ContactCreator< T > Class Template Reference

#include <ContactFactory.hh>

Inherits ContactFactory.

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Detailed Description

template<class T>
class ContactCreator< T >

Family of contact factory implementations templated on various contact types.

The family of templated ContactCreator classes implement contact factories for each contact primitive . These contact types must be defined as classes derived from Contact and have a constructor with no arguments. Furthermore, the are required to provide a static member function T::familyName() that returns a string name for the contact primitive they represent. This helps to identify what kind of product the factory is responsible from manufacturing.

The constructor for this class takes a string alias and a parameter set represented with a ConfigFile object. The supplied parameter set in particular, is passed to the Contact::establish method and can be used by contact primitive instances to parameterize their behavior. Note that this yields the ability to create multiple factories for a single contact primitive, each having a different parameterization. These parameter sets will be defined in a PCM configuration file.

Public Member Functions
	ContactCreator (const char *alias, utils::ConfigFile *params)
Contact *	establish (DeContactEvent *event, Object *a, Object *b)
const char *	productName (void)

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<class T> ContactCreator< T >::ContactCreator (  const char *  alias, utils::ConfigFile *  params )  [inline]

This constructor creates a factory for contact type . All contacts that are manufactured are configured with the supplied parameter set "p".

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Member Function Documentation

template<class T> Contact* ContactCreator< T >::establish (  DeContactEvent *  event, Object *  a, Object *  b )  [inline, virtual]

The derived implementation of this method creates a new contact object of type T, calls its establish method with the appropriate parameter set and returns a generic Contact pointer Implements ContactFactory.

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