TypeInfoName.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Mon Jun 26 13:25:56 CEST 2006  TypeInfoName.hpp

                        TypeInfoName.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Mon June 26 2006
    copyright            : (C) 2006 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter.soetens@fmtc.be

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#ifndef ORO_TYPEINFO_NAME_HPP
#define ORO_TYPEINFO_NAME_HPP

#include "Types.hpp"
#include "TypeInfoGenerator.hpp"
#include "../internal/DataSourceTypeInfo.hpp"
#include "../Logger.hpp"
#include "../rtt-config.h"

namespace RTT
{ namespace types {

    class RTT_API EmptyTypeInfo
        : public TypeInfoGenerator
    {
    protected:
        const std::string tname;
    public:
        EmptyTypeInfo(std::string name)
            : tname(name)
        {
        }

        bool installTypeInfoObject(TypeInfo* ti) {
            return true;
        }

        virtual const std::string& getTypeName() const { return tname; }

        TypeInfo* getTypeInfoObject() const { return 0; }
    };

    template<typename T>
    struct TypeInfoName
        : public EmptyTypeInfo
    {
        TypeInfoName(std::string name)
            : EmptyTypeInfo(name)
        {
        }

        bool installTypeInfoObject(TypeInfo* ti ) {
            internal::DataSourceTypeInfo<T>::value_type_info::TypeInfoObject = ti;
            ti->setTypeId( &typeid(T) );
            return true;
        }
        TypeInfo* getTypeInfoObject() const {
            return TypeInfoRepository::Instance()->getTypeInfo<T>();
        }
    };

}}

#endif