vtkInstantiator.h

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/*=========================================================================
 
  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkInstantiator.h
 
  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.
 
     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
 
=========================================================================*/
#ifndef vtkInstantiator_h
#define vtkInstantiator_h
 
#include "vtkCommonCoreModule.h" // For export macro
#include "vtkObject.h"
 
// The vtkDebugLeaks singleton must be initialized before and
// destroyed after the vtkInstantiator singleton.
#include "vtkDebugLeaksManager.h" // Needed for proper singleton initialization
 
class vtkInstantiatorInitialize;
class vtkInstantiatorHashTable;
 
class VTKCOMMONCORE_EXPORT vtkInstantiator : public vtkObject
{
public:
  static vtkInstantiator* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkInstantiator,vtkObject);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);
 
  static vtkObject* CreateInstance(const char* className);
 
  //BTX
  typedef vtkObject* (*CreateFunction)();
 
 
  static void RegisterInstantiator(const char* className,
                                   CreateFunction createFunction);
 
 
  static void UnRegisterInstantiator(const char* className,
                                     CreateFunction createFunction);
  //ETX
 
protected:
  vtkInstantiator();
  ~vtkInstantiator();
 
  // Internal storage for registered creation functions.
  static vtkInstantiatorHashTable* CreatorTable;
 
  static void ClassInitialize();
  static void ClassFinalize();
 
  //BTX
  friend class vtkInstantiatorInitialize;
  //ETX
 
private:
  vtkInstantiator(const vtkInstantiator&);  // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkInstantiator&);  // Not implemented.
};
 
//BTX
// Utility class to make sure vtkInstantiator is initialized before it
// is used.
class VTKCOMMONCORE_EXPORT vtkInstantiatorInitialize
{
public:
  vtkInstantiatorInitialize();
  ~vtkInstantiatorInitialize();
private:
  static unsigned int Count;
private:
  vtkInstantiatorInitialize(const vtkInstantiatorInitialize& other); // no copy constructor
  vtkInstantiatorInitialize& operator=(const vtkInstantiatorInitialize& rhs); // no copy assignment
};
 
// This instance will show up in any translation unit that uses
// vtkInstantiator.  It will make sure vtkInstantiator is initialized
// before it is used.
static vtkInstantiatorInitialize vtkInstantiatorInitializer;
//ETX
 
#endif