Add FileReader::ContentSize and FileReader::Contents

[user/henk/code/inspircd.git] / include / base.h

diff --git a/include/base.h b/include/base.h
index b808af398c634fb722d5f6afc2ee74634d34a30c..3fa0dac6dd0924ddf199fd7096a683cdad8ca661 100644 (file)
--- a/include/base.h
+++ b/include/base.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 typedef void* VoidPointer;
 typedef std::map<std::string,char*> ExtensibleStore;
+
+extern time_t TIME;
  
 /** The base class for all inspircd classes
 */ 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ class classbase
        /** Constructor,
         * Sets the object's time
         */
-       classbase() { age = time(NULL); }
+       classbase() { age = TIME; }
        ~classbase() { }
 };
 
@@ -62,7 +64,8 @@ public:
         * @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.
         *
@@ -90,7 +93,8 @@ public:
        /** 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)
        {
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ public:
  * Use BoolSet::Set and BoolSet::Get to set and get bools in the bitmask,
  * and Unset and Invert for special operations upon them.
  */
-class BoolSet
+class BoolSet : public classbase
 {
        char bits;