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<a class="el" href="namespaceost.html">ost</a>::<a class="el" href="classost_1_1_type_manager.html">TypeManager</a></div>
<h1>ost::TypeManager Class Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="ost::TypeManager" -->This class manages the types for generation of the persistent objects.Type manager for persistence engine.
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<code>#include <<a class="el" href="persist_8h-source.html">persist.h</a>></code>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">typedef std::map< <a class="el" href="classost_1_1_string.html">String</a>,<br>
<a class="el" href="namespaceost.html#baf4b8bd869b80b3711d0d84f5b91ac5">NewBaseObjectFunction</a> > </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_type_manager.html#898c5cca59cb8c845d8c836aeed0fae0">StringFunctionMap</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">static void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_type_manager.html#da6b3c436c67f4e2f9a2a44bfcc34583">add</a> (const char *name, <a class="el" href="namespaceost.html#baf4b8bd869b80b3711d0d84f5b91ac5">NewBaseObjectFunction</a> construction)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">This adds a new construction function to the type manager. <a href="#da6b3c436c67f4e2f9a2a44bfcc34583"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">static void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_type_manager.html#65faf1182b3b27f7d70c94e2ba26e71c">remove</a> (const char *name)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">And this one removes a type from the managers lists. <a href="#65faf1182b3b27f7d70c94e2ba26e71c"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">static <a class="el" href="classost_1_1_base_object.html">BaseObject</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_type_manager.html#ec12ff7c1d3949b563e25005a578c046">createInstanceOf</a> (const char *name)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">This function creates a new object of the required type and returns a pointer to it. <a href="#ec12ff7c1d3949b563e25005a578c046"></a><br></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">class </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classost_1_1_type_manager_1_1_registration.html">Registration</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">This manages a registration to the typemanager - attempting to remove problems with the optimisers. <a href="classost_1_1_type_manager_1_1_registration.html#_details">More...</a><br></td></tr>
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<hr><a name="_details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>
This class manages the types for generation of the persistent objects.Type manager for persistence engine.
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Its data structures are managed automatically by the system. They are implicitly filled by the constructors who declare classes to the system.<p>
<dl compact><dt><b>Author:</b></dt><dd>Daniel Silverstone </dd></dl>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">typedef std::map<<a class="el" href="classost_1_1_string.html">String</a>,<a class="el" href="namespaceost.html#baf4b8bd869b80b3711d0d84f5b91ac5">NewBaseObjectFunction</a>> <a class="el" href="classost_1_1_type_manager.html#898c5cca59cb8c845d8c836aeed0fae0">ost::TypeManager::StringFunctionMap</a> </td>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">static void ost::TypeManager::add </td>
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This adds a new construction function to the type manager.
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">static <a class="el" href="classost_1_1_base_object.html">BaseObject</a>* ost::TypeManager::createInstanceOf </td>
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This function creates a new object of the required type and returns a pointer to it.
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">static void ost::TypeManager::remove </td>
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<td class="mdname1" valign="top" nowrap> <em>name</em> </td>
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And this one removes a type from the managers lists.
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