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//  silviana amethyst, university of wisconsin-eau claire

/**
\file include/blackbox/algorithm_builder.hpp

\brief A type which determines which algorithms etc, to run, and sets them up.
*/

#pragma once

#include "io/file_utilities.hpp"

namespace bertini {
namespace blackbox {

/**
\brief A de-serializer, whose responsibility it is to construct runnable objects
based on input files.

This class is inspired by the SimBuilder class from Hythem Sidky's SAPHRON
package for molecular dynamics.
*/
class AlgoBuilder {
 public:
  AlgoBuilder() = default;

  /**
  \brief Method for constructing an algorithm from a bertini classic input file
  */
  int ClassicBuild(boost::filesystem::path const& input_file);

  /**
  \brief Returns a non-owning pointer to the built algorithm
  */
  AnyAlgorithm* GetAlg() { return alg_.get(); }

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<AnyAlgorithm> alg_;
};

}  // namespace blackbox
}  // namespace bertini