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Class Class Reference

The class class or meta class. More...

#include <Class.h>

Collaboration diagram for Class:

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Public Types
typedef DynamicObject *	CreateFunction ())
	Object instantiation function.
Public Methods
	Class (const string name, const string sup, CreateFunction f)
	Constructor. More...
const string &	name ()
	Returns the class name.
DynamicObject *	create ()
	Creates an instance of the class.
bool	isKindOf (Class *aClass)
	Returns true iff 'this' inherits from aClass. More...
bool	isKindOf (const string super)
	Returns true iff 'this' inherits from the class with name super. More...
Static Public Methods
Class *	find (const string &name)
	Return the class with name 'name' or NULL. More...
DynamicObject *	Create (const string &name)
	Create an instance of the class 'name' or NULL. More...

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Detailed Description

The class class or meta class.

Note:

Class MT safe.

A Class stores class information abount a DynamicObject. With the static methods find and Create objects can be instantiated dynamically.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Class::Class (  const string    n, const string    sup, CreateFunction    f )

Constructor. Parameters: name  The name of the class. sup  The name of its super class. f  A function that creates and returns an instance of the class.

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Member Function Documentation

DynamicObject * Class::Create (  const string &    name )  [static]

Create an instance of the class 'name' or NULL. Parameters: name  Name of the Class with to find and instanciate. Precondition: none. Returns: Returns a pointer to a new instance of the class with name 'name'. Returns NULL is the class name is not found.

Class * Class::find (  const string &    name )  [static]

Return the class with name 'name' or NULL. Parameters: name  Name of the Class instance to find. Precondition: none. Returns: Returns a pointer to the Class instance with name 'name'. Returns NULL is the class is not found.

bool Class::isKindOf (  const string    superName )

Returns true iff 'this' inherits from the class with name super. Finds the class with name 'superName' and checks if 'this' inherits from 'superName'. Parameters: superName  The name of the class to check. Precondition: none. Returns: true iff 'this' inherits from 'superName'.

bool Class::isKindOf (  Class *    aClass )

Returns true iff 'this' inherits from aClass. Parameters: aClass  Pointer to a Class instance. Precondition: none. Returns: true iff 'this' inherits from 'aClass'.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• Class.h
• Class.cpp

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