class Object

 Our Object base class. More...
Contains pure virtuals
Definition#include <data-flow/include/Object.h>
Inherited byBuffer, BufferedNode, Collector, CompositeType, Constant, EOFObject, ExceptionObject, FILEDES, FILEPTR, FlowException, GenericType, InputTranslator, IntfNode, Iterator, Matrix, NetCType, Network, NilObject, Node, Pack, PrintableGenericType, String, ThreadedIterator, UIDocument, UnPack
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Our Object base class. Everything in the network must have Object as base class.

int ref_count

[protected]

 Object () : ref_count(1)

default constructor

~ Object ()

[virtual]

destructor

void  ref ()

Notify the object we're adding a reference

void  unref ()

Notify the object we're removing a reference (might destroy the object)

int  getCount ()

Returns the number of references

void  destroy ()

[virtual]

Causes the object to be destroyed, it might be redefined for an object pool

void  serialize (ostream &out)

[const virtual]

Serialize (binary) the object to a stream

void  unserialize (istream &in)

[virtual]

Unserialize (binary) the object from a stream

void  doesNotUnderstand (string method)

[virtual]

How to handle an ununderstood method (VMethod)

void  printOn (ostream &out=cout)

[const pure virtual]

Generic print function

bool  isNil ()

[const virtual]

Is it a nil Object

void  prettyPrint (ostream &out=cout)

[const virtual]

Prints an object in a more "user-friendly" format

void  readFrom (istream &in=cin)

[virtual]

Generic read function

friend ostream & operator << (ostream &out, const Object& obj)

Prints the object to a stream

ObjectRef  clone ()

[virtual]

Makes a (deep) copy of the object

string  className ()

[const virtual]

Returns the name of the class of the Object

ObjectRef  newObject (const string &objType)

[static]

Creates an instance of an object by class name

template<class T> int  addObjectType (const string &objType, _ObjectFactory *factory)

[static]

Registers the object name

map<string, _ObjectFactory*>&  ObjectFactoryDictionary ()

[static]

TypeMap<_ObjectFactory*>&  TypeidDictionary ()

[static]