cObjectFactory Class Reference

Description

The class behind the createOne() function and the Register_Class() macro.

Each instance is a factory for a particular class: it knows how to create an object of that class.

See also

Register_Class(), Define_Module() macros

Inheritance diagram for cObjectFactory:

Public Member Functions
Constructors, destructor, assignment.
	cObjectFactory (const char *name, cObject *(*creatorfunc)(), void *(*castfunc)(cObject *), const char *description=nullptr)
Redefined cObject member functions.
virtual std::string	str () const override
New methods
virtual bool	isAbstract () const
virtual cObject *	createOne () const
virtual bool	isInstance (cObject *obj) const
const char *	getDescription () const
Public Member Functions inherited from cNoncopyableOwnedObject
	cNoncopyableOwnedObject (const char *name=nullptr, bool namepooling=true)
virtual cNoncopyableOwnedObject *	dup () const override
Public Member Functions inherited from cOwnedObject
	cOwnedObject ()
	cOwnedObject (const char *name, bool namepooling=true)
	cOwnedObject (const cOwnedObject &obj)
virtual	~cOwnedObject ()
cOwnedObject &	operator= (const cOwnedObject &o)
virtual cObject *	getOwner () const override
virtual bool	isOwnedObject () const override
Public Member Functions inherited from cNamedObject
	cNamedObject ()
	cNamedObject (const char *name, bool namepooling=true)
	cNamedObject (const cNamedObject &obj)
virtual	~cNamedObject ()
cNamedObject &	operator= (const cNamedObject &o)
virtual void	setName (const char *s)
virtual const char *	getName () const override
virtual void	setNamePooling (bool b)
virtual bool	getNamePooling ()
Public Member Functions inherited from cObject
	cObject ()
	cObject (const cObject &other)=default
virtual	~cObject ()
virtual const char *	getClassName () const
bool	isName (const char *s) const
virtual const char *	getFullName () const
virtual std::string	getFullPath () const
virtual std::string	getClassAndFullName () const
virtual std::string	getClassAndFullPath () const
const cObject *	getThisPtr () const
virtual std::ostream &	printOn (std::ostream &os) const
virtual bool	isSoftOwner () const
virtual void	forEachChild (cVisitor *v)
cObject *	findObject (const char *name, bool deep=true)
virtual cClassDescriptor *	getDescriptor () const
void	copyNotSupported () const

Static Public Member Functions
Static factory methods
static cObjectFactory *	find (const char *className, const char *contextNamespace=nullptr, bool fallbackToOmnetpp=true)
static cObjectFactory *	get (const char *className, const char *contextNamespace=nullptr, bool fallbackToOmnetpp=true)
static cObject *	createOne (const char *classname)
static cObject *	createOneIfClassIsKnown (const char *classname)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from cOwnedObject
static long	getTotalObjectCount ()
static long	getLiveObjectCount ()
static void	resetObjectCounters ()
static cSoftOwner *	getOwningContext ()

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from cObject
virtual void	take (cOwnedObject *obj)
virtual void	drop (cOwnedObject *obj)
void	dropAndDelete (cOwnedObject *obj)

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

cObjectFactory()

cObjectFactory	(	const char *	name,
		cObject *(*)()	creatorfunc,
		void *(*)(cObject *)	castfunc,
		const char *	description = nullptr
	)

Constructor.

Member Function Documentation

str()

virtual std::string str ( ) const

overridevirtual

Produces a one-line description of the object's contents. See cObject for more details.

Reimplemented from cObject.

isAbstract()

virtual bool isAbstract ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Returns true if the class this object stands for is abstract. createOne() cannot be called for abstract classes.

createOne() [1/2]

virtual cObject* createOne ( ) const

virtual

Creates an instance of a particular class by calling the creator function. The result has to be cast to the appropriate type (preferably by dynamic_cast or check_and_cast). The method will throw an error if the class is abstract (see isAbstract()).

Referenced by omnetpp::createOne().

isInstance()

virtual bool isInstance ( cObject *  obj ) const

inlinevirtual

Returns true if the given object can be cast (via dynamic_cast) to the class represented by this factory object, and false otherwise.

getDescription()

const char* getDescription ( ) const

inline

Returns a description string.

find()

static cObjectFactory* find ( const char *  className, const char *  contextNamespace = nullptr, bool  fallbackToOmnetpp = true  )

static

Finds the factory object for the class given in the className parameter, or nullptr if not found. The class must have been registered previously with the Register_Class() macro.

get()

static cObjectFactory* get ( const char *  className, const char *  contextNamespace = nullptr, bool  fallbackToOmnetpp = true  )

static

Like find(), but throws an error if the object was not found.

createOne() [2/2]

static cObject* createOne ( const char *  classname )

static

Creates an instance of a particular class; the result has to be cast to the appropriate type by hand. The class must have been registered previously with the Register_Class() macro. The class name string should be given with any potential namespace, enclosing class etc.

If the class is not registered, this function throws an exception. If you'd prefer having nullptr returned instead, use the createOneIfClassIsKnown() function.

Example:

cMessage *msg = cObjectFactory::createOne("INET::EthernetFrame");

createOne() is used e.g. in parallel simulation, when an object is received from another partition in serialized form and has to be demarshalled.

See also

createOneIfClassIsKnown()

Register_Class() macro

cObjectFactory class

createOneIfClassIsKnown()

static cObject* createOneIfClassIsKnown ( const char *  classname )

static

A variant of the createOne() function; this function doesn't throw an exception if the class is not registered, but returns nullptr instead.

See also

createOne()

Referenced by omnetpp::createOneIfClassIsKnown().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• cobjectfactory.h