1 files changed, 16 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/NT/src/rotor.h b/NT/src/rotor.h
index f2e19b5..038334b 100644
--- a/NT/src/rotor.h
+++ b/NT/src/rotor.h
@@ -90,14 +90,21 @@ namespace Rotor {
 		public:
 			Enum(std::initializer_list<std::string> init={},int def=0) : labels(init), value(def){};
 			int get_value(){return value;};
-			operator int () const {
+			operator int () const { //overload C style cast to int
 				return value;
 			}
+			friend istream& operator>> (istream &in, Enum &en);
 		private:
     		std::vector<std::string> labels;
     		int value;
 	};
-	
+
+	istream& operator>> (istream &in, Enum &en)
+	{
+	    in >> en.value;
+	    return in;
+	}
+		
 	class Audio_frame{
 		public:
 			Audio_frame(uint16_t *_samples,int _channels,int _numsamples){
@@ -212,9 +219,7 @@ namespace Rotor {
 			void init(Json::Value s){
 				name=s["name"].asString();
 				if (!s["input"].empty()){
-					for (uint32_t i=0;i<s["input"].size();i++){
-						add("",s["input"][i].asString());
-					}
+					add(s["input"].size());
 				}
 			}
 			bool create_connection(std::unordered_map<std::string,Node*> &nodes){
@@ -229,17 +234,17 @@ namespace Rotor {
 			}
 			Json::Value to_json();
 	    		std::string get_type(){
-	    	    		return TypeName<T>::Get();
+	    	    	return TypeName<T>::Get();
 	    		}
 	    	bool connect(Node* target){
 				//array does not connect this way
 				return false;
 			}
-			void add(std::string _name,std::string _input,bool _connectable=true){
-				values.push_back(Variable_type<T>(_name,_input,_connectable));
+			void add(std::string _name="",std::string _description="",std::string _title="",bool _connectable=true){
+				values.push_back(Variable_type<T>(_name,_description,_title,_connectable));
 			}
-	    	void add(std::string _name="",bool _connectable=true,int num=1){
-				for (int i=0;i<num;i++) values.push_back(Variable_type<T>(_name,"",_connectable));
+	    	void add(int num,std::string _name="",std::string _description="",std::string _title="",bool _connectable=true){
+				for (int i=0;i<num;i++) values.push_back(Variable_type<T>(_name,_description,_title,_connectable));
 			}
 	    	bool connect(uint32_t which,Node* target){
 				if (values.size()>which){
@@ -261,16 +266,7 @@ namespace Rotor {
 			std::vector<Variable_type<T>> values;
 			T value;
 	};
-	//don't forget the dupliicate inlets
-	//it needs to be a property of a var
-	//vars need to be:
-	//std::unordered_map<std::string,std::pair<bool,std::vector<Variable*>>>
-	//??
-	//or could it be that a var has properties
-	//var needs to be a class?
-	//or multi var could be a subclass of var?
-	//with an extra accessor const T& get(int which,const Frame_parameters &frame)
-	//in Node we could have create_multi_inlet() and add_multi_inlet()
+	//could specialise a variable type operator double() etc to allow direct cast
 	class Node { //base type for node pointers
 		public:
 			Node(){type="";type_id="";id="";description="";};