vtkObjectFactory.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkObjectFactory.h

  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef vtkObjectFactory_h
#define vtkObjectFactory_h

#include "vtkCommonCoreModule.h" // For export macro
#include "vtkObject.h"

class vtkObjectFactoryCollection;
class vtkOverrideInformationCollection;
class vtkCollection;

class VTKCOMMONCORE_EXPORT vtkObjectFactory : public vtkObject
{
public:
  // Class Methods used to interface with the registered factories

  static vtkObject* CreateInstance(const char* vtkclassname);

  static void ConstructInstance(const char* vtkclassname);


  static void CreateAllInstance(const char* vtkclassname,
                                vtkCollection* retList);

  static void ReHash();
  static void RegisterFactory(vtkObjectFactory* );
  static void UnRegisterFactory(vtkObjectFactory*);
  static void UnRegisterAllFactories();

  static vtkObjectFactoryCollection* GetRegisteredFactories();

  static int HasOverrideAny(const char* className);


  static void GetOverrideInformation(const char* name,
                                     vtkOverrideInformationCollection*);


  static void SetAllEnableFlags(int flag,
                                const char* className);


  static void SetAllEnableFlags(int flag,
                                const char* className,
                                const char* subclassName);

  // Instance methods to be used on individual instances of vtkObjectFactory

  // Methods from vtkObject
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkObjectFactory,vtkObject);
  virtual void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  virtual const char* GetVTKSourceVersion() = 0;

  virtual const char* GetDescription() = 0;

  virtual int GetNumberOfOverrides();

  virtual const char* GetClassOverrideName(int index);

  virtual const char* GetClassOverrideWithName(int index);

  virtual int GetEnableFlag(int index);

  virtual const char* GetOverrideDescription(int index);


  virtual void SetEnableFlag(int flag,
                             const char* className,
                             const char* subclassName);
  virtual int GetEnableFlag(const char* className,
                            const char* subclassName);

  virtual int HasOverride(const char* className);
  virtual int HasOverride(const char* className, const char* subclassName);

  virtual void Disable(const char* className);


  vtkGetStringMacro(LibraryPath);

  //BTX
  typedef vtkObject* (*CreateFunction)();
  //ETX
protected:
  //BTX


  void RegisterOverride(const char* classOverride,
                        const char* overrideClassName,
                        const char* description,
                        int enableFlag,
                        CreateFunction createFunction);

  //ETX


  virtual vtkObject* CreateObject(const char* vtkclassname );

  vtkObjectFactory();
  ~vtkObjectFactory();
  //BTX
  struct OverrideInformation
  {
    char* Description;
    char* OverrideWithName;
    int EnabledFlag;
    CreateFunction CreateCallback;
  };
  //ETX
  OverrideInformation* OverrideArray;
  char** OverrideClassNames;
  int SizeOverrideArray;
  int OverrideArrayLength;

private:
  void GrowOverrideArray();

  static void Init();
  static void RegisterDefaults();
  static void LoadDynamicFactories();
  static void LoadLibrariesInPath( const char*);

  // list of registered factories
  static vtkObjectFactoryCollection* RegisteredFactories;

  // member variables for a factory set by the base class
  // at load or register time
  void* LibraryHandle;
  char* LibraryVTKVersion;
  char* LibraryCompilerUsed;
  char* LibraryPath;
private:
  vtkObjectFactory(const vtkObjectFactory&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkObjectFactory&);  // Not implemented.
};

// Macro to create an object creation function.
// The name of the function will by vtkObjectFactoryCreateclassname
// where classname is the name of the class being created
#define VTK_CREATE_CREATE_FUNCTION(classname) \
static vtkObject* vtkObjectFactoryCreate##classname() \
{ return classname::New(); }

#endif

#define VTK_FACTORY_INTERFACE_EXPORT VTKCOMMONCORE_EXPORT

// Macro to create the interface "C" functions used in
// a dll or shared library that contains a VTK object factory.
// Put this function in the .cxx file of your object factory,
// and pass in the name of the factory sub-class that you want
// the dll to create.
#define VTK_FACTORY_INTERFACE_IMPLEMENT(factoryName)  \
extern "C"                                      \
VTK_FACTORY_INTERFACE_EXPORT                    \
const char* vtkGetFactoryCompilerUsed()         \
{                                               \
  return VTK_CXX_COMPILER;                      \
}                                               \
extern "C"                                      \
VTK_FACTORY_INTERFACE_EXPORT                    \
const char* vtkGetFactoryVersion()              \
{                                               \
  return VTK_SOURCE_VERSION;                    \
}                                               \
extern "C"                                      \
VTK_FACTORY_INTERFACE_EXPORT                    \
vtkObjectFactory* vtkLoad()                     \
{                                               \
  return factoryName ::New();                   \
}

// Macro to implement the body of the object factory form of the New() method.
#define VTK_OBJECT_FACTORY_NEW_BODY(thisClass) \
  vtkObject* ret = vtkObjectFactory::CreateInstance(#thisClass); \
  if(ret) \
    { \
    return static_cast<thisClass*>(ret); \
    } \
  return new thisClass;

// Macro to implement the body of the abstract object factory form of the New()
// method, i.e. an abstract base class that can only be instantiated if the
// object factory overrides it.
#define VTK_ABSTRACT_OBJECT_FACTORY_NEW_BODY(thisClass) \
  vtkObject* ret = vtkObjectFactory::CreateInstance(#thisClass); \
  if(ret) \
    { \
    return static_cast<thisClass*>(ret); \
    } \
  vtkGenericWarningMacro("Error: no override found for '" #thisClass "'."); \
  return NULL;

// Macro to implement the body of the standard form of the New() method.
#if defined(VTK_ALL_NEW_OBJECT_FACTORY)
# define VTK_STANDARD_NEW_BODY(thisClass) \
  VTK_OBJECT_FACTORY_NEW_BODY(thisClass)
#elif defined(VTK_DEBUG_LEAKS)
# define VTK_STANDARD_NEW_BODY(thisClass) \
  thisClass *result = new thisClass; \
  vtkObjectFactory::ConstructInstance(result->GetClassName()); \
  return result;
#else
# define VTK_STANDARD_NEW_BODY(thisClass) \
  return new thisClass;
#endif

// Macro to implement the standard form of the New() method.
#define vtkStandardNewMacro(thisClass) \
  thisClass* thisClass::New() \
  { \
  VTK_STANDARD_NEW_BODY(thisClass) \
  }

// Macro to implement the object factory form of the New() method.
#define vtkObjectFactoryNewMacro(thisClass) \
  thisClass* thisClass::New() \
  { \
  VTK_OBJECT_FACTORY_NEW_BODY(thisClass) \
  }

// Macro to implement the abstract object factory form of the New() method.
// That is an abstract base class that can only be instantiated if the
// object factory overrides it.
#define vtkAbstractObjectFactoryNewMacro(thisClass) \
  thisClass* thisClass::New() \
  { \
  VTK_ABSTRACT_OBJECT_FACTORY_NEW_BODY(thisClass) \
  }