Core

Description

The core is a library of Orxonox, containing all central classes of the framework. It provides several functions and features, used by most of the objects in Orxonox and other libraries (network). Some functions are encapsuled in macros, defined in CoreIncludes.h, others must be included separately. Read the detailed descriptions and examples of the core-classes for more informations.

Core features

Name	Description
BaseObject	The common base of all objects in Orxonox
ClassFactory	Creates new objects of a given classname
ClassIdentifier	Derivative of the Identifier, contains class-specific stuff
ClassManager?	A helper class to get a unique ClassIdentifier
ClassTreeMask	Includes or excludes classes from the class-tree
Clock	Global timer objects that captures time via Ogre::Timer
CommandLine	Reads arguments from the shell and start.ini
ConfigValueContainer	Defines name and default-value of a configurable value
CoreIncludes	Defines several macros
Debug?	Defines macros for leveled? debug-output?
DebugLevel?	A helper class to configure the level of debug-output?
Exception	Defines exceptions and assertions
Factory	Stores ClassIdentifiers and the names of their classes
GameStates	Manages the possible states of the game
Identifier	Identifies the class of an object
IdentifierDistributor?	Provides unique ClassIdentifiers
Iterator	Iterates through all objects of a class
Language	Handles strings in different languages
Level	Contains a level-file and a ClassTreeMask
Loader?	Loads a Level
MetaObjectList	Intern class for fast removal of objects from the ObjectList
ObjectList	Stores all objects of a class
OrxonoxClass	The base class of all objects and interfaces that use Identifiers
OutputHandler?	Handles output? and distributes it to console and logfile
SignalHandler?	Handles signals from the OS and writes a backtrace to the log if the game crashes
SubclassIdentifier	Acts like an Identifier, but has a base-class