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Class.h

/*
 * Class.h -- class interface for class identification
 * Copyright (C) 2002  Eric Lemings <elemings@users.sourceforge.net>
 *
 * This software is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This software 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this software; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 * 02111-1307, USA
 *
 * RCS: $Id: Class.h,v 1.2 2003/04/18 01:41:07 elemings Exp $
 */

#ifdef __cplusplus

#  ifndef OGS_SUPPORT_CLASS_H
#    define OGS_SUPPORT_CLASS_H

#    include <string>
#    include <typeinfo>

#    include <ogs/support/Namespace.h>
#    include <ogs/support/Object.h>

OGS_BEGIN_SUPPORT_NAMESPACE

class Class {
  public:
    template <class C>
    static Class getClass ();

    bool operator== (const Class& cls) const;
    bool operator!= (const Class& cls) const;
    std::string getName () const;

  private:
    const std::type_info& typeInfo;

    Class ();
    Class (const std::type_info& typeInfo);

    friend Class Object::getClass () const;
};

template <class C>
inline Class Class::getClass () {
  Class c (typeid (C));
  return (c);
}

inline bool
Class::operator== (const Class& cls) const {
  return (typeInfo == cls.typeInfo);
}

inline bool
Class::operator!= (const Class& cls) const {
  return (typeInfo != cls.typeInfo);
}

inline std::string Class::getName () const {
  return (std::string (typeInfo.name ()));
}

inline Class
Object::getClass () const {
  return (Class (typeid (*this)));
}

OGS_END_SUPPORT_NAMESPACE

#  endif /* !defined OGS_SUPPORT_CLASS_H */

#endif /* defined __cplusplus */

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