caffa::Factory< BaseType, KeyType > Class Template Reference

#include <cafFactory.h>

Public Types
typedef std::map< KeyType, ObjectCreatorBase * >::iterator	iterator_type

Public Member Functions
template<typename TypeToCreate >
bool	registerCreator (const KeyType &key)
BaseType *	create (const KeyType &key)
std::vector< KeyType >	allKeys ()

Static Public Member Functions
static Factory< BaseType, KeyType > *	instance ()

Detailed Description

template<typename BaseType, typename KeyType>
class caffa::Factory< BaseType, KeyType >

A generic Factory class template Usage: Simply add the classes that is supposed to be created by the factory by doing the folowing:

caffa::Factory<BaseType, KeyType>::instance()->registerCreator<TypeToCreate>(key);

This must only be done once for each TypeToCreate. It will assert if you try to do it several times. This method returns a bool to make it possible to make this initialization as a static variable initialization. That is useful if you do not want a centralized registering (but rather making each class register itself):

static bool uniqueVarname = caffa::Factory<BaseType, KeyType>::instance()->registerCreator<TypeToCreate>(key);

You can also use the macro CAFFA_FACTORY_REGISTER(BaseType, TypeToCreate, KeyType, key)

See also cafUiFieldEditorHandle.h for an advanced example.

When you need an object:

BaseType* newObject = caffa::Factory<BaseType, KeyType>::instance()->create(key);

---

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

• /home/glindkvist/Projects/aru-server-app/frameworks/caffa/Core/cafFactory.h