source: code/branches/libraries/src/core/OrxonoxClass.h @ 5648

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/**
    @file
    @brief Declaration of the OrxonoxClass Class.

    All objects and interfaces of the game-logic (not the engine) are derived from OrxonoxClass.
    It stores the Identifier and the MetaObjectList and has all needed functions to create and use the class-hierarchy.
*/

#ifndef _OrxonoxClass_H__
#define _OrxonoxClass_H__

#include "CorePrereqs.h"

#include <set>
#include <vector>

namespace orxonox
{
    //! The class all objects and interfaces of the game-logic (not the engine) are derived from.
    /**
        The BaseObject and Interfaces are derived with 'virtual public OrxonoxClass' from OrxonoxClass.
        OrxonoxClass is needed to create the class-hierarchy at startup and to store the Identifier and the MetaObjectList.
    */
    class _CoreExport OrxonoxClass
    {
        template <class T>
        friend class ClassIdentifier;

        public:
            OrxonoxClass();
            virtual ~OrxonoxClass();

            /** @brief Function to collect the SetConfigValue-macro calls. */
            void setConfigValues() {};

            /** @brief Returns the Identifier of the object. @return The Identifier */
            inline Identifier* getIdentifier() const { return this->identifier_; }

            bool isA(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isExactlyA(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isChildOf(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isDirectChildOf(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isParentOf(const Identifier* identifier);
            bool isDirectParentOf(const Identifier* identifier);

            template <class B> bool isA(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier);
            template <class B> bool isExactlyA(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier);
            template <class B> bool isChildOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier);
            template <class B> bool isDirectChildOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier);
            template <class B> bool isParentOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier);
            template <class B> bool isDirectParentOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B>* identifier);

            template <class B> bool isA(const SubclassIdentifier<B> identifier);
            template <class B> bool isExactlyA(const SubclassIdentifier<B> identifier);
            template <class B> bool isChildOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B> identifier);
            template <class B> bool isDirectChildOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B> identifier);
            template <class B> bool isParentOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B> identifier);
            template <class B> bool isDirectParentOf(const SubclassIdentifier<B> identifier);

            bool isA(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isExactlyA(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isChildOf(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isDirectChildOf(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isParentOf(const OrxonoxClass* object);
            bool isDirectParentOf(const OrxonoxClass* object);

            /**
            @brief
                Returns a valid pointer of any derived type that is
                registered in the class hierarchy.
            @return
                Returns NULL if the no pointer was found.
            */
            template <class T>
            FORCEINLINE T* getDerivedPointer(unsigned int classID)
            {
                for (int i = this->objectPointers_.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i)
                {
                    if (this->objectPointers_[i].first == classID)
                        return static_cast<T*>(this->objectPointers_[i].second);
                }
                return NULL;
            }
            //! Const version of getDerivedPointer
            template <class T>
            FORCEINLINE const T* getDerivedPointer(unsigned int classID) const
            {
                return const_cast<OrxonoxClass*>(this)->getDerivedPointer<T>(classID);
            }

        private:
            Identifier* identifier_;                   //!< The Identifier of the object
            std::set<const Identifier*>* parents_;     //!< List of all parents of the object
            MetaObjectList* metaList_;                 //!< MetaObjectList, containing all ObjectLists and ObjectListElements the object is registered in
            //! 'Fast map' that holds this-pointers of all derived types
            std::vector<std::pair<unsigned int, void*> > objectPointers_;
    };
}

#endif /* _OrxonoxClass_H__ */