#include <deque>
#include <string>
-/** A private data store for an Extensible class */
-typedef std::map<std::string,char*> ExtensibleStore;
-
/** The base class for all inspircd classes.
* Wherever possible, all classes you create should inherit from this,
* giving them the ability to be passed to various core functions
class CoreExport classbase
{
public:
- /** Constructor.
- * Sets the object's time
- */
classbase();
- /** Destructor.
- * Does sweet FA.
- */
virtual ~classbase() { }
};
-/** class Extensible is the parent class of many classes such as User and Channel.
- * class Extensible implements a system which allows modules to 'extend' the class by attaching data within
- * a map associated with the object. In this way modules can store their own custom information within user
- * objects, channel objects and server objects, without breaking other modules (this is more sensible than using
- * a flags variable, and each module defining bits within the flag as 'theirs' as it is less prone to conflict and
- * supports arbitary data storage).
- */
-class CoreExport Extensible : public classbase
-{
- /** Private data store.
- * Holds all extensible metadata for the class.
- */
- ExtensibleStore Extension_Items;
-
-public:
-
- /** Extend an Extensible class.
- *
- * @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 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 Returns true on success, false if otherwise
- */
- template<typename T> bool Extend(const std::string &key, T* p)
- {
- /* 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*)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
- *
- * You must provide a key name. The given key name will be removed from the classes data. If
- * you provide a nonexistent key (case is important) then the function will return false.
- * @return Returns true on success.
- */
- bool Shrink(const std::string &key);
-
- /** Get an extension item.
- *
- * @param key The key parameter is an arbitary string which identifies the extension data
- * @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)
- {
- ExtensibleStore::iterator iter = this->Extension_Items.find(key); /* Find the item */
- if(iter != this->Extension_Items.end())
- {
- p = (T*)iter->second; /* Item found */
- return true;
- }
- else
- {
- p = NULL; /* Item not found */
- 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
- * @return This function writes a list of all extension items stored in this object by name into the given deque and returns void.
- */
- void GetExtList(std::deque<std::string> &list);
-};
-
/** BoolSet is a utility class designed to hold eight bools in a bitmask.
* Use BoolSet::Set and BoolSet::Get to set and get bools in the bitmask,
* and Unset and Invert for special operations upon them.
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