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26 
27 /*!
28  *  \file   beagle/AbstractAllocT.hpp
29  *  \brief  Definition of abstract templated class AbstractAllocT.
30  *  \author Christian Gagne
31  *  \author Marc Parizeau
32  *  $Revision: 1.4.2.1 $
33  *  $Date: 2007/05/09 01:51:08 $
34  */
35 
36 #ifndef Beagle_AbstractAllocT_hpp
37 #define Beagle_AbstractAllocT_hpp
38 
39 #include "beagle/config.hpp"
40 #include "beagle/macros.hpp"
41 #include "beagle/Allocator.hpp"
42 #include "beagle/PointerT.hpp"
43 #include "beagle/AllocatorT.hpp"
44 
45 
46 namespace Beagle {
47 
48 /*!
49  *  \class AbstractAllocT beagle/AbstractAllocT.hpp "beagle/AbstractAllocT.hpp"
50  *  \brief Abstract templated allocator class.
51  *  \param T Type (abtsract) of object allocated.
52  *  \param BaseType Base type from which the actual allocator type is derived.
53  *  \ingroup OOF
54  *  \ingroup Allocs
55  *  \par Note:
56  *    This class is usually used to define the Alloc type of an abstract Beagle class.
57  */
58 template <class T, class BaseType>
59 class AbstractAllocT : public BaseType {
60 
61 public:
62 
63   //! AbstractAllocT allocator type.
64   typedef AbstractAllocT<AbstractAllocT<T,BaseType>,typename BaseType::Alloc>
65           Alloc;
66   //! AbstractAllocT handle type.
67   typedef PointerT<AbstractAllocT<T,BaseType>,typename BaseType::Handle>
68           Handle;
69   //! AbstractAllocT bag type.
70   typedef ContainerT<AbstractAllocT<T,BaseType>,typename BaseType::Bag>
71           Bag;
72 
AbstractAllocT()73            AbstractAllocT() { }
~AbstractAllocT()74   virtual ~AbstractAllocT() { }
75 
76   /*!
77    *  \brief  Allocate a new object on the heap.
78    *  \return Pointer to the allocated object.
79    */
80   virtual Object* allocate() const =0;
81 
82   /*!
83    *  \brief  Allocate a new object on the heap that is a clone an existing object.
84    *  \param  inOrigObj Constant reference to the original object to clone.
85    *  \return Pointer to the allocated object.
86    */
87   virtual Object* clone(const Object& inOrigObj) const =0;
88 
89   /*!
90    *  \brief Copy an object into another.
91    *  \param inOrigObj Constant reference to the original object to copy.
92    *  \param outCopyObj Reference to the object that is a copy of the original.
93    */
94   virtual void copy(Object& outCopyObj, const Object& inOrigObj) const =0;
95 
96 };
97 
98 }
99 
100 #endif // Beagle_AbstractAllocT_hpp
101 
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