const;


  /**
   * Get the assignment delay portion of this Event, if there is one.
   * 
   * @return the delay of this Event if one is defined, or @c NULL if none
   * is defined.
   */
  Delay* getDelay ();


  /**
   * Get the value of the "timeUnits" attribute of this Event, if it has one.
   * 
   * @return the value of the attribute "timeUnits" as a string.
   * 
   * @warning Definitions of Event in SBML Level 2 Versions&nbsp;1
   * and&nbsp;2 included the additional attribute called "timeUnits", but
   * it was removed in SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;3.  LibSBML supports
   * this attribute for compatibility with previous versions of SBML
   * Level&nbsp;2, but its use is discouraged since models in Level 2
   * Versions&nbsp;3 and&nbsp;4 cannot contain it.  If a Version&nbsp;3
   * or&nbsp;4 model sets the attribute, the consistency-checking method
   * SBMLDocument::checkConsistency() will report an error.
   */
  const std::string& getTimeUnits () const;


  /**
   * Get the value of the "useValuesFromTriggerTime" attribute of this Event.
   * 
   * The optional Delay on Event means there are two times to consider when
   * computing the results of an event: the time at which the event
   * <em>fires</em>, and the time at which assignments are <em>executed</em>.
   * It is also possible to distinguish between the time at which the
   * EventAssignment's expression is calculated, and the time at which the
   * assignment is made: the expression could be evaluated at the same time
   * the assignments are performed, i.e., when the event is
   * <em>executed</em>, but it could also be defined to be evaluated at the
   * time the event <em>fired</em>.
   * 
   * In SBML Level&nbsp;2 versions prior to Version&nbsp;4, the semantics of
   * Event time delays were defined such that the expressions in the event's
   * assignments were always evaluated at the time the event was
   * <em>fired</em>.  This definition made it difficult to define an event
   * whose assignment formulas were meant to be evaluated at the time the
   * event was <em>executed</em> (i.e., after the time period defined by the
   * value of the Delay element).  In SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;4, the
   * attribute "useValuesFromTriggerTime" on Event allows a model to indicate
   * the time at which the event's assignments are intended to be evaluated.
   * The default value is @c true, which corresponds to the interpretation of
   * event assignments prior to Version&nbsp;4: the values of the assignment
   * formulas are computed at the moment the event fired, not after the
   * delay.  If "useValuesFromTriggerTime"=@c false, it means that the
   * formulas in the event's assignments are to be computed after the delay,
   * at the time the event is executed.
   * 
   * @return the value of the attribute "useValuesFromTriggerTime" as a boolean.
   *
   * @warning The attribute "useValuesFromTriggerTime" was introduced in
   * SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;4.  It is not valid in models defined
   * using SBML Level&nbsp;2 versions prior to Version&nbsp;4.  If a
   * Version&nbsp;1&ndash;&nbsp;3 model sets the attribute, the
   * consistency-checking method SBMLDocument::checkConsistency() will
   * report an error.
   */
  bool getUseValuesFromTriggerTime () const;


  /**
   * Predicate returning @c true or @c false depending on whether this
   * Event's "id" attribute has been set.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   * 
   * @return @c true if the "id" attribute of this Event has been
   * set, @c false otherwise.
   */
  bool isSetId () const;


  /**
   * Predicate returning @c true or @c false depending on whether this
   * Event's "name" attribute has been set.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   * 
   * @return @c true if the "name" attribute of this Event has been
   * set, @c false otherwise.
   */
  bool isSetName () const;


  /**
   * Predicate for testing whether the trigger for this Event has been set.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @return @c true if the trigger of this Event has been set, @c false
   * otherwise.
   */
  bool isSetTrigger () const;


  /**
   * Predicate for testing whether the delay for this Event has been set.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @return @c true if the delay of this Event has been set, @c false
   * otherwise.
   */
  bool isSetDelay () const;


  /**
   * Predicate for testing whether the "timeUnits" attribute of this Event
   * has been set.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @return @c true if the "timeUnits" attribute of this Event has been
   * set, @c false otherwise.
   *
   * @warning Definitions of Event in SBML Level 2 Versions&nbsp;1
   * and&nbsp;2 included the additional attribute called "timeUnits", but
   * it was removed in SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;3.  LibSBML supports
   * this attribute for compatibility with previous versions of SBML
   * Level&nbsp;2, but its use is discouraged since models in Level 2
   * Versions&nbsp;3 and&nbsp;4 cannot contain it.  If a Version&nbsp;3
   * or&nbsp;4 model sets the attribute, the consistency-checking method
   * SBMLDocument::checkConsistency() will report an error.
   */
  bool isSetTimeUnits () const;


  /**
   * Sets the value of the "id" attribute of this Event.
   *
   * The string @p sid is copied.  Note that SBML has strict requirements
   * for the syntax of identifiers.  The following is summary of the
   * definition of the SBML identifier type @c SId (here expressed in an
   * extended form of BNF notation):
   * @code
   *   letter ::= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z'
   *   digit  ::= '0'..'9'
   *   idChar ::= letter | digit | '_'
   *   SId    ::= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
   * @endcode
   * The equality of SBML identifiers is determined by an exact character
   * sequence match; i.e., comparisons must be performed in a
   * case-sensitive manner.  In addition, there are a few conditions for
   * the uniqueness of identifiers in an SBML model.  Please consult the
   * SBML specifications for the exact formulations.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @param sid the string to use as the identifier of this Event
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
   */
  int setId (const std::string& sid);


  /**
   * Sets the value of the "name" attribute of this Event.
   *
   * The string in @p name is copied.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @param name the new name for the Event
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
   */
  int setName (const std::string& name);


  /**
   * Sets the trigger definition of this Event to a copy of the given
   * Trigger object instance.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @param trigger the Trigger object instance to use.
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_LEVEL_MISMATCH
   * @li LIBSBML_VERSION_MISMATCH
   */
  int setTrigger (const Trigger* trigger);


  /**
   * Sets the delay definition of this Event to a copy of the given Delay
   * object instance.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @param delay the Delay object instance to use
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_LEVEL_MISMATCH
   * @li LIBSBML_VERSION_MISMATCH
   */
  int setDelay (const Delay* delay);


  /**
   * Sets the "timeUnits" attribute of this Event to a copy of @p sid.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @param sid the identifier of the time units to use.
   *
   * @warning Definitions of Event in SBML Level 2 Versions&nbsp;1
   * and&nbsp;2 included the additional attribute called "timeUnits", but
   * it was removed in SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;3.  LibSBML supports
   * this attribute for compatibility with previous versions of SBML
   * Level&nbsp;2, but its use is discouraged since models in Level 2
   * Versions&nbsp;3 and&nbsp;4 cannot contain it.  If a Version&nbsp;3
   * or&nbsp;4 model sets the attribute, the consistency-checking method
   * SBMLDocument::checkConsistency() will report an error.
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
   * @li LIBSBML_UNEXPECTED_ATTRIBUTE
   */
  int setTimeUnits (const std::string& sid);


  /**
   * Sets the "useValuesFromTriggerTime" attribute of this Event to a @p value.
   * 
   * The optional Delay on Event means there are two times to consider when
   * computing the results of an event: the time at which the event
   * <em>fires</em>, and the time at which assignments are <em>executed</em>.
   * It is also possible to distinguish between the time at which the
   * EventAssignment's expression is calculated, and the time at which the
   * assignment is made: the expression could be evaluated at the same time
   * the assignments are performed, i.e., when the event is
   * <em>executed</em>, but it could also be defined to be evaluated at the
   * time the event <em>fired</em>.
   * 
   * In SBML Level&nbsp;2 versions prior to Version&nbsp;4, the semantics of
   * Event time delays were defined such that the expressions in the event's
   * assignments were always evaluated at the time the event was
   * <em>fired</em>.  This definition made it difficult to define an event
   * whose assignment formulas were meant to be evaluated at the time the
   * event was <em>executed</em> (i.e., after the time period defined by the
   * value of the Delay element).  In SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;4, the
   * attribute "useValuesFromTriggerTime" on Event allows a model to indicate
   * the time at which the event's assignments are intended to be evaluated.
   * The default value is @c true, which corresponds to the interpretation of
   * event assignments prior to Version&nbsp;4: the values of the assignment
   * formulas are computed at the moment the event fired, not after the
   * delay.  If "useValuesFromTriggerTime"=@c false, it means that the
   * formulas in the event's assignments are to be computed after the delay,
   * at the time the event is executed.
   *
   * @param value the value of useValuesFromTriggerTime to use.
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_UNEXPECTED_ATTRIBUTE
   *
   * @warning The attribute "useValuesFromTriggerTime" was introduced in
   * SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;4.  It is not valid in models defined
   * using SBML Level&nbsp;2 versions prior to Version&nbsp;4.  If a
   * Version&nbsp;1&ndash;&nbsp;3 model sets the attribute, the
   * consistency-checking method SBMLDocument::checkConsistency() will
   * report an error.
   */
  int setUseValuesFromTriggerTime (bool value);


  /**
   * Unsets the value of the "id" attribute of this Event.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_FAILED
   */
  int unsetId ();


  /**
   * Unsets the value of the "name" attribute of this Event.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_FAILED
   */
  int unsetName ();


  /**
   * Unsets the Delay of this Event.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_FAILED
   */
  int unsetDelay ();


  /**
   * Unsets the "timeUnits" attribute of this Event.
   *
   * @htmlinclude libsbml-comment-set-methods.html
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_FAILED
   *
   * @warning Definitions of Event in SBML Level&nbsp;2 Versions 1 and 2
   * included the attribute called "timeUnits", but it was removed in SBML
   * Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;3.  LibSBML supports this attribute for
   * compatibility with previous versions of SBML Level&nbsp;2, but its use
   * is discouraged since models in Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;3 and
   * Version&nbsp;4 cannot contain it.  If a Version&nbsp;3 or&nbsp;4 model
   * sets this attribute, the consistency-checking method
   * SBMLDocument::checkConsistency() will report an error.
   */
  int unsetTimeUnits ();


  /**
   * Appends a copy of the given EventAssignment to this Event.
   *
   * @param ea the EventAssignment object to add.
   *
   * @return integer value indicating success/failure of the
   * function.  @if clike The value is drawn from the
   * enumeration #OperationReturnValues_t. @endif The possible values
   * returned by this function are:
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_SUCCESS
   * @li LIBSBML_LEVEL_MISMATCH
   * @li LIBSBML_VERSION_MISMATCH
   * @li LIBSBML_DUPLICATE_OBJECT_ID
   * @li LIBSBML_OPERATION_FAILED
   *
   * @note This method should be used with some caution.  The fact that
   * this method @em copies the object passed to it means that the caller
   * will be left holding a physically different object instance than the
   * one contained in this Event.  Changes made to the original object
   * instance (such as resetting attribute values) will <em>not affect the
   * instance in the Event</em>.  In addition, the caller should make sure
   * to free the original object if it is no longer being used, or else a
   * memory leak will result.  Please see Event::createEventAssignment()
   * for a method that does not lead to these issues.
   *
   * @see createEventAssignment()
   */
  int addEventAssignment (const EventAssignment* ea);


  /**
   * Creates a new, empty EventAssignment, adds it to this Event's list of
   * event assignments and returns the EventAssignment.
   *
   * @return the newly created EventAssignment object instance
   *
   * @see addEventAssignment(const EventAssignment* ea)
   */
  EventAssignment* createEventAssignment ();


  /**
   * Creates a new, empty Trigger, adds it to this Event and 
   * returns the Trigger.
   *
   * @return the newly created Trigger object instance
   */
  Trigger* createTrigger ();


  /**
   * Creates a new, empty Delay, adds it to this Event and 
   * returns the Delay.
   *
   * @return the newly created Delay object instance
   */
  Delay* createDelay ();


  /**
   * Returns the list of event assignments for this Event.
   * 
   * @return the list of EventAssignments for this Event.
   */
  const ListOfEventAssignments* getListOfEventAssignments () const;


  /**
   * Returns the list of event assignments for this Event.
   * 
   * @return the list of EventAssignments for this Event.
   */
  ListOfEventAssignments* getListOfEventAssignments ();


  /**
   * Return a specific EventAssignment object of this Event.
   *
   * @param n an integer, the index of the EventAssignment object to return
   * 
   * @return the <code>n</code>th EventAssignment of this Event.
   */
  const EventAssignment* getEventAssignment (unsigned int n) const;


  /**
   * Return a specific EventAssignment object of this Event.
   *
   * @param n an integer, the index of the EventAssignment object to return
   * 
   * @return the <code>n</code>th EventAssignment of this Event.
   */
  EventAssignment* getEventAssignment (unsigned int n);


  /**
   * Return the event assignment indicated by the given @p variable.
   *
   * @param variable a string, the identifier of the variable whose
   * EventAssignment is being sought.
   *
   * @return the EventAssignment for the given @p variable, or @c NULL if
   * no such EventAssignment exits.
   */
  const EventAssignment* getEventAssignment (const std::string& variable) const;


  /**
   * Return the event assignment indicated by the given @p variable.
   *
   * @param variable a string, the identifier of the variable whose
   * EventAssignment is being sought.
   *
   * @return the EventAssignment for the given @p variable, or @c NULL if
   * no such EventAssignment exits.
   */
  EventAssignment* getEventAssignment (const std::string& variable);


  /**
   * Returns the number of EventAssignment objects attached to this
   * Event.
   * 
   * @return the number of EventAssignments in this Event.
   */
  unsigned int getNumEventAssignments () const;


  /**
   * Removes the nth EventAssignment object from this Event object and
   * returns a pointer to it.
   *
   * The caller owns the returned object and is responsible for deleting it.
   *
   * @param n the index of the EventAssignment object to remove
   *
   * @return the EventAssignment object removed.  As mentioned above, 
   * the caller owns the returned item. NULL is returned if the given index 
   * is out of range.
   *
   */
  EventAssignment* removeEventAssignment (unsigned int n);


  /**
   * Removes the EventAssignment object with the given "variable" attribute 
   * from this Event object and returns a pointer to it.
   *
   * The caller owns the returned object and is responsible for deleting it.
   * If none of the EventAssignment objects in this Event object have the 
   * "variable" attribute @p variable, then @c NULL is returned.
   *
   * @param variable the "variable" attribute of the EventAssignment object 
   * to remove
   *
   * @return the EventAssignment object removed.  As mentioned above, the 
   * caller owns the returned object. NULL is returned if no EventAssignment
   * object with the "variable" attribute exists in this Event object.
   */
  EventAssignment* removeEventAssignment (const std::string& variable);


  /** @cond doxygen-libsbml-internal */
  /**
   * Sets the parent SBMLDocument of this SBML object.
   *
   * @param d the SBMLDocument to use
   */
  virtual void setSBMLDocument (SBMLDocument* d);
  /** @endcond doxygen-libsbml-internal */


  /** @cond doxygen-libsbml-internal */
  /**
   * Sets the parent SBML object of this SBML object.
   *
   * @param sb the SBML object to use
   */
  virtual void setParentSBMLObject (SBase* sb);
  /** @endcond doxygen-libsbml-internal */


  /**
   * Returns the libSBML type code of this object instance.
   *
   * @if clike LibSBML attaches an identifying code to every
   * kind of SBML object.  These are known as <em>SBML type codes</em>.
   * The set of possible type codes is defined in the enumeration
   * #SBMLTypeCode_t.  The names of the type codes all begin with the
   * characters @c SBML_. @endif@if java LibSBML attaches an
   * identifying code to every kind of SBML object.  These are known as
   * <em>SBML type codes</em>.  In other languages, the set of type codes
   * is stored in an enumeration; in the Java language interface for
   * libSBML, the type codes are defined as static integer constants in
   * interface class {@link libsbmlConstants}.  The names of the type codes
   * all begin with the characters @c SBML_. @endif
   *
   * @return the SBML type code for this object, or @c SBML_UNKNOWN (default).
   *
   * @see getElementName()
   */
  virtual SBMLTypeCode_t getTypeCode () const;


  /**
   * Returns the XML element name of this object, which for Event, is
   * always @c "event".
   * 
   * @return the name of this element, i.e., @c "event". 
   */
  virtual const std::string& getElementName () const;


  /** @cond doxygen-libsbml-internal */
  /**
   * Subclasses should override this method to write out their contained
   * SBML objects as XML elements.  Be sure to call your parents
   * implementation of this method as well.
   */
  virtual void writeElements (XMLOutputStream& stream) const;
  /** @endcond doxygen-libsbml-internal */


  /** @cond doxygen-libsbml-internal */
  /**
   * sets the mInternalIdOnly flag
   */
  void setInternalIdOnly();
  /** @endcond doxygen-libsbml-internal */


  /**
   * Predicate returning @c true or @c false depending on whether
   * all the required elements for this Event object
   * have been set.
   *
   * @note The required elements for a Event object are:
   * trigger; listOfEventAssignments
   */
  virtual bool hasRequiredElements() const;


protected:
  /** @cond doxygen-libsbml-internal */

  /* this is a constructor that takes no arguments and 
   * only exists because the validator code needs it
   */
  Event ();


  /**
   * @return the SBML object corresponding to next XMLToken in the
   * XMLInputStream or @c NULL if the token was not recognized.
   */
  virtual SBase* createObject (XMLInputStream& stream);


  /**
   * Subclasses should override this method to read values from the given
   * XMLAttributes set into their specific fields.  Be sure to call your
   * parents implementation of this method as well.
   */
  virtual void readAttributes (const XMLAttributes& attributes);


  /**
   * Subclasses should override this method to write their XML attributes
   * to the XMLOutputStream.  Be sure to call your parents implementation
   * of this method as well.
   */
  virtual void writeAttributes (XMLOutputStream& stream) const;


  std::string             mId;
  std::string             mName;
  Trigger*                mTrigger;
  Delay*                  mDelay;
  std::string             mTimeUnits;
  bool                    mUseValuesFromTriggerTime;
  bool mInternalIdOnly;
  ListOfEventAssignments  mEventAssignments;
  

  /* the validator classes need to be friends to access the 
   * protected constructor that takes no arguments
   */
  friend class Validator;
  friend class ConsistencyValidator;
  friend class IdentifierConsistencyValidator;
  friend class InternalConsistencyValidator;
  friend class L1CompatibilityValidator;
  friend class L2v1CompatibilityValidator;
  friend class L2v2CompatibilityValidator;
  friend class L2v3CompatibilityValidator;
  friend class L2v4CompatibilityValidator;
  friend class MathMLConsistencyValidator;
  friend class ModelingPracticeValidator;
  friend class OverdeterminedValidator;
  friend class SBOConsistencyValidator;
  friend class UnitConsistencyValidator;

  /** @endcond doxygen-libsbml-internal */
};



class LIBSBML_EXTERN ListOfEvents : public ListOf
{
public:

  /**
   * Creates and returns a deep copy of this ListOfEvents.
   *
   * @return a (deep) copy of this ListOfEvents.
   */
  virtual ListOfEvents* clone () const;


  /**
   * Returns the libSBML type code for this %SBML object.
   *
   * @if clike LibSBML attaches an identifying code to every
   * kind of SBML object.  These are known as <em>SBML type codes</em>.
   * The set of possible type codes is defined in the enumeration
   * #SBMLTypeCode_t.  The names of the type codes all begin with the
   * characters @c SBML_. @endif@if java LibSBML attaches an
   * identifying code to every kind of SBML object.  These are known as
   * <em>SBML type codes</em>.  In other languages, the set of type codes
   * is stored in an enumeration; in the Java language interface for
   * libSBML, the type codes are defined as static integer constants in
   * interface class {@link libsbmlConstants}.  The names of the type codes
   * all begin with the characters @c SBML_. @endif
   *
   * @return the SBML type code for this object, or @c SBML_UNKNOWN (default).
   *
   * @see getElementName()
   */
  virtual SBMLTypeCode_t getTypeCode () const { return SBML_LIST_OF; };


  /**
   * Returns the libSBML type code for the objects contained in this ListOf
   * (i.e., Event objects, if the list is non-empty).
   *
   * @if clike LibSBML attaches an identifying code to every
   * kind of SBML object.  These are known as <em>SBML type codes</em>.
   * The set of possible type codes is defined in the enumeration
   * #SBMLTypeCode_t.  The names of the type codes all begin with the
   * characters @c SBML_. @endif@if java LibSBML attaches an
   * identifying code to every kind of SBML object.  These are known as
   * <em>SBML type codes</em>.  In other languages, the set of type codes
   * is stored in an enumeration; in the Java language interface for
   * libSBML, the type codes are defined as static integer constants in
   * interface class {@link libsbmlConstants}.  The names of the type codes
   * all begin with the characters @c SBML_. @endif
   * 
   * @return the SBML type code for the objects contained in this ListOf
   * instance, or @c SBML_UNKNOWN (default).
   *
   * @see getElementName()
   */
  virtual SBMLTypeCode_t getItemTypeCode () const;


  /**
   * Returns the XML element name of this object.
   *
   * For ListOfEvents, the XML element name is @c "listOfEvents".
   * 
   * @return the name of this element, i.e., @c "listOfEvents".
   */
  virtual const std::string& getElementName () const;


   /**
   * Get a Event from the ListOfEvents.
   *
   * @param n the index number of the Event to get.
   * 
   * @return the <code>n</code>th Event in this ListOfEvents.
   *
   * @see size()
   */
  virtual Event * get(unsigned int n); 


  /**
   * Get a Event from the ListOfEvents.
   *
   * @param n the index number of the Event to get.
   * 
   * @return the <code>n</code>th Event in this ListOfEvents.
   *
   * @see size()
   */
  virtual const Event * get(unsigned int n) const; 


  /**
   * Get a Event from the ListOfEvents
   * based on its identifier.
   *
   * @param sid a string representing the identifier 
   * of the Event to get.
   * 
   * @return Event in this ListOfEvents
   * with the given id or NULL if no such
   * Event exists.
   *
   * @see get(unsigned int n)
   * @see size()
   */
  virtual Event* get (const std::string& sid);


  /**
   * Get a Event from the ListOfEvents
   * based on its identifier.
   *
   * @param sid a string representing the identifier 
   * of the Event to get.
   * 
   * @return Event in this ListOfEvents
   * with the given id or NULL if no such
   * Event exists.
   *
   * @see get(unsigned int n)
   * @see size()
   */
  virtual const Event* get (const std::string& sid) const;


  /**
   * Removes the nth item from this ListOfEvents items and returns a pointer to
   * it.
   *
   * The caller owns the returned item and is responsible for deleting it.
   *
   * @param n the index of the item to remove
   *
   * @see size()
   */
  virtual Event* remove (unsigned int n);


  /**
   * Removes item in this ListOfEvents items with the given identifier.
   *
   * The caller owns the returned item and is responsible for deleting it.
   * If none of the items in this list have the identifier @p sid, then @c
   * NULL is returned.
   *
   * @param sid the identifier of the item to remove
   *
   * @return the item removed.  As mentioned above, the caller owns the
   * returned item.
   */
  virtual Event* remove (const std::string& sid);


 /** @cond doxygen-libsbml-internal */

  /**
   * Get the ordinal position of this element in the containing object
   * (which in this case is the Model object).
   *
   * The ordering of elements in the XML form of %SBML is generally fixed
   * for most components in %SBML.  So, for example, the ListOfEvents in a
   * model is (in %SBML Level&nbsp;2 Version&nbsp;4) the twelfth ListOf___.
   * (However, it differs for different Levels and Versions of SBML, so
   * calling code should not hardwire this number.)
   *
   * @return the ordinal position of the element with respect to its
   * siblings, or @c -1 (default) to indicate the position is not significant.
   */
  virtual int getElementPosition () const;

  /** @endcond doxygen-libsbml-internal */


protected:
  /** @cond doxygen-libsbml-internal */

  /**
   * @return the SBML object corresponding to next XMLToken in the
   * XMLInputStream or @c NULL if the token was not recognized.
   */
  virtual SBase* createObject (XMLInputStream& stream);

  /** @endcond doxygen-libsbml-internal */
};

LIBSBML_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif  /* __cplusplus */


#ifndef SWIG

LIBSBML_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
BEGIN_C_DECLS

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * See the .cpp file for the documentation of the following functions.
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*
LIBSBML_EXTERN
Event_t *
Event_createWithLevelVersionAndNamespaces (unsigned int level,
              unsigned int version, XMLNamespaces_t *xmlns);
*/

LIBSBML_EXTERN
Event_t *
Event_create (unsigned int level, unsigned int version);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
Event_t *
Event_createWithNS (SBMLNamespaces_t *sbmlns);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
void
Event_free (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
Event_t *
Event_clone (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
const XMLNamespaces_t *
Event_getNamespaces(Event_t *c);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
const char *
Event_getId (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
const char *
Event_getName (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
Trigger_t *
Event_getTrigger (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
Delay_t *
Event_getDelay (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
const char *
Event_getTimeUnits (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_getUseValuesFromTriggerTime (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_isSetId (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_isSetName (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_isSetTrigger (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_isSetDelay (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_isSetTimeUnits (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_setId (Event_t *e, const char *sid);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_setName (Event_t *e, const char *name);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_setTrigger (Event_t *e, const Trigger_t *trigger);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_setDelay (Event_t *e, const Delay_t *delay);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_setTimeUnits (Event_t *e, const char *sid);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_setUseValuesFromTriggerTime (Event_t *e, int value);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_unsetId (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_unsetName (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_unsetDelay (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_unsetTimeUnits (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
int
Event_addEventAssignment (Event_t *e, const EventAssignment_t *ea);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
EventAssignment_t *
Event_createEventAssignment (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
Trigger_t *
Event_createTrigger (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
Delay_t *
Event_createDelay (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
ListOf_t *
Event_getListOfEventAssignments (Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
EventAssignment_t *
Event_getEventAssignment (Event_t *e, unsigned int n);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
EventAssignment_t *
Event_getEventAssignmentByVar (Event_t *e, const char *variable);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
unsigned int
Event_getNumEventAssignments (const Event_t *e);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
EventAssignment_t *
Event_removeEventAssignment (Event_t *e, unsigned int n);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
EventAssignment_t *
Event_removeEventAssignmentByVar (Event_t *e, const char *variable);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
Event_t *
ListOfEvents_getById (ListOf_t *lo, const char *sid);


LIBSBML_EXTERN
Event_t *
ListOfEvents_removeById (ListOf_t *lo, const char *sid);


END_C_DECLS
LIBSBML_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif  /* !SWIG   */
#endif  /* Event_h */
