#pragma once

#include <QString>

namespace Swift {
	class ChatSnippet {
		public:
			ChatSnippet(bool appendToPrevious = false);
			virtual ~ChatSnippet();
			
			virtual const QString& getContent() const = 0;
			virtual QString getContinuationElementID() const { return ""; }

			bool getAppendToPrevious() const {
				return appendToPrevious_;
			}
			
		protected:
			QString loadTemplate(const QString& file);
			static QString escape(const QString&);

		private:
			bool appendToPrevious_;
	};
}