Implementation of a VISH type via procedural referencing instead of instantiation. More...

#include <ocean/plankton/VAbstractValue.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for Wizt::VAbstractValue< Type >:

Public Member Functions
const Ageable &	age () const override
	Return the age of this value, constant version.

Ageable &	age () override
	Return the age of this value.

RefPtr< VValueBase >	copy () const override
	Create a copy of the respective value.

const type_info &	getType () const override
	Implement the virtual function to query the type ID of this value.

bool	getValue (Type &Variable) const override
	Implement the virtual function to get the current value.

WeakPtr< VValueCreator >	getValueCreator () const override
	Return the associated value creator.

bool	setValue (const Type &Variable) override
	Implement the assignment of the current value.

bool	setValueFromText (const string &s) override
	Generic interface to set a value from a text.

RefPtr< VManagedObject >	source () override
	In case this object is memory-managed, return its container.

string	Text () const override
	Convert the value into some text, which is interpretable via setValueFromText().

	VAbstractValue (const VAbstractValue &V)
	Copy constructor.

Public Member Functions inherited from Wizt::VTypedValueBase< Type >
RefPtr< ChunkBase >	getChunk (size_t N) const override
	Create an array of type instances filled with values of the given count.

const type_info &	getType () const override
	Implement the type information function.

bool	isDifferentFrom (const WeakPtr< VValueBase, VValueBase > &V) const override
	Implement the comparison function from the VValueBase class utilizing the VValueCompareTrait type trait class.

	VTypedValueBase ()
	Default Constructor.

	VTypedValueBase (const Ageable &A, const VTypedValueBase &V)
	Copy constructor, takes care of exported members.

Public Member Functions inherited from Wizt::VValueBase
VValueBasePtr_t	component (const string &name) const
	Retrieve a certain component from a compound value.

int	copyComponents (const VValueBase &ValueSource)
	Copy the components from another VValueBase.

virtual WeakPtr< InterfaceBase >	getInterface () const
	In case this value refers to the interface of some VObject, then this function may return such.

virtual bool	getValueFrom (const WeakVValueBasePtr_t &V)=0
	Copy or cast a value from a possibly compatible type.

int	iterate (ComponentIterator &CI) const
	Find out which components are contained in the certain compound type.

size_t	nComponents () const
	How many components are available here?

bool	operator!= (const VValueBase &V) const
	Test for inequality.

bool	operator!= (const WeakPtr< VValueBase, VValueBase > &V) const
	Compare for equality with a value.

bool	operator== (const VValueBase &V) const
	Test for equality.

virtual bool	setSource (const WeakPtr< VManagedObject > &Owner)
	For special values which refer to the interface of another object, this function may allow to set another source for referencing such an interface.

	VValueBase ()
	Default Constructor.

	VValueBase (const VValueBase &)
	Copy Constructor.

	~VValueBase ()
	Destructor.

Public Member Functions inherited from MemCore::ReferenceBase< VValueBase >
auto	getObjectCountID () const noexcept
	Get a unique ID for this object in the given domain.

bool	isIdentical (const WeakPtr< VValueBase, VValueBase > &PossibleSelf) const noexcept
	Check if this object is identical to the one used by the given pointer.

void	mkAutoDestructive ()
	Marks this object as being automatically destructed, e.g.

refcount_t	refcount () const noexcept
	The strong reference count.

	ReferenceBase (VValueBase *that) noexcept
	Constructor, initializes reference counter to zero.

const auto &	self () const
	Return weak pointer to the object self.

refcount_t	wrefcount () const noexcept
	The weak reference count.

Public Member Functions inherited from MemCore::Ageable
	Ageable () noexcept
	Constructor; remembers birth time from current time counter.

constexpr	Ageable (age_t t) noexcept
	Constructor with explicit time value.

constexpr	Ageable (const Ageable &A) noexcept
	Copy constructor.

	Ageable (const volatile Ageable &A) noexcept
	Copy constructor.

constexpr const Ageable &	getAge () const
	Return reference to this age, useful for derived classes.

bool	isNewerThan (const Ageable &a) const noexcept
	Comparison operator.

bool	isOlderThan (const Ageable &a) const noexcept
	Comparison operator.

bool	isYoungerThan (const Ageable &a) const noexcept
	Comparison operator (alias to isNewerThan() )

bool	operator!= (const Ageable &a) const noexcept
	Comparison operator.

bool	operator< (const Ageable &a) const noexcept
	Comparison operator.

bool	operator<= (const Ageable &a) const noexcept
	Comparision operator.

bool	operator<= (const volatile Ageable &a) const volatile noexcept
	Comparision operator.

bool	operator== (const Ageable &a) const noexcept
	Comparison operator.

bool	operator> (const Ageable &a) const noexcept
	Comparison operator.

bool	operator> (const volatile Ageable &a) const volatile throw ()
	Comparision operator.

bool	operator>= (const Ageable &a) const noexcept
	Comparision operator.

bool	operator>= (const volatile Ageable &a) const volatile noexcept
	Comparison operator.

constexpr void	resetAge () noexcept
	Set time value to InfinitelyOld().

void	setInfinitelyNew () noexcept
	Set time value to InfinitelyOld().

age_t	time_value () const noexcept
	Return an object's current age.

age_t	time_value () const volatile noexcept
	Return an object's current age.

Ageable &	touch () noexcept
	Mark the current object as being modified "now".

age_t	update (age_t age) noexcept
	Set the age of the current object to a specific age if that is newer than the current one.

age_t	update (const Ageable &Other) noexcept
	Set the age of the current object to the age of another object if that other one is newer than the current one.

age_t	update (const volatile Ageable &Other) volatile noexcept
	Set the age of the current object to the age of another object if that other one is newer than the current one.

	~Ageable () noexcept
	Destructor.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from MemCore::ReferenceBase< VValueBase >
using	reference_domain_t = VValueBase
	The type of the base class.

using	SelfPtr_t = WeakPtr< VValueBase, VValueBase >
	Type for a pointer to this object itself.

Static Public Member Functions inherited from MemCore::Ageable
static const Ageable &	InfinitelyNew () noexcept
	Return a time that is infinitely in the future (well, sort of).

static constexpr const Ageable &	InfinitelyOld () noexcept
	Return a time that is infinitely in the past (well, sort of).

static age_t	now () noexcept
	Return the current global time.

Protected Member Functions inherited from MemCore::ReferenceBase< VValueBase >
virtual void	extremeUnction ()
	A virtual function that will be called just before the object is destroyed.

ReferenceBase &	operator= (const ReferenceBase &R)
	Protected assignment operator (should not be called).

void	suicide ()
	Delete this.

virtual	~ReferenceBase ()
	Virtual destructor.

Detailed Description

template<class Type>
class Wizt::VAbstractValue< Type >

Implementation of a VISH type via procedural referencing instead of instantiation.

All object interactions in VISH are performed via types. As such, a type is used to query for implementations of some functionality. Sometimes the type itself as data storage object is not of relevance at all, but just the functionality it provides. For such cases there might just be a single instance of this type in the entire application. Still, each VObject requiring this functionality will query for this type. What the VObject then will get is a reference to this certain type that allows to call its member functions.

In other words, when Type is such an abstract object, then VValue<Type> is just a pointer to an instance of this Type.

Member Function Documentation

◆ getType()

template<class Type >

const type_info & Wizt::VAbstractValue< Type >::getType ( ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

Implement the virtual function to query the type ID of this value.

For this value, the type is fixed throughout its lifetime and corresponds to the type of the template argument.

Implements Wizt::VValueBase.

◆ getValue()

template<class Type >

bool Wizt::VAbstractValue< Type >::getValue ( Type & Variable ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

Implement the virtual function to get the current value.

Returns: True on successfull retrieval, which is always the case in the default implementation of a stored value. However, derived values which implement a procedural value might return false here as well.

Parameters

Variable The external storage space where to assign this value.

Implements Wizt::VTypedValueBase< Type >.

◆ getValueCreator()

template<class Type >

WeakPtr< VValueCreator > Wizt::VAbstractValue< Type >::getValueCreator ( ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

Return the associated value creator.

Mostly used to enforce creation of static class members in the derived class, because implementations of virtual functions must not be optimized away by the compiler.

Implements Wizt::VValueBase.

◆ setValue()

template<class Type >

bool Wizt::VAbstractValue< Type >::setValue ( const Type & Variable )

inlineoverridevirtual

Implement the assignment of the current value.

Parameters

Variable The external storage space from where to assign this value.

Implements Wizt::VTypedValueBase< Type >.

Public Member Functions

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ getType()

◆ getValue()

◆ getValueCreator()

◆ setValue()