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#pragma once

#include "Mobs/Monster.h" // this is a side effect of declaring cMonster::eType inside cMonster MG TODO : make a namespace




// fwd:
class cFastRandom;





/**
This class aggregates static functions about mob types:
	- create a mob from its type (as enum) (in that way it is a compiler-proxy for mobs)
	- transform MobTypes from enums to string and vice versa
	- return mob family from given type
*/
class cMobTypesManager
{
public:
	static AString MobTypeToString(cMonster::eType a_MobType);
	static cMonster::eType StringToMobType(const AString& a_MobTypeName);
	static cMonster::eFamily FamilyFromType(cMonster::eType a_MobType);

	/** create a new object of the specified mob.
	a_MobType is the type of the mob to be created
	a_Size is the size (for mobs with size)
	if a_Size is let to -1 for entities that need size, size will be random
	asserts and returns null if mob type is not specified
	asserts if invalid size for mobs that need size
	*/
	static cMonster * NewMonsterFromType(cMonster::eType a_MobType, int a_Size = -1);
} ;