/** * @file metaclass.h * @author Babbage * @date 2006-05-15 * @brief Reflective meta information describing a class. * * $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2006&license=viewerlgpl$ * Second Life Viewer Source Code * Copyright (C) 2010, Linden Research, Inc. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; * version 2.1 of the License only. * * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA * * Linden Research, Inc., 945 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA * $/LicenseInfo$ */ #ifndef LL_METACLASS_H #define LL_METACLASS_H #include <string> #include <map> #include "stdtypes.h" class LLReflective; class LLMetaProperty; class LLMetaMethod; class LL_COMMON_API LLMetaClass { public: LLMetaClass(); virtual ~LLMetaClass(); // Create instance of this MetaClass. NULL if class is abstract. // Gives ownership of returned object. // virtual LLReflective* create() const = 0; // Returns named property or NULL. const LLMetaProperty* findProperty(const std::string& name) const; // Add property to metaclass. Takes ownership of given property. void addProperty(const LLMetaProperty* property); typedef std::map<std::string, const LLMetaProperty*>::const_iterator PropertyIterator; U32 getPropertyCount() const; PropertyIterator beginProperties() const; PropertyIterator endProperties() const; // Returns named property or NULL. // const LLMetaMethod* findMethod(const std::string& name) const; // Add method to metaclass. Takes ownership of given method. // void addMethod(const LLMetaMethod* method); // Find MetaClass by name. NULL if name is unknown. // static LLMetaClass* findClass(const std::string& name); // True if object is instance of this meta class. bool isInstance(const LLReflective* object) const; private: typedef std::map<std::string, const LLMetaProperty*> PropertyMap; PropertyMap mProperties; }; #endif // LL_METACLASS_H