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ClassDesc Class Reference

This class is used to contain information about classes. More...

#include <class.h>

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Public Methods
	ClassDesc (const std::type_info &, const char *,int=1, const char *p=0, DescribedClass *(*ctor)()=0, DescribedClass *(*keyvalctor)(const Ref< KeyVal > &)=0, DescribedClass *(*stateinctor)(StateIn &)=0)
	~ClassDesc ()
const ParentClasses&	parents () const
const char*	name () const
	Returns the name of the class.
int	version () const
	Returns the version number of the class.
DescribedClass*	create_described_class () const
	This member has been replaced by create().
virtual DescribedClass*	create () const
	Create an instance of DescribedClass with exact type equal to the class to which this class descriptor belongs. More...
virtual DescribedClass*	create (const Ref< KeyVal > &) const
	Create an instance of DescribedClass with exact type equal to the class to which this class descriptor belongs. More...
virtual DescribedClass*	create (StateIn &) const
	Create an instance of DescribedClass with exact type equal to the class to which this class descriptor belongs. More...
Static Public Methods
AVLMap<ClassKey,ClassDescP>&	all ()
void	list_all_classes ()
	Writes a list of all of the classes to ExEnv::out().
ClassDesc*	name_to_class_desc (const char *)
	Given the name of the class, return a pointer to the class descriptor.
ClassDesc*	class_desc (const std::type_info &)
	Given a type_info object return a pointer to the ClassDesc.
int	load_class (const char *classname)
	Attempt to dynamically load the shared object file for classname.
Friends
class	ParentClasses

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Detailed Description

This class is used to contain information about classes.

Each DescribedClass type has a static ClassDesc member. This member has lists of the parents, children and virtual parents for each class. The ClassDesc class also has a static member that is a list of all described classes in the system. These lists are constructed as the constructors for the static ClassDesc members for each class are called and are completed before main is entered. See The Described Class Library for more information.

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Member Function Documentation

DescribedClass * ClassDesc::create ( StateIn & ) const [virtual]

Create an instance of DescribedClass with exact type equal to the class to which this class descriptor belongs. The StateIn& constructor is used. If this constructor doesn't exist or a static function that calls it with new wasn't passed to this ClassDesc, then 0 will be returned.

DescribedClass * ClassDesc::create ( const Ref< KeyVal > & ) const [virtual]

Create an instance of DescribedClass with exact type equal to the class to which this class descriptor belongs. The KeyVal& constructor is used. If this constructor doesn't exist or a static function that calls it with new wasn't passed to this ClassDesc, then 0 will be returned.

DescribedClass * ClassDesc::create ( ) const [virtual]

Create an instance of DescribedClass with exact type equal to the class to which this class descriptor belongs. The constructor which takes no arguments is used. If this constructor doesn't exist or a static function that calls it with new wasn't given to this ClassDesc when it was created, then 0 will be returned.

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

• class.h

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