PObject Class Reference

#include <object.h>

Inheritance diagram for PObject:

PAdaptiveDelay PAec PArgList PASN_Object PASNObject PBase64 PChannel PContainer PCypher PDTMFDecoder PDynaLink PFileInfo PInterfaceFilter PIpAccessControlEntry PIPSocket::Address PIPSocket::InterfaceEntry PIPSocket::RouteEntry PMail PMessageDigest PNatMethod PNatStrategy PNotifierList POrdinalKey PPluginManager PPluginModuleManager PPluginService PProcessStartup PQoS PReadWriteMutex PReadWriteMutex::Nest PRegularExpression PRemoteConnection PSafeCollection PSafeObject PSafePtrBase PServiceMacro PSmartObject PSmartPointer PSSLCertificate PSSLDiffieHellman PSSLPrivateKey PSync PSystemLog PTextToSpeech PThread PThreadPoolBase PTime PTimeInterval PTimerList PXMLRPCServerParms List of all members.

Comparison functions

enum  Comparison { LessThan = -1, EqualTo = 0, GreaterThan = 1 }
virtual Comparison Compare (const PObject &obj) const
virtual Comparison CompareObjectMemoryDirect (const PObject &obj) const
bool operator== (const PObject &obj) const
bool operator!= (const PObject &obj) const
bool operator< (const PObject &obj) const
bool operator> (const PObject &obj) const
bool operator<= (const PObject &obj) const
bool operator>= (const PObject &obj) const

Run Time Type functions

virtual const char * GetClass (unsigned=0) const
PBoolean IsClass (const char *cls) const
virtual PBoolean InternalIsDescendant (const char *clsName) const
static const char * Class ()

I/O functions

virtual void PrintOn (ostream &strm) const
virtual void ReadFrom (istream &strm)
ostream & operator<< (ostream &strm, const PObject &obj)
istream & operator>> (istream &strm, PObject &obj)

Public Member Functions

virtual ~PObject ()
Miscellaneous functions
virtual PObjectClone () const
virtual PINDEX HashFunction () const

Protected Member Functions

 PObject ()

Detailed Description

Ultimate parent class for all objects in the class library. This provides functionality provided to all classes, eg run-time types, default comparison operations, simple stream I/O and serialisation support.


Member Enumeration Documentation

enum PObject::Comparison

Result of the comparison operation performed by the Compare()# function.

Enumerator:
LessThan 
EqualTo 
GreaterThan 


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PObject::PObject (  )  [inline, protected]

Constructor for PObject, make protected so cannot ever create one on its own.

virtual PObject::~PObject (  )  [inline, virtual]


Member Function Documentation

static const char* PObject::Class (  )  [inline, static]

Get the name of the class as a C string. This is a static function which returns the type of a specific class.

When comparing class names, always use the strcmp()# function rather than comparing pointers. The pointers are not necessarily the same over compilation units depending on the compiler, platform etc.

Returns:
pointer to C string literal.

virtual const char* PObject::GetClass ( unsigned  = 0  )  const [inline, virtual]

Get the current dynamic type of the object instance.

When comparing class names, always use the strcmp()# function rather than comparing pointers. The pointers are not necessarily the same over compilation units depending on the compiler, platform etc.

The PCLASSINFO macro declares an override of this function for the particular class. The user need not implement it.

Returns:
pointer to C string literal.

PBoolean PObject::IsClass ( const char *  cls  )  const [inline]

virtual PBoolean PObject::InternalIsDescendant ( const char *  clsName  )  const [inline, virtual]

Determine if the dynamic type of the current instance is a descendent of the specified class. The class name is usually provided by the Class() static function of the desired class.

The PCLASSINFO macro declares an override of this function for the particular class. The user need not implement it.

Returns:
PTrue if object is descended from the class.

virtual Comparison PObject::Compare ( const PObject obj  )  const [virtual]

Compare the two objects and return their relative rank. This function is usually overridden by descendent classes to yield the ranking according to the semantics of the object.

The default function is to use the CompareObjectMemoryDirect() function to do a byte wise memory comparison of the two objects.

Returns:
LessThan, EqualTo or GreaterThan according to the relative rank of the objects.

Reimplemented in PAbstractArray, PChannel, POrdinalKey, PHashTable, PFile, PIndirectChannel, PIPSocket::Address, PAbstractList, PAbstractSortedList, PPipeChannel, PProcess, PString, PTime, PRemoteConnection, PSafePtrBase, PSmartPointer, PTimeInterval, PASN_Null, PASN_Boolean, PASN_Integer, PASN_Enumeration, PASN_Real, PASN_ObjectId, PASN_BitString, PASN_OctetString, PASN_ConstrainedString, PASN_BMPString, PASN_Choice, PASN_Sequence, PASN_Array, PServiceMacro, PIpAccessControlEntry, and PMemoryFile.

virtual Comparison PObject::CompareObjectMemoryDirect ( const PObject obj  )  const [virtual]

Determine the byte wise comparison of two objects. This is the default comparison operation for objects that do not explicitly override the Compare()# function.

The PCLASSINFO macro declares an override of this function for the particular class. The user need not implement it.

Returns:
LessThan, EqualTo or GreaterThan according to the result memcpy()# function.

bool PObject::operator== ( const PObject obj  )  const [inline]

Compare the two objects.

Returns:
PTrue if objects are equal.

Reimplemented in PString.

bool PObject::operator!= ( const PObject obj  )  const [inline]

Compare the two objects.

Returns:
PTrue if objects are not equal.

Reimplemented in PString.

bool PObject::operator< ( const PObject obj  )  const [inline]

Compare the two objects.

Returns:
PTrue if objects are less than.

Reimplemented in PString.

bool PObject::operator> ( const PObject obj  )  const [inline]

Compare the two objects.

Returns:
PTrue if objects are greater than.

Reimplemented in PString.

bool PObject::operator<= ( const PObject obj  )  const [inline]

Compare the two objects.

Returns:
PTrue if objects are less than or equal.

Reimplemented in PString.

bool PObject::operator>= ( const PObject obj  )  const [inline]

Compare the two objects.

Returns:
PTrue if objects are greater than or equal.

Reimplemented in PString.

virtual void PObject::PrintOn ( ostream &  strm  )  const [virtual]

Output the contents of the object to the stream. The exact output is dependent on the exact semantics of the descendent class. This is primarily used by the standard operator<<# function.

The default behaviour is to print the class name.

Reimplemented in PArgList, PAbstractArray, PCharArray, PCollection, POrdinalKey, PAbstractDictionary, PIPSocket::InterfaceEntry, PString, PTime, PIntCondMutex, PThread, PTimeInterval, PASN_Null, PASN_Boolean, PASN_Integer, PASN_Enumeration, PASN_Real, PASN_ObjectId, PASN_BitString, PASN_OctetString, PASN_ConstrainedString, PASN_BMPString, PASN_Choice, PASN_Sequence, PASN_Array, PASN_Stream, PGloballyUniqueID, PIpAccessControlEntry, PMIMEInfo, PASNObject, PASNInteger, PASNString, PASNUnsignedInteger, PASNObjectID, PASNNull, and PASNSequence.

virtual void PObject::ReadFrom ( istream &  strm  )  [virtual]

Input the contents of the object from the stream. The exact input is dependent on the exact semantics of the descendent class. This is primarily used by the standard operator>># function.

The default behaviour is to do nothing.

Reimplemented in PArgList, PAbstractArray, PCharArray, PString, PStringList, PSortedStringList, PStringSet, POrdinalToString, PStringToOrdinal, PStringToString, PTime, PTimeInterval, PGloballyUniqueID, PIpAccessControlEntry, and PMIMEInfo.

virtual PObject* PObject::Clone (  )  const [virtual]

Create a copy of the class on the heap. The exact semantics of the descendent class determine what is required to make a duplicate of the instance. Not all classes can even { do} a clone operation.

The main user of the clone function is the PDictionary class as it requires copies of the dictionary keys.

The default behaviour is for this function to assert.

Returns:
pointer to new copy of the class instance.

Reimplemented in PBaseArray< T >, POrdinalKey, PSet< T >, PDictionary< K, D >, POrdinalDictionary< K >, PList< T >, PQueue< T >, PStack< T >, PSortedList< T >, PString, PCaselessString, PStringDictionary< K >, PTime, PTCPSocket, PTimeInterval, PASN_Null, PASN_Boolean, PASN_Integer, PASN_Enumeration, PASN_Real, PASN_ObjectId, PASN_BitString, PASN_OctetString, PASN_BMPString, PASN_Sequence, PASN_Set, PGloballyUniqueID, PASNObject, PASNInteger, PASNString, PASNIPAddress, PASNTimeTicks, PASNCounter, PASNGauge, PASNObjectID, PASNNull, PSocks4Socket, PSocks5Socket, PSocksUDPSocket, PDictionary< POrdinalKey, PReadWriteMutex::Nest >, PList< PSafeObject >, and PList< PNotifier >.

virtual PINDEX PObject::HashFunction (  )  const [virtual]

This function yields a hash value required by the PDictionary class. A descendent class that is required to be the key of a dictionary should override this function. The precise values returned is dependent on the semantics of the class. For example, the PString class overrides it to provide a hash function for distinguishing text strings.

The default behaviour is to return the value zero.

Returns:
hash function value for class instance.

Reimplemented in PChannel, POrdinalKey, PString, PRemoteConnection, and PGloballyUniqueID.


Friends And Related Function Documentation

ostream& operator<< ( ostream &  strm,
const PObject obj 
) [friend]

Global function for using the standard << operator on objects descended from PObject. This simply calls the objects PrintOn()# function.

Returns:
the strm parameter.

istream& operator>> ( istream &  strm,
PObject obj 
) [friend]

Global function for using the standard >> operator on objects descended from PObject. This simply calls the objects ReadFrom()# function.

Returns:
the strm parameter.


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