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/**
    @file
    @brief Definition of macros for Identifiers

    Every class needs the RegisterObject(class) macro in its constructor. If the class is an interface
    or the BaseObject itself, it needs the macro RegisterRootObject(class) instead.

    To allow the object being created through the factory, use the CreateFactory(class) macro outside
    the of the class implementation, so it gets executed before main().
*/

#ifndef _CoreIncludes_H__
#define _CoreIncludes_H__

#include "CorePrereqs.h"

#include "util/Debug.h"
#include "Identifier.h"
#include "SubclassIdentifier.h"
#include "ClassFactory.h"
#include "ObjectList.h"


/**
    @brief Intern macro, containing the common parts of RegisterObject and RegisterRootObject.
    @param ClassName The name of the class
    @param bRootClass True if the class is directly derived from OrxonoxClass
*/
#define InternRegisterObject(ClassName, bRootClass) \
    if (ClassIdentifier<ClassName>::getIdentifier(#ClassName)->initialiseObject(this, #ClassName, bRootClass)) \
        return; \
    else \
        ((void)0)

/**
    @brief RegisterObject - with and without debug output.
    @param ClassName The name of the class
*/
#define RegisterObject(ClassName) \
    InternRegisterObject(ClassName, false)

/**
    @brief RegisterRootObject - with and without debug output.
    @param ClassName The name of the class
*/
#define RegisterRootObject(ClassName) \
    InternRegisterObject(ClassName, true)

/**
    @brief Creates the Factory.
    @param ClassName The name of the class
*/
#define CreateFactory(ClassName) \
    Factory* _##ClassName##Factory = new orxonox::ClassFactory<ClassName>(#ClassName, true)

/**
    @brief Creates the Factory for classes which should not be loaded through XML.
    @param ClassName The name of the class
*/
#define CreateUnloadableFactory(ClassName) \
    Factory* _##ClassName##Factory = new orxonox::ClassFactory<ClassName>(#ClassName, false)

/**
    @brief Returns the Identifier of the given class.
    @param ClassName The name of the class
*/
#define Class(ClassName) \
    orxonox::ClassIdentifier<ClassName>::getIdentifier()


namespace orxonox
{
    /**
        @brief Returns the Identifier with a given name.
        @param name The name of the class
    */
    inline Identifier* ClassByString(const std::string& name)
    {
        return Identifier::getIdentifierByString(name);
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns the Identifier with a given lowercase name.
        @param name The lowercase name of the class
    */
    inline Identifier* ClassByLowercaseString(const std::string& name)
    {
        return Identifier::getIdentifierByLowercaseString(name);
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns the Identifier with a given network ID.
        @param id The network ID of the class
    */
    inline Identifier* ClassByID(uint32_t id)
    {
        return Identifier::getIdentifierByID(id);
    }

    /**
        @brief Returns the Identifier with a given 'this' pointer.
        @note This of course only works with OrxonoxClasses.
              The only use is in conjunction with macros that don't know the class type.
        @param object Pointer to an OrxonoxClass
    */
    template <class T>
    inline Identifier* ClassByObjectType(const T* object)
    {
        return ClassIdentifier<T>::getIdentifier();
    }
}

#endif /* _CoreIncludes_H__ */