/** Time that the object was instantiated (used for TS calculation etc)
*/
time_t age;
- static unsigned long id;
/** Constructor,
* Sets the object's time
*/
- classbase() { time = TIME; id++; }
- ~classbase() { id--; }
+ classbase() { age = TIME; }
+ ~classbase() { }
};
/** class Extensible is the parent class of many classes such as userrec and chanrec.
* @param key The key parameter is an arbitary string which identifies the extension data
* @param p This parameter is a pointer to any data you wish to associate with the object
*
- * You must provide a key to store the data as, and a void* to the data (typedef VoidPointer)
+ * You must provide a key to store the data as via the parameter 'key' and store the data
+ * in the templated parameter 'p'.
* The data will be inserted into the map. If the data already exists, you may not insert it
* twice, Extensible::Extend will return false in this case.
*
return this->Extension_Items.insert(std::make_pair(key, (char*)p)).second;
}
+ /** Extend an Extensible class.
+ *
+ * @param key The key parameter is an arbitary string which identifies the extension data
+ *
+ * You must provide a key to store the data as via the parameter 'key', this single-parameter
+ * version takes no 'data' parameter, this is used purely for boolean values.
+ * The key will be inserted into the map with a NULL 'data' pointer. If the key already exists
+ * then you may not insert it twice, Extensible::Extend will return false in this case.
+ *
+ * @return Returns true on success, false if otherwise
+ */
+ bool Extend(const std::string &key)
+ {
+ /* This will only add an item if it doesnt already exist,
+ * the return value is a std::pair of an iterator to the
+ * element, and a bool saying if it was actually inserted.
+ */
+ return this->Extension_Items.insert(std::make_pair(key, (char*)NULL)).second;
+ }
+
/** Shrink an Extensible class.
*
* @param key The key parameter is an arbitary string which identifies the extension data
/** Get an extension item.
*
* @param key The key parameter is an arbitary string which identifies the extension data
- * @return If you provide a non-existent key name, the function returns NULL, otherwise a pointer to the item referenced by the key is returned.
+ * @param p If you provide a non-existent key, this value will be NULL. Otherwise a pointer to the item you requested will be placed in this templated parameter.
+ * @return Returns true if the item was found and false if it was nor, regardless of wether 'p' is NULL. This allows you to store NULL values in Extensible.
*/
template<typename T> bool GetExt(const std::string &key, T* &p)
{
return false;
}
}
+
+ /** Get an extension item.
+ *
+ * @param key The key parameter is an arbitary string which identifies the extension data
+ * @return Returns true if the item was found and false if it was not.
+ *
+ * This single-parameter version only checks if the key exists, it does nothing with
+ * the 'data' field and is probably only useful in conjunction with the single-parameter
+ * version of Extend().
+ */
+ bool GetExt(const std::string &key)
+ {
+ return (this->Extension_Items.find(key) != this->Extension_Items.end());
+ }
/** Get a list of all extension items names.
* @param list A deque of strings to receive the list