= !BaseObject =
The !BaseObject is the top-most !SuperClass of (most but not) all Classes in orxonox.

source:/trunk/src/lib/lang/base_object.h#HEAD [[br]]
__Derived From__:
  * nothing

== Description ==
!BaseObject is a container for 
  * The Name of the Object (how the object is called)
  * The Class' Name of the Object (in what class this object is)
  * The ClassID of the Object (what is the Identity of the class (see [source:/trunk/src/lib/lang/class_id.h#HEAD ClassID]

== Usage ==
  * __Registration__:[[br]]
   Each class, that extends !BaseObject must implement the following function:
   1. In the Class-Declaration use the following syntax (taken your class is named !OrxClass)
{{{
#!cpp
  class OrxClass : public !BaseObject // here you could also specify any class derived from !BaseObject
  {
    ObjectListDeclaration(OrxClass);
    /// ... rest of the Declaration;
  };
}}}
   1. At the top of the cc-file of the Class (in the definiton) write:
{{{
#!cpp
  ObjectListDefinition(OrxClass);
}}}
   1. In the constructor of each class implementing !BaseObject write the following:
{{{
#!cpp
this->registerObject(this, OrxClass::_objectList);
}}}
   1. you can then set a Name to the Object using
{{{
#!cpp
this->setName("the name");
}}}
  * __isA__:[[br]]
    isA is a function, that queries, if the Object is of a Specified type. e.g. given a class Player that is derived from !BaseObject and [wiki:archive/ParentNode PNode] one can do the following check :
{{{
#!cpp
 Player* player = new Player();
 if (player->isA(PNode::staticClassID()) {
   /* do something terrible with it */ }
}}}

== Advanced Topics ==
An interessting Function, that !BaseObject provides is the [wiki:archive/ObjectList ObjectList].
With it, one can retrieve lists of any one kind of derived classes from !BaseObject.