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Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Benjamin Paaßen, Andreas Stöckel
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*/
/**
* @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
#include
#include
#include
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 &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 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 parents =
std::vector{})
: 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 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 &parents =
std::vector{})
: 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
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
inline const RttiBase &typeOf(const T &obj)
{
return RttiStore::lookup(typeid(obj));
}
}
#endif /* _OUSIA_MANAGED_RTTI_HPP_ */