mlRuntime.h

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// **InsertLicense** code
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#ifndef __mlRuntime_H
#define __mlRuntime_H

//ML-includes
#include "mlUtilsSystem.h"
#include "mlRuntimeType.h"

ML_UTILS_START_NAMESPACE

  class RuntimeDict;

  //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  class ML_UTILS_EXPORT Runtime {

  public:
    static void init();

    static void destroy();

    static const RuntimeType* fromName(const char* name);

    static const RuntimeType* initType(const RuntimeType                *classType,
                                       const char                       *parentName,
                                       const char                       *classPrefix,
                                       const char                       *className,
                                       RuntimeType::RuntimeTypeCreateCB *createCB,
                                       const char                       *classNameReplacement=NULL);

    static void destroyType(const char* name);

    static const RuntimeType* badType();

    static const RuntimeType* getFirstEntry();

    static const RuntimeType* getNextEntry();


    static void setRecentlyLoadedDllName(const char* name);
 
    static const char* getRecentlyLoadedDllName(); 

    static void destroyRuntimeTypesOfDll(const char* dllName);
 
    static std::list<const RuntimeType*> getAllDerivedFrom(const RuntimeType *parentType,
                                                           bool onlyFromDifferentDlls=false);
    
    static const char *_getCheckedTypeIdName(const RuntimeType* classType,
                                             const char *className) ML_RETURN_VALUE_SHOULD_BE_USED;

  protected:
    static const RuntimeType* createType(const char *parentName,
                                         const char *name,
                                         RuntimeType::RuntimeTypeCreateCB* callback);    
  };


ML_UTILS_END_NAMESPACE

#endif // __mlRuntime_H