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<h1>frepple::utils::MetaCategory Class Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="frepple::utils::MetaCategory" --><!-- doxytag: inherits="frepple::utils::MetaClass" -->
<p>A <a class="el" href="a00114.html" title="A MetaCategory instance represents metadata for a category of object.">MetaCategory</a> instance represents metadata for a category of object.
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<p><code>#include <<a class="el" href="a00252_source.html">utils.h</a>></code></p>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">typedef map< <a class="el" href="a00257.html#af8a429831281b355afd656cb83d31443">hashtype</a>, const <br class="typebreak"/>
<a class="el" href="a00114.html">MetaCategory</a> *, less< <a class="el" href="a00257.html#af8a429831281b355afd656cb83d31443">hashtype</a> > > </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="a00114.html#aa7163794297440d3b6ef53b53f03084e">CategoryMap</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">typedef map< <a class="el" href="a00257.html#af8a429831281b355afd656cb83d31443">hashtype</a>, const <br class="typebreak"/>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">typedef <a class="el" href="a00120.html">Object</a> *(* </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="a00114.html#ac6ae34c0961084eb520656cd334f4840">readController</a> )(const <a class="el" href="a00115.html">MetaClass</a> *, const <a class="el" href="a00003.html">AttributeList</a> &)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">typedef void(* </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="a00114.html#a97a66dcf7eb6256f5e0efad4ffb08c89">writeController</a> )(const <a class="el" href="a00114.html">MetaCategory</a> *, <a class="el" href="a00189.html">XMLOutput</a> *o)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">const <a class="el" href="a00115.html">MetaClass</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="a00114.html#ae136db23de357da3cc00db3a64451cd9">findClass</a> (const <a class="el" href="a00257.html#af8a429831281b355afd656cb83d31443">hashtype</a>) const </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="a00114.html#a129cc0601853bb65f5850e54784a6df3">MetaCategory</a> (const string &t, const string &g, <a class="el" href="a00114.html#ac6ae34c0961084eb520656cd334f4840">readController</a>=NULL, <a class="el" href="a00114.html#a97a66dcf7eb6256f5e0efad4ffb08c89">writeController</a>=NULL)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="a00114.html#a3f475daecd7903b96aaed3cd78595281">~MetaCategory</a> ()</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">string </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="a00114.html#ab4095aa6c4dd8dc0049f4013a5950b3e">group</a></td></tr>
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<p>A <a class="el" href="a00114.html" title="A MetaCategory instance represents metadata for a category of object.">MetaCategory</a> instance represents metadata for a category of object. </p>
<p>A <a class="el" href="a00115.html" title="This class stores metadata about the classes in the library. The stored information...">MetaClass</a> instance represents metadata for a specific instance type. For instance, 'Resource' is a category while 'ResourceDefault' and 'ResourceInfinite' are specific classes.<br/>
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The writer function will typically iterate over all objects of the category and call the writeElement method on them.</li>
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<p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html#l01370">1370</a> of file <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html">utils.h</a>.</p>
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<p>Type definition for the map of all categories. </p>
<p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html#l01403">1403</a> of file <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html">utils.h</a>.</p>
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<p>Type definition for the map of all registered classes. </p>
<p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html#l01400">1400</a> of file <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html">utils.h</a>.</p>
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<p>Type definition for the read control function. </p>
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<p>Type definition for the write control function. </p>
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<p>Destructor. </p>
<p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html#l01393">1393</a> of file <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html">utils.h</a>.</p>
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<p>Looks up a category name in the registry. If the category can't be located the return value is NULL. </p>
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<p>Looks up a category name in the registry. If the catgory can't be located the return value is NULL. </p>
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<p>Looks up a category name in the registry. If the catgory can't be located the return value is NULL. </p>
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<p>Looks up a category name in the registry. If the catgory can't be located the return value is NULL. </p>
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<p>Find a class in this category with a specified name.<br/>
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<p>Find a class in this category with a specified name.<br/>
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<p>This method takes care of the persistence of all categories. It loops through all registered categories (in the order of their registration) and calls the persistance handler. </p>
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<p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html#l01373">1373</a> of file <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html">utils.h</a>.</p>
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<p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html#l01372">1372</a> of file <a class="el" href="a00252_source.html">utils.h</a>.</p>
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<p>The name used to name a collection of objects of this category. </p>
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<p>A XML tag grouping objects of the category. </p>
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<p>A control function for reading objects of a category. The controller function manages the creation and destruction of objects in this category. </p>
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