TTClass.cpp

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/** @file
 *
 * @ingroup foundationLibrary
 *
 * @brief The TTClass object represents a class in the Jamoma environment.
 *
 * @details This is to say that it represents everything about a class except for the class itself,
 * which is a subclass of TTObjectBase.
 *
 * @todo: We could override the () operator to make TTClass a functor for creating instances.
 *
 * @author Timothy Place, Trond Lossius
 *
 * @copyright Copyright © 2008, Timothy Place @n
 * This code is licensed under the terms of the "New BSD License" @n
 * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BSD/
 */

#include "TTClass.h"


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TTClass::TTClass(const TTSymbol className, const TTValue& tagList, const TTObjectBaseInstantiationMethod anInstantiationMethod)
    : name(className), tags(tagList), instantiationMethod(anInstantiationMethod), external(false)
{
    ;
}


TTClass::~TTClass()
{

}


TTErr TTClass::createInstance(TTObjectBase** anObject, const TTValue& anArgument)
{
    TTErr err = kTTErrNone;

    try {
        *anObject = instantiationMethod(name, anArgument);
    }
    catch (...) {
        TTLogError("Exception thrown trying to create TTClass %s\n", name.c_str());
        err = kTTErrAllocFailed;
    }

    //TT_ASSERT(create_instance_successful, err == kTTErrNone);
    return err;
}


TTErr TTClass::releaseInstance(TTObjectBase* anObject)
{
    delete anObject;
    return kTTErrNone;
}