1 files changed, 183 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/managed/Rtti.hpp b/src/core/managed/Rtti.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f53fd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/managed/Rtti.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+/*
+    Ousía
+    Copyright (C) 2014, 2015  Benjamin Paaßen, Andreas Stöckel
+
+    This program 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.
+
+    This program 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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * @file Rtti.hpp
+ *
+ * Classes used for storing runtime type information (RTTI). RTTI is used to
+ * lookup objects in the object graph of a certain type and to attach
+ * information that should be accessible to the script engine.
+ *
+ * @author Andreas Stöckel (astoecke@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
+ */
+
+#ifndef _OUSIA_MANAGED_RTTI_HPP_
+#define _OUSIA_MANAGED_RTTI_HPP_
+
+#include <typeinfo>
+#include <typeindex>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace ousia {
+
+class RttiBase;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class used to globally store and access the runtime type information.
+ */
+class RttiStore {
+private:
+	/**
+	 * Function used internally to access the static map storing all registered
+	 * native types and their corresponding type information.
+	 */
+	static std::unordered_map<std::type_index, const RttiBase *> &table();
+
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Registers the given pointer to the RttiBase class in the RTTI table. Does
+	 * not override information for already registered types.
+	 *
+	 * @param native is a reference at the native type information provided
+	 * by the compiler.
+	 * @param rtti is a pointer pointing at the type information that should be
+	 * stored for this type.
+	 */
+	static void store(const std::type_info &native, const RttiBase *rtti);
+
+	/**
+	 * Looks up the type information stored for the given native type
+	 * information.
+	 */
+	static const RttiBase &lookup(const std::type_info &native);
+};
+
+/**
+ * The Rtti class allows for attaching data to native types that can be accessed
+ * at runtime. This type information can e.g. be retrieved using the "type"
+ * method of the Managed class. This system is used for attaching human readable
+ * names, parent types and script engine functionality. Use the Rtti class for
+ * convenient registration of type information.
+ */
+class RttiBase {
+private:
+	/**
+	 * Set containing references to the parent types.
+	 */
+	const std::vector<const RttiBase *> parents;
+
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Rtti of no particular type.
+	 */
+	static const RttiBase None;
+
+	/**
+	 * Human readable name associated with the type.
+	 */
+	const std::string name;
+
+	/**
+	 * Default constructor. Creates a Rtti instance with name "unknown"
+	 * and no parents.
+	 */
+	RttiBase() : name("unknown") {}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new RttiBase instance and registers it in the global type
+	 * table. Use the Rtti class for more convinient registration of type
+	 * information.
+	 *
+	 * @param name is the name of the type.
+	 * @param native is a reference at the native type information provided by
+	 * the compiler.
+	 * @param parents is a list of parent types.
+	 */
+	RttiBase(std::string name, const std::type_info &native,
+	         std::vector<const RttiBase *> parents =
+	             std::vector<const RttiBase *>{})
+	    : parents(std::move(parents)), name(std::move(name))
+	{
+		RttiStore::store(native, this);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if this Rtti instance is the given type or has the
+	 * given type as one of its parents.
+	 *
+	 * @param other is the other type for which the relation to this type
+	 * should be checked.
+	 */
+	bool isa(const RttiBase &other) const;
+};
+
+/**
+ * The Rtti class allows for attaching data to native types that can be accessed
+ * at runtime. This type information can e.g. be retrieved using the "type"
+ * method of the Managed class. This system is used for attaching human
+ * readable names, parent types and script engine functionality.
+ *
+ * @tparam T is the class for which the type information should be registered.
+ */
+template <class T>
+class Rtti : public RttiBase {
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new RttiBase instance and registers it in the global type
+	 * table.
+	 *
+	 * @param name is the name of the type.
+	 * @param parents is a list of parent types.
+	 */
+	Rtti(std::string name, const std::vector<const RttiBase *> &parents =
+	                           std::vector<const RttiBase *>{})
+	    : RttiBase(name, typeid(T), parents)
+	{
+	}
+};
+
+/**
+ * Function that can be used to retrieve the RTTI information of a Managed
+ * object.
+ *
+ * @tparam T is the C++ type for which the type information should be returned.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+inline const RttiBase &typeOf()
+{
+	return RttiStore::lookup(typeid(T));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Function that can be used to retrieve the RTTI information of a Managed
+ * object.
+ *
+ * @tparam T is the C++ type for which the type information should be returned.
+ * @param obj is a dummy object for which the type information should be
+ * returned.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+inline const RttiBase &typeOf(const T &obj)
+{
+	return RttiStore::lookup(typeid(obj));
+}
+}
+
+#endif /* _OUSIA_MANAGED_RTTI_HPP_ */
+