4 // Copyright (C) 2004 Ricardo Cruz <rick2@aeiou.pt>
5 // Copyright (C) 2006 Matthias Braun <matze@braunis.de>
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20 #ifndef OBJECT_FACTORY_H
21 #define OBJECT_FACTORY_H
26 #include "direction.hpp"
28 namespace lisp { class Lisp; }
38 /** Creates a new gameobject from a lisp node.
39 * Remember to delete the objects later
41 virtual GameObject* create_object(const lisp::Lisp& reader) = 0;
43 typedef std::map<std::string, Factory*> Factories;
44 static Factories &get_factories()
46 static Factories object_factories;
47 return object_factories;
51 GameObject* create_object(const std::string& name, const lisp::Lisp& reader);
52 GameObject* create_object(const std::string& name, const Vector& pos, const Direction dir = AUTO);
54 /** comment from Matze:
55 * Yes I know macros are evil, but in this specific case they save
56 * A LOT of typing and evil code duplication.
57 * I'll happily accept alternatives if someone can present me one that does
58 * not involve typing 4 or more lines for each object class
60 #define IMPLEMENT_FACTORY(CLASS, NAME) \
61 class INTERN_##CLASS##Factory : public Factory \
64 INTERN_##CLASS##Factory() \
66 get_factories()[NAME] = this; \
69 ~INTERN_##CLASS##Factory() \
71 get_factories().erase(NAME); \
74 virtual GameObject* create_object(const lisp::Lisp& reader) \
76 return new CLASS(reader); \
79 static INTERN_##CLASS##Factory factory_##CLASS;