comparison trunk/src/Support/Module.h @ 401:b71ec2cbe55b

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    * input modules which do not take a SignalBank as input, but rather
    * generate their own input. In this case, it is better to be able to
    * override the default Initialize function. When creating a new module, do
    * not create a new version of Initialize uness you're sure you know what
    * you're doing!
-   */
-  virtual bool Initialize(const SignalBank &input);
+   *
+   * global_parameters stores things like the input filename, output filenames
+   * and any other metadata that modules might want to share. If present, it 
+   * is propagated to all children. These parameters are mutable and may
+   * change.
+   */
+  virtual bool Initialize(const SignalBank &input,
+                          Parameters *global_parameters);
 
   /*! \brief Returns true if the module has been correctly initialized
    *  \return true if module has been initialized, false otherwise
    */
   bool initialized() const;

    * Like a call to Initialize() will cause all target modules to be
    * initialized, a call to Reset() will cause all target modules to be reset. 
    */
   void Reset();
 
+  /*! \brief Provide a pointer to the global parameters store.
+   *
+
+   */
+  void SetGlobalParameters();
+
   /*! \brief Return a pointer to the output SignalBank_ for this class.
    *  \return pointer to the SignalBank that this module uses to store its
    * output.
    */
   const SignalBank* GetOutputBank() const;

 
   bool initialized_;
   set<Module*> targets_;
   SignalBank output_;
   Parameters* parameters_;
+  Parameters* global_parameters_;
 
   string module_identifier_;
   string module_type_;
   string module_description_;
   string module_version_;