MPQC 2.3.1
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Classes which need runtime information about themselves and their relationship to other classes can virtually inherit from DescribedClass. More...
#include <class.h>
Public Member Functions | |
DescribedClass (const DescribedClass &) | |
DescribedClass & | operator= (const DescribedClass &) |
ClassDesc * | class_desc () const throw () |
This returns the unique pointer to the ClassDesc corresponding to the given type_info object. | |
const char * | class_name () const |
Return the name of the object's exact type. | |
int | class_version () const |
Return the version of the class. | |
virtual void | print (std::ostream &=ExEnv::out0()) const |
Print the object. |
Classes which need runtime information about themselves and their relationship to other classes can virtually inherit from DescribedClass.
This will provide the class with the ability to query its name and its version. Furthermore, the class's static ClassDesc can be obtained which permits several other operations. See The Described Class Library for more information.
ClassDesc* sc::DescribedClass::class_desc | ( | ) | const throw () |
This returns the unique pointer to the ClassDesc corresponding to the given type_info object.
Null is returned if it fails.