source: code/branches/core6/src/libraries/core/class/OrxonoxClass.h @ 9565

/*
 *   ORXONOX - the hottest 3D action shooter ever to exist
 *                    > www.orxonox.net <
 *
 *
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 *
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 *
 *   Author:
 *      Fabian 'x3n' Landau
 *   Co-authors:
 *      ...
 *
 */

/**
    @defgroup OrxonoxClass OrxonoxClass
    @ingroup Class
*/

/**
    @file
    @ingroup Class OrxonoxClass
    @brief Declaration of OrxonoxClass, the base class of all objects and interfaces in Orxonox.
*/

#ifndef _OrxonoxClass_H__
#define _OrxonoxClass_H__

#include "core/CorePrereqs.h"

#include <set>
//#include "Super.h"
#include "Identifiable.h"

namespace orxonox
{
    /**
        @brief The class all objects and interfaces of the game-logic (not the engine) are derived from.

        The BaseObject and Interfaces are derived with @c virtual @c public @c OrxonoxClass from OrxonoxClass.
    */
    class _CoreExport OrxonoxClass : public Identifiable
    {
        template <class T>
        friend class SmartPtr;

        friend class DestructionListener;

        public:
            OrxonoxClass();
            virtual ~OrxonoxClass();

            void destroy();

            /// Function to collect the SetConfigValue-macro calls.
            void setConfigValues() {};

            /// Returns the number of @ref orxonox::SmartPtr "smart pointers" that point to this object.
            inline unsigned int getReferenceCount() const
                { return this->referenceCount_; }

        protected:
            /// This virtual function is called if destroy() is called and no SmartPtr points to this object. Used in some cases to create a new SmartPtr to prevent destruction.
            virtual void preDestroy() {}

        private:
            /// Increments the reference counter (for smart pointers).
            inline void incrementReferenceCount()
                { ++this->referenceCount_; }
            /// Decrements the reference counter (for smart pointers).
            inline void decrementReferenceCount()
            {
                --this->referenceCount_;
                if (this->referenceCount_ == 0 && this->requestedDestruction_)
                    this->destroy();
            }

            /// Register a destruction listener (for example a weak pointer which points to this object).
            inline void registerDestructionListener(DestructionListener* pointer)
                { this->destructionListeners_.insert(pointer); }
            /// Unegister a destruction listener (for example a weak pointer which pointed to this object before).
            inline void unregisterDestructionListener(DestructionListener* pointer)
                { this->destructionListeners_.erase(pointer); }

            int referenceCount_;                                    //!< Counts the references from smart pointers to this object
            bool requestedDestruction_;                             //!< Becomes true after someone called delete on this object
            std::set<DestructionListener*> destructionListeners_;   //!< All destruction listeners (for example weak pointers which point to this object and like to get notified if it dies)
    };

    /**
        @brief This listener is used to inform weak pointers if an object of type OrxonoxClass gets destroyed.
    */
    class _CoreExport DestructionListener
    {
        friend class OrxonoxClass;

        protected:
            virtual ~DestructionListener() {}

            inline void registerAsDestructionListener(OrxonoxClass* object)
                { if (object) { object->registerDestructionListener(this); } }
            inline void unregisterAsDestructionListener(OrxonoxClass* object)
                { if (object) { object->unregisterDestructionListener(this); } }

            virtual void objectDeleted() = 0;
    };

}

#endif /* _OrxonoxClass_H__ */