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//  -*- C++ -*-

/*
 * Copyright (C) 1990,91   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
 *
 _______________________________________________________________________
 ______________  S I L I C O N   G R A P H I C S   I N C .  ____________
 |
 |   $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $
 |
 |   Description:
 |	Defines the SoType class.  The SoType class is used for
 |       run-time typing.  It is designed to be very small (it
 |       contains only two shorts) and to support comparison of types,
 |       single inheritence type hierarchies, and creation of a type
 |       from a name and create of a C++ instance from an SoType.
 |       No two types can share the same name, even if they are
 |       derived from different parents.
 |       SoTypes may also store an extra short with the type;
 |       this is used by nodes and actions to keep track of their
 |       place in the dispatch table.
 |
 |   Author(s)		: Nick Thompson, Gavin Bell
 |
 ______________  S I L I C O N   G R A P H I C S   I N C .  ____________
 _______________________________________________________________________
 */

#ifndef  _SO_TYPE_
#define  _SO_TYPE_

#include <Inventor/misc/SoBasic.h>
#include <Inventor/SbString.h>
#include <Inventor/SbDict.h>

class SoTypeList;
struct SoTypeData;

//
// SoType has no virtual functions to keep it small...
//
class SoType {
#ifdef __DELTA
#  pragma __nondynamic_class
#endif
  public:
    // Get a type from a name
    static SoType	fromName(SbName name);

    // Get name
    SbName		getName() const;

    // Get parent
    SoType		getParent() const;

    // returns the "bad type" - used for type errors
    static SoType	badType();

    // returns TRUE if the type is bad
    SbBool		isBad() const
	{ return (storage.index == 0); }

    // returns TRUE if this type is derived from the argument type
    SbBool		isDerivedFrom(SoType t) const;

    // Add all types derived from the given type to the given type
    // list.  Returns the number of types added.
    static int		getAllDerivedFrom(SoType type,
					  SoTypeList &list);

    // returns TRUE if this type knows how to create an instance
    SbBool		canCreateInstance() const;

    // Get an instance of the given type, or NULL if such an instance
    // is unavailable.
    void * 		createInstance() const;

    // test equality / inequality
    int			operator ==(const SoType t) const
	{ return (storage.index == t.storage.index);}
    int			operator !=(const SoType t) const
	{ return (storage.index != t.storage.index);}

    // Less-than operator that can be used to sort types. Pretty
    // useless otherwise.
    int			operator <(const SoType t) const
	{ return (storage.index < t.storage.index); }

  SoEXTENDER public:

    // Create a new type
    static SoType	createType(SoType parent, SbName name,
				   void * (*createMethod)() = NULL,
				   short data = 0);

    // Make an new type act like an existing type.  The new type MUST
    // be a C++ subclass of the original (e.g. MyCubeClass must be
    // derived from SoCube), but there is no way for us to check that.
    // This can be used to get the database to create a different
    // subclass whenever it reads in a SoNode class from a file.
    static SoType	overrideType(SoType existingType,
				     void * (*createMethod)() = NULL);

  SoINTERNAL public:
    // Initialize the type system
    static void		init();

    // Get data
    short		getData() const		{ return storage.data; }

    // Returns the type key as a short
    short		getKey() const		{ return storage.index; }

    // Mark this type as internal; if internal, getAllDerivedFrom and
    // fromName will not return the type.
    void		makeInternal();

    // Get the number of types currently registed in the types dictionary.
    // This is used by SoAction when setting up the action method list.
    static int		getNumTypes()		{ return nextIndex; }

  private:
    // SoTypes are passed around on the stack a lot, and are cast to
    // void *'s; they MUST fit into a single word.
    struct {
	unsigned int	data : 16;
	unsigned int	index : 15;  // Assumes we have fewer than
				     // 32,768 types
	unsigned int	isPublic :1; // 0 if is an internal class
    } storage;

    // name->sotype dictionary
    static SbDict	*nameDict;

    // array of SoTypeData
    static int		nextIndex;
    static int		arraySize;
    static SoTypeData	*typeData;

    static void		expandTypeData();
};

#endif /* _SO_TYPE_ */