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DescribedClass Class Reference

Classes which need runtime information about themselves and their relationship to other classes can virtually inherit from DescribedClass. More...

#include <class.h>

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Public Methods
	DescribedClass ()
	DescribedClass (const DescribedClass &)
DescribedClass&	operator= (const DescribedClass &)
virtual	~DescribedClass ()
ClassDesc*	class_desc () const
	This returns the unique pointer to the ClassDesc corresponding to the given type_info object.
const char*	class_name () const
	Return the name of the object's exact type.
int	class_version () const
	Return the version of the class.
virtual void	print (std::ostream &=ExEnv::out()) const
	Print the object.

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Detailed Description

Classes which need runtime information about themselves and their relationship to other classes can virtually inherit from DescribedClass.

This will provide the class with the ability to query its name and its version. Furthermore, the class's static ClassDesc can be obtained which permits several other operations. See The Described Class Library for more information.

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

• class.h

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