Detailed Description

Helper class used to register a class in the ObjectFactory.

This class accumulate information about a given class, as well as creators for each supported template instanciation, to register a new entry in the ObjectFactory.

It should be used as a temporary object, finalized when used to initialize an int static variable. For example :

int Fluid3DClass = core::RegisterObject("Eulerian 3D fluid")
.add\< Fluid3D \>()
.addLicense("LGPL")
;

Protected Attributes
ObjectFactory::ClassEntry	entry
	Class entry being constructed. More...

Public Member Functions
	RegisterObject (const std::string &description)
	Start the registration by giving the description of this class. More...

RegisterObject &	addAlias (std::string val)
	Add an alias name for this class. More...

RegisterObject &	addDescription (std::string val)
	Add more descriptive text about this class. More...

RegisterObject &	addAuthor (std::string val)
	Specify a list of authors (separated with spaces) More...

RegisterObject &	addLicense (std::string val)
	Specify a license (LGPL, GPL, ...) More...

RegisterObject &	addCreator (std::string classname, std::string templatename, ObjectFactory::Creator::SPtr creator)

template<class RealObject >
RegisterObject &	add (bool defaultTemplate=false)

	operator int ()
	This is the final operation that will actually commit the additions to the ObjectFactory. More...

Attribute details

◆ entry

ObjectFactory::ClassEntry sofa::core::RegisterObject::entry

protected

Class entry being constructed.

Constructor details

◆ RegisterObject()

sofa::core::RegisterObject::RegisterObject ( const std::string & description )

Start the registration by giving the description of this class.

Function details

◆ add()

template<class RealObject >

RegisterObject& sofa::core::RegisterObject::add ( bool defaultTemplate = false )

inline

Add a template instanciation of this class.

Parameters

defaultTemplate set to true if this should be the default instance when no template name is given.

◆ addAlias()

RegisterObject & sofa::core::RegisterObject::addAlias ( std::string val )

Add an alias name for this class.

◆ addAuthor()

RegisterObject & sofa::core::RegisterObject::addAuthor ( std::string val )

Specify a list of authors (separated with spaces)

◆ addCreator()

RegisterObject & sofa::core::RegisterObject::addCreator	(	std::string	classname,
		std::string	templatename,
		ObjectFactory::Creator::SPtr	creator
	)

Add a creator able to instance this class with the given templatename.

See the add<RealObject>() method for an easy way to add a Creator.

◆ addDescription()

RegisterObject & sofa::core::RegisterObject::addDescription ( std::string val )

Add more descriptive text about this class.

◆ addLicense()

RegisterObject & sofa::core::RegisterObject::addLicense ( std::string val )

Specify a license (LGPL, GPL, ...)

◆ operator int()

sofa::core::RegisterObject::operator int ( )

This is the final operation that will actually commit the additions to the ObjectFactory.