+ // base hypothesis implementation
+ ::SMESH_Hypothesis* myBaseImpl;
+
+ // a published hypothesis wrapping this not published one
+ SMESH::SMESH_Hypothesis_var myHolder;
+
+ // variable parameters
+ std::map< std::string, std::string > myMethod2VarParams;
+
+ public:
+ // Methods for backward compatibility of notebook variables
+
+ // restore myMethod2VarParams by parameters stored in an old study
+ virtual void setOldParameters (const char* theParameters);
+
+ // method used to convert variable parameters stored in an old study
+ // into myMethod2VarParams. It should return a method name for an index of
+ // variable parameters. Index is countered from zero
+ virtual std::string getMethodOfParameter(const int paramIndex, int nbVars) const { return ""; }
+
+ // method intended to remove explicit treatment of Netgen hypotheses from SMESH_NoteBook
+ virtual int getParamIndex(const TCollection_AsciiString& method, int nbVars) const { return -1; }
+};
+
+// ======================================================
+// Generic hypothesis creator
+// ======================================================
+class SMESH_I_EXPORT GenericHypothesisCreator_i
+{
+public:
+ // Create a hypothesis
+ virtual SMESH_Hypothesis_i* Create(PortableServer::POA_ptr thePOA,
+ int theStudyId,
+ ::SMESH_Gen* theGenImpl) = 0;
+ // return the name of IDL module
+ virtual std::string GetModuleName() = 0;
+};
+
+//=============================================================================
+//
+// Specific Hypothesis Creators are generated with a template which inherits a
+// generic hypothesis creator. Each creator returns an hypothesis of the type
+// given in the template.
+//
+//=============================================================================
+template <class T> class HypothesisCreator_i: public GenericHypothesisCreator_i
+{
+public:
+ virtual SMESH_Hypothesis_i* Create (PortableServer::POA_ptr thePOA,
+ int theStudyId,
+ ::SMESH_Gen* theGenImpl)
+ {
+ return new T (thePOA, theStudyId, theGenImpl);
+ };