<?php

// EasyGiant, a web software to build a community of people that want to share their hardware information.
// Copyright (C) 2009 - 2010  Antonio Gallo (h-source-copyright.txt)
//
// This file is part of EasyGiant
//
// EasyGiant 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 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
// 
// EasyGiant 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 EasyGiant.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

if (!defined('EG')) die('Direct access not allowed!');

//aach module class has to inherits from this abstract class
abstract class ModAbstract
{
	
	//reference to a simpleXML object
	protected $simpleXmlObj = null;
	
	//type hinting: simplexmlelement
	public function __construct(SimpleXMLElement $simpleXmlObj)
	{
		$this->simpleXmlObj = $simpleXmlObj;
	}
	
	//define the abstract method to render (create the HTML) of the single module
	//$xmlObject: simpleXML object
	abstract public function render();

}