JUCE/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_DynamicObject.h

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#ifndef JUCE_DYNAMICOBJECT_H_INCLUDED
#define JUCE_DYNAMICOBJECT_H_INCLUDED


//==============================================================================
/**
    Represents a dynamically implemented object.

    This class is primarily intended for wrapping scripting language objects,
    but could be used for other purposes.

    An instance of a DynamicObject can be used to store named properties, and
    by subclassing hasMethod() and invokeMethod(), you can give your object
    methods.
*/
class JUCE_API  DynamicObject  : public ReferenceCountedObject
{
public:
    //==============================================================================
    DynamicObject();
    DynamicObject (const DynamicObject&);
    ~DynamicObject();

    typedef ReferenceCountedObjectPtr<DynamicObject> Ptr;

    //==============================================================================
    /** Returns true if the object has a property with this name.
        Note that if the property is actually a method, this will return false.
    */
    virtual bool hasProperty (const Identifier& propertyName) const;

    /** Returns a named property.
        This returns var() if no such property exists.
    */
    virtual const var& getProperty (const Identifier& propertyName) const;

    /** Sets a named property. */
    virtual void setProperty (const Identifier& propertyName, const var& newValue);

    /** Removes a named property. */
    virtual void removeProperty (const Identifier& propertyName);

    //==============================================================================
    /** Checks whether this object has the specified method.

        The default implementation of this just checks whether there's a property
        with this name that's actually a method, but this can be overridden for
        building objects with dynamic invocation.
    */
    virtual bool hasMethod (const Identifier& methodName) const;

    /** Invokes a named method on this object.

        The default implementation looks up the named property, and if it's a method
        call, then it invokes it.

        This method is virtual to allow more dynamic invocation to used for objects
        where the methods may not already be set as properies.
    */
    virtual var invokeMethod (Identifier methodName,
                              const var::NativeFunctionArgs& args);

    /** Adds a method to the class.

        This is basically the same as calling setProperty (methodName, (var::NativeFunction) myFunction), but
        helps to avoid accidentally invoking the wrong type of var constructor. It also makes
        the code easier to read,
    */
    void setMethod (Identifier methodName, var::NativeFunction function);

    //==============================================================================
    /** Removes all properties and methods from the object. */
    void clear();

    /** Returns the NamedValueSet that holds the object's properties. */
    NamedValueSet& getProperties() noexcept     { return properties; }

    /** Calls var::clone() on all the properties that this object contains. */
    void cloneAllProperties();

    //==============================================================================
    /** Returns a clone of this object.
        The default implementation of this method just returns a new DynamicObject
        with a (deep) copy of all of its properties. Subclasses can override this to
        implement their own custom copy routines.
    */
    virtual Ptr clone();

    //==============================================================================
    /** Writes this object to a text stream in JSON format.
        This method is used by JSON::toString and JSON::writeToStream, and you should
        never need to call it directly, but it's virtual so that custom object types
        can stringify themselves appropriately.
    */
    virtual void writeAsJSON (OutputStream&, int indentLevel, bool allOnOneLine);

private:
    //==============================================================================
    NamedValueSet properties;

   #if JUCE_CATCH_DEPRECATED_CODE_MISUSE
    // These methods have been deprecated - use var::invoke instead
    virtual void invokeMethod (const Identifier&, const var*, int) {}
   #endif

    JUCE_LEAK_DETECTOR (DynamicObject)
};



#endif   // JUCE_DYNAMICOBJECT_H_INCLUDED