Object.factory
Max Samukha
samukha at voliacable.com.removethis
Wed Sep 26 00:05:36 PDT 2007
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:40:21 +1000, Daniel Keep
<daniel.keep.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>DanO wrote:
>> Sean Kelly Wrote:
>>
>>> DanO wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have found that this works quite well for non-templated classes, but templated classes don't seem to behave. I am using the ClassInfo's name property to get the string, and that doesn't work.
>>>>
>>>> <code>
>>>> class TDict(T)
>>>> {
>>>> T[char[]] dict;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> char[] tInfoName = TDict!(int).classinfo.name; // returns TDict!(int).TDict
>>>>
>>>> Object o = Object.factory(tInfoName); // returns null
>>>> </code>
>>>>
>>>> I have not tried 'Object.factory("TDict!(int)")'; it may work just fine.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any idea if this is supposed to work or is supported?
>>> Try calling:
>>>
>>> TDict!(int).classinfo.create();
>>>
>>> Instead. ClassInfo also has a static find(char[]) method to perform
>>> lookups without going through Object. Personally, I've never seen a
>>> reason to have the Obejct.factory() method, given what's in ClassInfo.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sean
>>
>> Your solution doesn't help, since I really need to be able to use the class name to instantiate the object. I am doing serialization and I don't know the object's class. I have tried the ClassInfo.find(str).create() approach, and the doesn't work either. I'm sure Object and ClassInfo are using the same database.
>>
>> Whatever the problem, I was just trying to remove the need to register my own factory function for those types, but unless someone replies with some more help, I will just use my tried and true method.
>>
>> -DanO
>
>This seems to be a limitation with templated classes, so have you tried
>non-templated?
>
>class TDict!(T) { ... }
>
>class IntDict : TDict!(int) { mixin TDict!(int).ctors; }
>
>auto instance = Object.factory("IntDict");
>
>This might be a pain in the arse, but it might work. The other thing to
>remember is that TDict *does not* generate any code. Only specific
>instances do. So even if you could instantiate a templated class via
>Object.factory, you'd still likely need to manually specify a finite
>list of classes that should be instantiated.
>
> -- Daniel
It seems like a compiler bug. Classes from instantiated templates do
not get added to localClasses array of ModuleInfo. What is the reason
for that?
import std.stdio;
import std.moduleinit;
class C(T)
{
}
void main(char[][] args)
{
foreach (m; ModuleInfo.modules())
{
foreach (c; m.localClasses)
{
writefln(c.name);
}
}
auto c = new C!(int);
}
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