phoenix-firestorm/indra/llcommon/metaclass.h

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/**
* @file metaclass.h
* @author Babbage
* @date 2006-05-15
* @brief Reflective meta information describing a class.
*
* $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2006&license=viewerlgpl$
* Second Life Viewer Source Code
* Copyright (C) 2010, Linden Research, Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* version 2.1 of the License only.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*
* Linden Research, Inc., 945 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA
* $/LicenseInfo$
*/
#ifndef LL_METACLASS_H
#define LL_METACLASS_H
#include <string>
#include <map>
#include "stdtypes.h"
class LLReflective;
class LLMetaProperty;
class LLMetaMethod;
class LL_COMMON_API LLMetaClass
{
public:
LLMetaClass();
virtual ~LLMetaClass();
// Create instance of this MetaClass. NULL if class is abstract.
// Gives ownership of returned object.
// virtual LLReflective* create() const = 0;
// Returns named property or NULL.
const LLMetaProperty* findProperty(const std::string& name) const;
// Add property to metaclass. Takes ownership of given property.
void addProperty(const LLMetaProperty* property);
typedef std::map<std::string, const LLMetaProperty*>::const_iterator PropertyIterator;
U32 getPropertyCount() const;
PropertyIterator beginProperties() const;
PropertyIterator endProperties() const;
// Returns named property or NULL.
// const LLMetaMethod* findMethod(const std::string& name) const;
// Add method to metaclass. Takes ownership of given method.
// void addMethod(const LLMetaMethod* method);
// Find MetaClass by name. NULL if name is unknown.
// static LLMetaClass* findClass(const std::string& name);
// True if object is instance of this meta class.
bool isInstance(const LLReflective* object) const;
private:
typedef std::map<std::string, const LLMetaProperty*> PropertyMap;
PropertyMap mProperties;
};
#endif // LL_METACLASS_H