From d5201d2a31a5c1674aa229adee57962fdedacd93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Conybeare <rconybeare@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 09:53:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] xo-object2: type registration + gc fixes

---
 include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp b/include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp
index 7e561c05..7ef18847 100644
--- a/include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ namespace xo {
         template <typename AFacet, typename DRepr>
         using FacetImplType = FacetImplementation<AFacet, DRepr>::ImplType;
 
+        /** Use:
+         *    auto iface = xo::facet::impl_for<AGCObject, DList>();
+         *  if compiles, then iface is AGCObject interface with state DList.
+         **/
+        template <typename AFacet, typename DRepr>
+        inline auto impl_for() {
+            FacetImplType<AFacet, DRepr> iface;
+
+            return iface;
+        }
+
         /** Data type for facet implementation that supports runtime polymorphism.
          *  Implementation will stub all methods, since they will never be invoked.
          *