The base class for all internal data representations. More...

#include <DataSourceBase.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for RTT::base::DataSourceBase:

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Public Types
typedef boost::intrusive_ptr< const DataSourceBase >	const_ptr

typedef boost::intrusive_ptr< DataSourceBase >	shared_ptr

Public Member Functions
virtual DataSourceBase *	clone () const =0

virtual DataSourceBase *	copy (std::map< const DataSourceBase , DataSourceBase > &alreadyCloned) const =0

	DataSourceBase ()

void	deref () const

virtual bool	evaluate () const =0

virtual shared_ptr	getMember (const std::string &member_name)

virtual shared_ptr	getMember (DataSourceBase::shared_ptr member_id, DataSourceBase::shared_ptr offset)

virtual std::vector< std::string >	getMemberNames () const

virtual shared_ptr	getParent ()

virtual void const *	getRawConstPointer ()

virtual void *	getRawPointer ()

virtual std::string	getType () const =0

virtual const types::TypeInfo *	getTypeInfo () const =0

virtual std::string	getTypeName () const =0

virtual bool	isAssignable () const

void	ref () const

virtual void	reset ()

std::string	toString ()

virtual bool	update (DataSourceBase *other)

virtual ActionInterface *	updateAction (DataSourceBase *other)

virtual void	updated ()

std::ostream &	write (std::ostream &os)

Static Public Member Functions
static const_ptr	stack_const_ptr (const DataSourceBase *dsb)

static shared_ptr	stack_shared_ptr (DataSourceBase *dsb)

Protected Member Functions
virtual	~DataSourceBase ()

Protected Attributes
os::AtomicInt	refcount

Detailed Description

The base class for all internal data representations.

The internal::DataSource is an object containing Data of any type. It's interface is designed for dynamic build-up and destruction of these objects and allowing Commands, Properties etc to use them as 'storage' devices which have the dual copy() /clone() semantics (which is heavily used by the Orocos type and scripting Infrastructure).

internal::DataSource's are reference counted and must be allocated on the heap. Use DataSourceBase::shared_ptr or internal::DataSource<T>::shared_ptr to deal with cleanup of allocated DataSources. You are not allowed to delete a DataSource. If you must have the pointer of a internal::DataSource, use the .get() method of the shared_ptr class.

Once a newly created internal::DataSource is assigned to a shared_ptr, it will be deleted when that pointer goes out of scope and is not shared by other shared_ptr objects.

See also: internal::DataSource

Definition at line 76 of file DataSourceBase.hpp.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef boost::intrusive_ptr<const DataSourceBase> RTT::base::DataSourceBase::const_ptr

Use this type to store a const pointer to a DataSourceBase.

Definition at line 104 of file DataSourceBase.hpp.

typedef boost::intrusive_ptr<DataSourceBase> RTT::base::DataSourceBase::shared_ptr

Use this type to store a pointer to a DataSourceBase.

Definition at line 99 of file DataSourceBase.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RTT::DataSourceBase::~DataSourceBase ( )

protectedvirtual

the destructor is private. You are not allowed to delete this class RTT_API yourself, use a shared pointer !

Definition at line 83 of file DataSource.cpp.

RTT::DataSourceBase::DataSourceBase ( )

Definition at line 79 of file DataSource.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

virtual DataSourceBase* RTT::base::DataSourceBase::clone ( ) const

pure virtual

Return a shallow clone of this DataSource. This method returns a duplicate of this instance which re-uses the DataSources this internal::DataSource holds reference to. The clone() function is thus a non-deep copy.

virtual DataSourceBase* RTT::base::DataSourceBase::copy ( std::map< const DataSourceBase *, DataSourceBase * > & alreadyCloned ) const

pure virtual

Create a deep copy of this internal::DataSource, unless it is already cloned. Places the association (parent, clone) in alreadyCloned. If the internal::DataSource is non-copyable (for example it represents the Property of a Task ), this may be returned.

void RTT::DataSourceBase::deref ( ) const

Decrease the reference count by one and delete this on zero.

Definition at line 81 of file DataSource.cpp.

virtual bool RTT::base::DataSourceBase::evaluate ( ) const

pure virtual

Force an evaluation of the DataSourceBase.

Returns: true on successful evaluation.

DataSourceBase::shared_ptr RTT::DataSourceBase::getMember ( const std::string & member_name )

virtual

Get a (const) reference data source to a member of the structure of this data source. You must call getMember() in turn on the returned member to access sub-members.

Parameters

member_name The name of the member to get access to.

Returns: null if the member does not exist, this if member_name.empty(), and a reference data source to the member otherwise.

Definition at line 124 of file DataSource.cpp.

DataSourceBase::shared_ptr RTT::DataSourceBase::getMember	(	DataSourceBase::shared_ptr	member_id,
		DataSourceBase::shared_ptr	offset
	)

virtual

Same as above, but with run-time lookup of the member to use. Also takes an optional offset argument which can be used to offset the member in memory. This is necessary when using sequences of sequences. DataSources which are a sequence/offset member themselves must override this function to let the returned member take the offset into account.

Definition at line 130 of file DataSource.cpp.

vector< string > RTT::DataSourceBase::getMemberNames ( ) const

virtual

Returns the names of all members of the structure contained in this data source, or an empty list if none. If this data source is a sequence, it will not return the allowed index numbers.

Definition at line 134 of file DataSource.cpp.

DataSourceBase::shared_ptr RTT::DataSourceBase::getParent ( )

virtual

Returns the top level data source that contains the full data structure this data source refers to. Defaults to returning this.

Definition at line 138 of file DataSource.cpp.

void const * RTT::DataSourceBase::getRawConstPointer ( )

virtual

Returns a const pointer to the sample contained in this data source, if there is any

Returns 0 otherwise

Definition at line 117 of file DataSource.cpp.

void * RTT::DataSourceBase::getRawPointer ( )

virtual

Returns a pointer to the sample contained in this data source, if there is any, and if it is an lvalue

Returns 0 otherwise

Definition at line 115 of file DataSource.cpp.

virtual std::string RTT::base::DataSourceBase::getType ( ) const

pure virtual

Return useful type info in a human readable format.

virtual const types::TypeInfo* RTT::base::DataSourceBase::getTypeInfo ( ) const

pure virtual

Return the Orocos type info object.

virtual std::string RTT::base::DataSourceBase::getTypeName ( ) const

pure virtual

Return the Orocos type name, without const, pointer or reference qualifiers.

bool RTT::DataSourceBase::isAssignable ( ) const

virtual

Returns true if this object can be cast to an AssignableDataSource. When this method returns true, all update functions below will return as well when valid input is given.

Definition at line 104 of file DataSource.cpp.

void RTT::DataSourceBase::ref ( ) const

Increase the reference count by one.

Definition at line 80 of file DataSource.cpp.

void RTT::DataSourceBase::reset ( )

virtual

Reset the data to initial values.

Reimplemented in RTT::internal::NArityDataSource< function >, RTT::internal::UnaryDataSource< function >, RTT::internal::BinaryDataSource< function >, RTT::internal::ActionAliasAssignableDataSource< T >, RTT::internal::ActionAliasDataSource< T >, RTT::internal::FusedMSendDataSource< Signature >, RTT::internal::AliasDataSource< T >, RTT::scripting::CmdFunction, RTT::CmdFunctionWrapper, RTT::internal::DataObjectDataSource< T >, RTT::internal::InputPortSource< T >, RTT::scripting::DataSourceTime, RTT::internal::DataSourceCommand, and RTT::scripting::DataSourceCondition.

Definition at line 87 of file DataSource.cpp.

DataSourceBase::const_ptr RTT::DataSourceBase::stack_const_ptr ( const DataSourceBase * dsb )

static

Returns a const shared_ptr to a DataSourceBase living on the stack. Make sure that the const_ptr does not outlive the stacked element.

Definition at line 74 of file DataSource.cpp.

DataSourceBase::shared_ptr RTT::DataSourceBase::stack_shared_ptr ( DataSourceBase * dsb )

static

Returns a shared ptr to a DataSourceBase living on the stack. Make sure that the shared_ptr does not outlive the stacked element.

Definition at line 69 of file DataSource.cpp.

std::string RTT::DataSourceBase::toString ( )

Get the contents of this object as a string.

See also: types::TypeInfo

Definition at line 98 of file DataSource.cpp.

bool RTT::DataSourceBase::update ( DataSourceBase * other )

virtual

Update the value of this internal::DataSource with the value of an other DataSource. Update does a full update of the value, adding extra information if necessary.

Precondition: this->isAssignable() == true

Returns: false if the DataSources are of different type OR if the contents of this internal::DataSource can not be updated.

Definition at line 108 of file DataSource.cpp.

ActionInterface * RTT::DataSourceBase::updateAction ( DataSourceBase * other )

virtual

Generate a ActionInterface object which will update this internal::DataSource with the value of another internal::DataSource when execute()'ed.

Precondition: this->isAssignable() == true

Returns: zero if the internal::DataSource types do not match OR if the contents of this internal::DataSource can not be updated.

Definition at line 120 of file DataSource.cpp.

void RTT::DataSourceBase::updated ( )

virtual

In case the internal::DataSource returns a 'reference' type, call this method to notify it that the data was updated in the course of an invocation of get().

Reimplemented in RTT::corba::ValueDataSourceProxy< T >, RTT::internal::PartDataSource< types::carray< T > >, RTT::internal::ArrayPartDataSource< T >, and RTT::internal::PartDataSource< T >.

Definition at line 112 of file DataSource.cpp.

std::ostream & RTT::DataSourceBase::write ( std::ostream & os )

Stream the contents of this object.

See also: types::TypeInfo

Definition at line 91 of file DataSource.cpp.

Member Data Documentation

os::AtomicInt RTT::base::DataSourceBase::refcount

mutableprotected

We keep the refcount ourselves. We aren't using boost::shared_ptr, because boost::intrusive_ptr is better, exactly because it can be used with refcounts that are stored in the class itself. Advantages are that the shared_ptr's for derived classes use the same refcount, which is of course very much desired, and that refcounting happens in an efficient way, which is also nice :)

Definition at line 88 of file DataSourceBase.hpp.

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

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Member Data Documentation