TypeInfoRepository.hpp

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  tag: Peter Soetens  Mon Jan 19 14:11:26 CET 2004  TypeInfoRepository.hpp

                        TypeInfoRepository.hpp -  description
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    begin                : Mon January 19 2004
    copyright            : (C) 2004 Peter Soetens
    email                : peter.soetens@mech.kuleuven.ac.be

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#ifndef ORO_CORELIB_TYPEINFOREPOSITORY_HPP
#define ORO_CORELIB_TYPEINFOREPOSITORY_HPP

#include <map>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include "TypeInfo.hpp"

namespace RTT
{ namespace types {

    class RTT_API TypeInfoRepository
    {
        TypeInfoRepository();
        typedef std::map<std::string, TypeInfo*> map_t;
        map_t data;

        typedef std::vector<TransportPlugin*> Transports;
        Transports transports;
    public:
        ~TypeInfoRepository();
        typedef boost::shared_ptr<TypeInfoRepository> shared_ptr;
        static shared_ptr Instance();
        TypeInfo* type( const std::string& name ) const;

        bool addType( TypeInfo* ti);

        bool aliasType( const std::string& alias, TypeInfo* source = 0 );

        std::vector<std::string> getTypes() const;

        std::vector<std::string> getDottedTypes() const;

        std::string toDot( const std::string& type ) const;

        TypeInfo* getTypeById(TypeInfo::TypeId type_id) const;

        TypeInfo* getTypeById(const char * type_id_name) const;

        template<class T>
        TypeInfo* getTypeInfo() const {
            return getTypeById( &typeid(T) );
        }

        void registerTransport( TransportPlugin* tr );

        void logTypeInfo() const;

    };

}}

#endif