Ogre::StringInterface Class Reference

Class defining the common interface which classes can use to present a reflection-style, self-defining parameter set to callers. More...

#include <OgreStringInterface.h>

Inheritance diagram for Ogre::StringInterface:

Public Member Functions
	StringInterface ()
virtual	~StringInterface ()
	Virtual destructor, see Effective C++. More...
void	copyParametersTo (StringInterface *dest) const
	Method for copying this object's parameters to another object. More...
ParamDictionary *	getParamDictionary (void)
	Retrieves the parameter dictionary for this class. More...
const ParamDictionary *	getParamDictionary (void) const
String	getParameter (const String &name) const
	Generic parameter retrieval method. More...
const ParameterList &	getParameters (void) const
	Retrieves a list of parameters valid for this object. More...
bool	setParameter (const String &name, const String &value)
	Generic parameter setting method. More...
void	setParameterList (const NameValuePairList &paramList)
	Generic multiple parameter setting method. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	cleanupDictionary ()
	Cleans up the static 'msDictionary' required to reset Ogre, otherwise the containers are left with invalid pointers, which will lead to a crash as soon as one of the ResourceManager implementers (e.g. More...

Detailed Description

Class defining the common interface which classes can use to present a reflection-style, self-defining parameter set to callers.

Remarks

This class also holds a static map of class name to parameter dictionaries for each subclass to use. See ParamDictionary for details.

In order to use this class, each subclass must call createParamDictionary in their constructors which will create a parameter dictionary for the class if it does not exist yet.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

StringInterface()

Ogre::StringInterface::StringInterface ( )

inline

~StringInterface()

virtual Ogre::StringInterface::~StringInterface ( )

inlinevirtual

Virtual destructor, see Effective C++.

Member Function Documentation

getParamDictionary() [1/2]

ParamDictionary* Ogre::StringInterface::getParamDictionary ( void  )

inline

Retrieves the parameter dictionary for this class.

Remarks

Only valid to call this after createParamDictionary.

Returns

Pointer to ParamDictionary shared by all instances of this class which you can add parameters to, retrieve parameters etc.

getParamDictionary() [2/2]

const ParamDictionary* Ogre::StringInterface::getParamDictionary ( void  ) const

inline

getParameters()

const ParameterList& Ogre::StringInterface::getParameters

(

void

)

const

Retrieves a list of parameters valid for this object.

Returns

A reference to a static list of ParameterDef objects.

setParameter()

bool Ogre::StringInterface::setParameter	(	const String &	name,
		const String &	value
	)

Generic parameter setting method.

Remarks

Call this method with the name of a parameter and a string version of the value to set. The implementor will convert the string to a native type internally. If in doubt, check the parameter definition in the list returned from StringInterface::getParameters.

Parameters

name	The name of the parameter to set
value	String value. Must be in the right format for the type specified in the parameter definition. See the StringConverter class for more information.

Returns

true if set was successful, false otherwise (NB no exceptions thrown - tolerant method)

setParameterList()

void Ogre::StringInterface::setParameterList

(

const NameValuePairList &

paramList

)

Generic multiple parameter setting method.

Remarks

Call this method with a list of name / value pairs to set. The implementor will convert the string to a native type internally. If in doubt, check the parameter definition in the list returned from StringInterface::getParameters.

Parameters

paramList

Name/value pair list

getParameter()

String Ogre::StringInterface::getParameter

(

const String &

name

)

const

Generic parameter retrieval method.

Remarks

Call this method with the name of a parameter to retrieve a string-format value of the parameter in question. If in doubt, check the parameter definition in the list returned from getParameters for the type of this parameter. If you like you can use StringConverter to convert this string back into a native type.

Parameters

name	The name of the parameter to get

Returns

String value of parameter, blank if not found

copyParametersTo()

void Ogre::StringInterface::copyParametersTo

(

StringInterface *

dest

)

const

Method for copying this object's parameters to another object.

Remarks

This method takes the values of all the object's parameters and tries to set the same values on the destination object. This provides a completely type independent way to copy parameters to other objects. Note that because of the String manipulation involved, this should not be regarded as an efficient process and should be saved for times outside of the rendering loop.

Any unrecognised parameters will be ignored as with setParameter method.

Parameters

dest	Pointer to object to have it's parameters set the same as this object.

cleanupDictionary()

static void Ogre::StringInterface::cleanupDictionary ( )

static

Cleans up the static 'msDictionary' required to reset Ogre, otherwise the containers are left with invalid pointers, which will lead to a crash as soon as one of the ResourceManager implementers (e.g.

MaterialManager) initializes.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• OgreStringInterface.h