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corelinux::MetaClass Class Reference

MetaClass is the aggregate node information about a MetaType in a Ontology, which for now is limited to hierarchical information. More...

#include <MetaClass.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for corelinux::MetaClass:

List of all members.

Public Methods
virtual	~MetaClass ( void )
	Virtual Destructor.
bool	operator== ( MetaClassCref ) const
	Equality operator. More...
UniversalIdentifierCref	getIdentifier ( void ) const
	Get the class identifier.
CharCptr	getInstanceTypeName ( void ) const
	Return the object type for this meta class.
CharCptr	getMetaTypeName ( void ) const
	Return the name of the meta class.
CharCptr	getTypeDescription ( void ) const
	get the class description. More...
CharCptr	getDomainName ( void ) const
	get the domain name (the Ontology) that this class is a member of. More...
Count	getParentCount ( void ) const
	get the parent count. More...
Count	getInstanceMemberCount ( void ) const
	get the instance member (attributes) count. More...
Count	getInstanceFunctionCount ( void ) const
	get the dispatch functions count. More...
bool	isAbstractType ( void ) const
	tells if this is an abstract type. More...
MetaTypeCptr	getType ( void ) const
	Retrieve the MetaType associated with this MetaClass. More...
virtual void	addComponent ( MetaClassPtr ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException )
	Add a child component to this composite. More...
virtual void	removeComponent ( MetaClassPtr ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException )
	Remove a child component from this composite. More...
void	dispatch ( FrameworkEntityPtr, CharPtr, void *, void ) throw ( NullPointerException, DescriptorNotFound )
	Attempts to call the method via a dispatch function on the object. More...
void	dispatch ( CharPtr, void *, void ) throw ( NullPointerException, DescriptorNotFound )
	Attempts to call the method via a dispatch function on the object. More...
virtual Iterator<MetaClassPtr>*	createIterator ( void ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException )
	Create a iterator over the children of this composite. More...
virtual Iterator<MetaClassPtr>*	createParentIterator ( void ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException )
	Create a iterator over the parents of this composite. More...
virtual Iterator<MemberDescriptorPtr>*	createMemberIterator ( void ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException )
	Create a iterator over the data member declarations of this composite. More...
virtual Iterator<DispatchDescriptorPtr>*	createMethodIterator ( void ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException )
	Create a iterator over the methods of this composite. More...
virtual void	destroyIterator ( Iterator<MetaClassPtr>* ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException )
	Destroy the iterator. More...
virtual void	destroyIterator ( Iterator<MemberDescriptorPtr> * ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException )
	Destroy the iterator. More...
virtual void	destroyIterator ( Iterator<DispatchDescriptorPtr> * ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException )
	Destroy the iterator. More...
Friends
class	Ontology

Detailed Description

MetaClass is the aggregate node information about a MetaType in a Ontology, which for now is limited to hierarchical information.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

corelinux::MetaClass::~MetaClass ( void ) [virtual]

Virtual Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

void corelinux::MetaClass::addComponent ( MetaClassPtr aClass ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException ) [virtual]

Add a child component to this composite.

Parameters:

MetaClass const pointer

Exceptions:

signature from base type

Iterator< MetaClassPtr >* corelinux::MetaClass::createIterator ( void ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException ) [virtual]

Create a iterator over the children of this composite.

Returns:
Iterator<MetaClassCptr> pointer

Iterator< MemberDescriptorPtr >* corelinux::MetaClass::createMemberIterator ( void ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException ) [virtual]

Create a iterator over the data member declarations of this composite.

Returns:
Iterator<MemberDescriptorCptr> pointer

Iterator< DispatchDescriptorPtr >* corelinux::MetaClass::createMethodIterator ( void ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException ) [virtual]

Create a iterator over the methods of this composite.

Returns:
Iterator<DispatchDescriptorCptr> pointer

Iterator< MetaClassPtr >* corelinux::MetaClass::createParentIterator ( void ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException ) [virtual]

Create a iterator over the parents of this composite.

Returns:
Iterator<MetaClassCptr> pointer

void corelinux::MetaClass::destroyIterator ( Iterator< DispatchDescriptorPtr >* anIterator ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException ) [virtual]

Destroy the iterator.

Parameters:

Iterator<MetaClassCptr> pointer

void corelinux::MetaClass::destroyIterator ( Iterator< MemberDescriptorPtr >* anIterator ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException ) [virtual]

Destroy the iterator.

Parameters:

Iterator<MetaClassCptr> pointer

void corelinux::MetaClass::destroyIterator ( Iterator< MetaClassPtr >* anIterator ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException ) [virtual]

Destroy the iterator.

Parameters:

Iterator<MetaClassCptr> pointer

void corelinux::MetaClass::dispatch ( CharPtr aName,

void ** args,

void * ret ) throw ( NullPointerException, DescriptorNotFound )

Attempts to call the method via a dispatch function on the object.

Parameters:

char pointer to the named method (used for lookup)

void pointer array of arguments

void pointer to return value

Exceptions:

NullpointerException if object or name are null

DescriptorNotFound if no match

void corelinux::MetaClass::dispatch ( FrameworkEntityPtr aEntity,

CharPtr aName,

void ** args,

void * ret ) throw ( NullPointerException, DescriptorNotFound )

Attempts to call the method via a dispatch function on the object.

Parameters:

FrameworkEntity pointer to the object

char pointer to the named method (used for lookup)

void pointer array of arguments

void pointer to return value

Exceptions:

NullpointerException if object or name are null

DescriptorNotFound if no match

CharCptr corelinux::MetaClass::getDomainName ( void ) const

get the domain name (the Ontology) that this class is a member of.

Returns:
char pointer to domain name, or null

UniversalIdentifierCref corelinux::MetaClass::getIdentifier ( void ) const

Get the class identifier.

Count corelinux::MetaClass::getInstanceFunctionCount ( void ) const

get the dispatch functions count.

Returns:
Count of dispatch functions

Count corelinux::MetaClass::getInstanceMemberCount ( void ) const

get the instance member (attributes) count.

Returns:
Count of data members

CharCptr corelinux::MetaClass::getInstanceTypeName ( void ) const

Return the object type for this meta class.

CharCptr corelinux::MetaClass::getMetaTypeName ( void ) const

Return the name of the meta class.

Count corelinux::MetaClass::getParentCount ( void ) const

get the parent count.

Returns:
Count of parents (0 if root)

MetaTypeCptr corelinux::MetaClass::getType ( void ) const

Retrieve the MetaType associated with this MetaClass.

Returns:
MetaType const pointer

CharCptr corelinux::MetaClass::getTypeDescription ( void ) const

get the class description.

Returns:
char pointer to description or null

bool corelinux::MetaClass::isAbstractType ( void ) const

tells if this is an abstract type.

Returns:
true if abstract, false otherwise

bool corelinux::MetaClass::operator== ( MetaClassCref aClass ) const

Equality operator.

Parameters:

MetaClass const reference

Returns:
bool : true if same types

void corelinux::MetaClass::removeComponent ( MetaClassPtr aClass ) throw ( InvalidCompositeException ) [virtual]

Remove a child component from this composite.

Parameters:

MetaClass const pointer

Exceptions:

signature from base type

Friends And Related Function Documentation

class Ontology [friend]

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

This is the CoreLinux++ Framework reference manual
Provided by The CoreLinux Consortium

corelinux::MetaClass Class Reference

Public Methods

Friends

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Friends And Related Function Documentation