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Atlfast::AssociationManager Class Reference

#include <AssociationManager.h>

Inheritance diagram for Atlfast::AssociationManager:

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Public Methods
void	associate (const ContainedObject *otherEntity)
void	associate (const SmartRef< ContainedObject > *otherEntity)
SmartRefVector< ContainedObject >	associations () const
template<class T> SmartRefVector< T >	associations (T) const
bool	unAssociated () const
void	reset ()
Protected Attributes
SmartRefVector< ContainedObject >	m_associations

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Detailed Description

This class has been provided as an interim solution to the association problem.
It provides an implemetation of a general templated association\ mechanism which allows any object which inherits from ContainedObject (A special Athena class used for items in the TES) to store a reference to any other such object.
A user can then subsequently retrieve a SmartRefVector containing SmartRefs to all stored associations or to a subset selected by class type. Templates have been used to avoid the user having to cast ContainedObject to specific classes in the latter case.
Every user class which wishes to use this mechanism simply inherits AssociationManager publically.

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Member Function Documentation

void Atlfast::AssociationManager::associate (  const SmartRef< ContainedObject > *    otherEntity )  [inline]

void Atlfast::AssociationManager::associate (  const ContainedObject *    otherEntity )  [inline]

Sets a simple one directional association between this entity and another. otherEntity is automatically converted to SmartRef<ContainedObject>(otherEntity)

template<class T> SmartRefVector<T> Atlfast::AssociationManager::associations (  T    )  const [inline]

Returns a list of all entities of a certain class which have been associated with this object. T must inherit from ContainedObject

SmartRefVector<ContainedObject> Atlfast::AssociationManager::associations (    )  const [inline]

Returns a list of all entities associated with this object.

void Atlfast::AssociationManager::reset (    )  [inline]

Reimplemented in Atlfast::Cell.

bool Atlfast::AssociationManager::unAssociated (    )  const [inline]

A quick way to find out whether there are any associations at all.

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Member Data Documentation

SmartRefVector<ContainedObject> Atlfast::AssociationManager::m_associations [protected]

This is the record of associations between ContainedObjects. It is a vector of SmartRef<ContainedObject> pointing polymorphically to other ContainedObjects in the TES.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• AssociationManager.h

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