/**
 * Copyright 2014 (c) Anna Schumaker.
 */
#ifndef OCARINA_CORE_TAGS_ARTIST_H
#define OCARINA_CORE_TAGS_ARTIST_H

#include <core/tags/generic.h>

/**
 * The Artist tag is used to store the name of artists added
 * to the tag database.
 */
class Artist : public GenericTag {
public:
	Artist(); /**< Artist tag constructor. */

	/**
	 * Artist tag constructor
	 *
	 * @param  name  Artist name.
	 */
	Artist(const std::string &);
};

namespace tags
{

	/** Called to read the artist_db from disk. */
	void init_artist_db();

	/**
	 * Called to look up an Artist tag by name.  If no existing
	 * tag is found a new one will be created and returned to
	 * the caller.
	 *
	 * @param  name  The name of the artist.
	 * @return A matching Artist tag.
	 */
	Artist *get_artist(const std::string &);

	/**
	 * Called to look up an Artist tag by tag index.
	 *
	 * @param  index  The index of the Artist tag.
	 * @return A matching Artist tag or NULL.
	 */
	Artist *get_artist(const unsigned int);

} /* Namespace: tags */

#endif /* OCARINA_CORE_TAGS_ARTIST_H */