BALL::ObjectCreator Class Reference

#include <BALL/CONCEPT/objectCreator.h>

Inheritance diagram for BALL::ObjectCreator:

Public Member Functions
Constructors
	ObjectCreator ()
Destructors
virtual	~ObjectCreator ()
virtual void	clear ()
Accessors: inspectors and mutators
virtual void	initPersistenceManager (TextPersistenceManager &pm)
virtual Composite *	convertObject (PersistentObject &po)

Detailed Description

ObjectCreator class. The class ObjectCreator is a base class for converting PersistentObject objects into Composite objects. It defines methods for initialization and conversion that must be overriden by the derived class. This class is used by the class Server to convert incoming PersistentObject objects to Composite objects.

Definition at line 37 of file objectCreator.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BALL::ObjectCreator::ObjectCreator

(

)

Default Constructor. Construct new objectCreator. The state of this server is: TextPersistenceManager not initialized.

Returns

ObjectCreator new constructed objectCreator

See also

TextPersistenceManager

virtual BALL::ObjectCreator::~ObjectCreator ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

virtual void BALL::ObjectCreator::clear ( )

virtual

Explicit default initialization. Empty for further purpose.

Reimplemented in BALL::MoleculeObjectCreator.

virtual Composite* BALL::ObjectCreator::convertObject ( PersistentObject &  po )

virtual

Convert persistent objects. Override this method to convert PersistentObject objects to Composite objects. See TextPersistenceManager for information on how to convert PersistentObject objects into other objects.

Parameters

po	a reference to a PersistentObject to be converted

Returns

Composite* a converted Composite object if po could successfully be converted into a Composite object

Reimplemented in BALL::MoleculeObjectCreator.

virtual void BALL::ObjectCreator::initPersistenceManager ( TextPersistenceManager &  pm )

virtual

Initialize the persistence manager. Initialize the TextPersistenceManager of this objectCreator. Override this method to initialize the persistence manager for specified objects. See TextPersistenceManager for information on how and why to register PersistentObject classes.

Parameters

pm	the TextPersistenceManager to be initialized

See also

TextPersistenceManager

Reimplemented in BALL::MoleculeObjectCreator.