proc/asset/meta.hpp

/*
  META.hpp  -  key abstraction: metadata and organisational asset
 
  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
    2008,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
 
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  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
*/


#ifndef ASSET_META_H
#define ASSET_META_H

#include "pre_a.hpp"

#include "proc/asset.hpp"
#include "common/factory.hpp"



namespace asset
  {
  
  class Meta;
  class MetaFactory;
  
  
  template<>
  class ID<Meta> : public ID<Asset>
    {
    public:
      ID (size_t id);
      ID (const Meta&);
    };

    
    
  class Meta : public Asset
    {
    public:
      static MetaFactory create;
      
      virtual const ID<Meta>& getID()  const    
        { 
          return static_cast<const ID<Meta>& > (Asset::getID()); 
        }
      
    protected:
      Meta (const Asset::Ident& idi) : Asset(idi) {}  
      friend class MetaFactory;
    };
    
    
    // definition of ID<Meta> ctors is possible now,
   //  after providing full definition of class Proc

  inline ID<Meta>::ID(size_t id)        : ID<Asset> (id)           {};
  inline ID<Meta>::ID(const Meta& meta) : ID<Asset> (meta.getID()) {};
  
  
  
  
  class MetaFactory : public lumiera::Factory<asset::Meta>
    {
    public:
      typedef P<asset::Meta> PType;
       
      PType operator() (Asset::Ident& key);      

    };

    
    
    
} // namespace asset
#endif

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