utl::RunTimeClass Class Reference

Store information about a class. More...

#include <RunTimeClass.h>

Inheritance diagram for utl::RunTimeClass:

Public Member Functions
	RunTimeClass (const RunTimeClass *baseClass)
	Constructor. More...
	RunTimeClass (const RunTimeClass &runTimeClass)
	Copy constructor. More...
virtual Object *	create () const
	Create a new instance of this class. More...
bool	_isA (const RunTimeClass *rtc) const
	Determine whether thisClass.isA(givenClass). More...
const RunTimeClass *	baseClass () const
	Get the base class. More...
const char *	name () const
	Get the name. More...
virtual const char *	vname () const
	Get the name. More...
virtual size_t	size () const
	Get the size of this class (as in sizeof()). More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	printClassNames ()
	Print class names. More...
static void	add (RunTimeClass *rtc)
	Add a class to the repository of known classes. More...
static const RunTimeClass *	find (const char *className)
	Find the RunTimeClass by the given name. More...

Detailed Description

Store information about a class.

RunTimeClass is the basis of a very limited reflection capability in UTL++. For each utl::Object-derived class, there is an instance of a RunTimeClass-derived type.

Author

Adam McKee

Definition at line 23 of file RunTimeClass.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RunTimeClass() [1/2]

utl::RunTimeClass::RunTimeClass ( const RunTimeClass *  baseClass )

inline

Constructor.

Parameters

baseClass

base class of this class

Definition at line 30 of file RunTimeClass.h.

RunTimeClass() [2/2]

utl::RunTimeClass::RunTimeClass ( const RunTimeClass &  runTimeClass )

inline

Copy constructor.

Parameters

runTimeClass

RunTimeClass to copy

Definition at line 40 of file RunTimeClass.h.

Member Function Documentation

printClassNames()

static void utl::RunTimeClass::printClassNames ( )

static

Print class names.

add()

static void utl::RunTimeClass::add ( RunTimeClass *  rtc )

static

Add a class to the repository of known classes.

Only a concrete class may be added or found. You should not need to call this method manually.

See also

RunTimeClass::find

Parameters

rtc	RunTimeClass to add

create()

virtual Object* utl::RunTimeClass::create ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Create a new instance of this class.

Returns

newly created instance of this class

Reimplemented in utl::TConcreteRunTimeClass< T >.

Definition at line 71 of file RunTimeClass.h.

References ABORT.

find()

static const RunTimeClass* utl::RunTimeClass::find ( const char *  className )

static

Find the RunTimeClass by the given name.

Returns

found RunTimeClass (nullptr if none)

Parameters

className

name of class to find

_isA()

bool utl::RunTimeClass::_isA

(

const RunTimeClass *

rtc

)

const

Determine whether thisClass.isA(givenClass).

Returns

true if this isA rtc, false otherwise

Parameters

rtc	RunTimeClass to compare against

baseClass()

const RunTimeClass* utl::RunTimeClass::baseClass ( ) const

inline

Get the base class.

Definition at line 93 of file RunTimeClass.h.

name()

const char* utl::RunTimeClass::name ( ) const

inline

Get the name.

Definition at line 100 of file RunTimeClass.h.

vname()

virtual const char* utl::RunTimeClass::vname ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Get the name.

Reimplemented in utl::TRunTimeClass< T >.

Definition at line 107 of file RunTimeClass.h.

References ABORT.

size()

virtual size_t utl::RunTimeClass::size ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Get the size of this class (as in sizeof()).

Reimplemented in utl::TRunTimeClass< T >.

Definition at line 115 of file RunTimeClass.h.

References ABORT.

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

• RunTimeClass.h