source: pacpusframework/trunk/include/Pacpus/kernel/ComponentFactory.h@ 18

/**
 *
 * Distributed under the UTC Heudiascy Pacpus License, Version 1.0.
 * Copyright (c) UTC Heudiasyc 2010 - 2013. All rights reserved.
 *
 * See the LICENSE file for more information or a copy at:
 *   http://www.hds.utc.fr/~kurdejma/LICENSE_1_0.txt
 *
 */

#ifndef COMPONENTFACTORY_H
#define COMPONENTFACTORY_H

#include <cassert>

#include "ComponentFactoryBase.h"

#include <QtGlobal>
#include <QString>

/** Register a component to the factory.
 * @className Name of the class, without the quotes.
 * @factoryName Name of the class in the factory.
 */
#define REGISTER_COMPONENT(className, factoryName) \
  static pacpus::ComponentFactory<className> sFactory(factoryName)

namespace pacpus
{
  /** ComponentFactory
   * @brief Use it to interface your components with the application.
   *
   * @example
   *   REGISTER_COMPONENT("DummyComponent", DummyComponent);
   */
  template <typename T>
  class ComponentFactory
    : public ComponentFactoryBase
  {
    public:
      /** Ctor of ComponentFactory, initialize the factory of the components of type @em T.
       * @param type Name of the type of the components.
       */
      ComponentFactory(const QString& type);
      
      /** Dtor of ComponentFactory. */
      virtual ~ComponentFactory();

      /** Get the name of the type of the components.
       * @return Name of the type of the components.
       */
      const QString& getType() const;

    protected:
      virtual ComponentBase* instantiateComponent(const QString& name);
      
    private:
      QString mType;
  };


  template <typename T>
  ComponentFactory<T>::ComponentFactory(const QString& type)
    : mType(type)
  {
    assert(!type.isEmpty());
    addFactory(this, mType);
  }

  template<typename T>
  ComponentFactory<T>::~ComponentFactory()
  {
  }

  template <typename T>
  const QString& ComponentFactory<T>::getType() const
  {
    return mType;
  }

  template<typename T>
  ComponentBase* ComponentFactory<T>::instantiateComponent(const QString& name)
  {
    return new T(name);
  }
}

#endif // COMPONENTFACTORY_H