/*
 *  selector.cpp
 *
 *  This file is part of NEST.
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2004 The NEST Initiative
 *
 *  NEST is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  NEST is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with NEST.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */

#include "selector.h"
#include "dictutils.h"
#include "network.h"
#include "topology_names.h"

namespace nest
{

  Selector::Selector(const DictionaryDatum &d) :
    model(-1), depth(-1)
  {
    if (updateValue<long_t>(d, names::lid, depth)) {

      if (depth<=0)
        throw BadProperty("lid must be >0");

      depth -= 1; // lid starts at 1 for backwards compatibility
    }

    std::string modelname;
    if(updateValue<std::string>(d, names::model, modelname)) {

      const Token model_token =
        Node::network()->get_modeldict().lookup(modelname);

      if ( model_token.empty() )
        throw UnknownModelName(modelname);

      model = static_cast<long_t>(model_token);

    }
  }

} // namespace nest