CMake/Source/cmObject.h
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/*=========================================================================
Program: CMake - Cross-Platform Makefile Generator
Module: $RCSfile$
Language: C++
Date: $Date$
Version: $Revision$
Copyright (c) 2002 Kitware, Inc., Insight Consortium. All rights reserved.
See Copyright.txt or http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Copyright.html for details.
This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. See the above copyright notices for more information.
=========================================================================*/
#ifndef cmObject_h
#define cmObject_h
#include "cmStandardIncludes.h"
/** \class cmObject
* \brief Superclass for all commands and other classes in CMake.
*
* cmObject is the base class for all classes in CMake. It defines some
* methods such as GetNameOfClass, IsA, SafeDownCast.
*/
class cmObject
{
public:
/**
* Need virtual destructor to destroy real command type.
*/
virtual ~cmObject() {}
/**
* The class name of the command.
*/
virtual const char* GetNameOfClass() = 0;
/**
* Returns true if this class is the given class, or a subclass of it.
*/
static bool IsTypeOf(const char *type)
{ return !strcmp("cmObject", type); }
/**
* Returns true if this object is an instance of the given class or
* a subclass of it.
*/
virtual bool IsA(const char *type)
{ return cmObject::IsTypeOf(type); }
};
#endif