MetaObject.h

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//
// MetaObject.h
//
// $Id: //poco/1.3/Foundation/include/Poco/MetaObject.h#1 $
//
// Library: Foundation
// Package: SharedLibrary
// Module:  ClassLoader
//
// Definition of the MetaObject class.
//
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#ifndef Foundation_MetaObject_INCLUDED
#define Foundation_MetaObject_INCLUDED


#include "Poco/Foundation.h"
#include "Poco/Exception.h"
#include "Poco/SingletonHolder.h"
#include <set>


namespace Poco {


template <class B>
class AbstractMetaObject
{
public:
        AbstractMetaObject(const char* name): _name(name)
        {
        }

        virtual ~AbstractMetaObject()
        {
                for (typename ObjectSet::iterator it = _deleteSet.begin(); it != _deleteSet.end(); ++it)
                {
                        delete *it;
                }
        }

        const char* name() const
        {
                return _name;
        }

        virtual B* create() const = 0;
                
        virtual B& instance() const = 0;

        virtual bool canCreate() const = 0;

        virtual void destroy(B* pObject) const
        {
                typename ObjectSet::iterator it = _deleteSet.find(pObject);
                
                if (it != _deleteSet.end())
                {
                        _deleteSet.erase(pObject);
                        delete pObject;
                }
        }

        B* autoDelete(B* pObject) const
        {
                if (this->canCreate()) // guard against singleton
                {
                        poco_check_ptr (pObject);
                        _deleteSet.insert(pObject);
                }
                else throw InvalidAccessException("Cannot take ownership of", this->name());

                return pObject;
        }

        virtual bool isAutoDelete(B* pObject) const
        {
                return _deleteSet.find(pObject) != _deleteSet.end();
        }

private:
        AbstractMetaObject();
        AbstractMetaObject(const AbstractMetaObject&);
        AbstractMetaObject& operator = (const AbstractMetaObject&);

        typedef std::set<B*> ObjectSet;
        
        const char* _name;
        mutable ObjectSet _deleteSet;
};


template <class C, class B>
class MetaObject: public AbstractMetaObject<B>
{
public:
        MetaObject(const char* name): AbstractMetaObject<B>(name)
        {
        }

        ~MetaObject()
        {
        }

        B* create() const
        {
                return new C;
        }
        
        B& instance() const
        {
                throw InvalidAccessException("Not a singleton. Use create() to create instances of", this->name());
        }
        
        bool canCreate() const
        {
                return true;
        }
};


template <class C, class B> 
class MetaSingleton: public AbstractMetaObject<B> 
{ 
public: 
        MetaSingleton(const char* name): AbstractMetaObject<B>(name) 
        {
        }
        
        ~MetaSingleton() 
        {
        }
        
        B* create() const
        {
                throw InvalidAccessException("Cannot create instances of a singleton class. Use instance() to obtain a", this->name());
        }
        
        bool canCreate() const
        {
                return false;
        }

        B& instance() const
        {
                return *_object.get();
        }
      
        bool isAutoDelete(B* pObject) const
        {
                return true;
        }

private: 
        mutable SingletonHolder<C> _object; 
}; 


} // namespace Poco


#endif // Foundation_MetaObject_INCLUDED