44 lines
1.2 KiB
C++
44 lines
1.2 KiB
C++
/** @file Object.hpp
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*
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* Author: Roland Conybeare
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**/
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#pragma once
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#include "xo/reflect/SelfTagging.hpp"
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//#include <cstdint>
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namespace xo {
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namespace reflect {
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/** @class Object
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*
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* @brief A swiss-army-knife base class for runtime polymorphism.
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*
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* Promote using this:
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* - for interpreter integration (see xo-expression / xo-jit)
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* - to allow reasonably efficient type dispatching -
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* don't need to pay for a function call to find out dispatching type.
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**/
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class Object : public reflect::SelfTagging {
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public:
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using TypeId = xo::reflect::TypeId;
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Object(TypeId type_id) : type_id_{type_id} {}
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private:
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/** unique id number for this object's type
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*
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* Caches the value of this->self_tp().td()->id()
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*
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* Notes:
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* 1. may want to record metatype also
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* 2. a few builtin types have well-known type_ids.
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* see TypeDescrTable ctor in xo-reflect.
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**/
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TypeId type_id_;
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};
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} /*namespace obj*/
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} /*namespace xo*/
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/** end Object.hpp **/
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