inspircd/include/base.h
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/* +------------------------------------+
* | Inspire Internet Relay Chat Daemon |
* +------------------------------------+
*
* Inspire is copyright (C) 2002-2004 ChatSpike-Dev.
* E-mail:
* <brain@chatspike.net>
* <Craig@chatspike.net>
*
* Written by Craig Edwards, Craig McLure, and others.
* This program is free but copyrighted software; see
* the file COPYING for details.
*
* ---------------------------------------------------
*/
#ifndef __BASE_H__
#define __BASE_H__
#include "inspircd_config.h"
#include <time.h>
#include <map>
#include <string>
typedef void* VoidPointer;
/** The base class for all inspircd classes
*/
class classbase
{
public:
/** Time that the object was instantiated (used for TS calculation etc)
*/
time_t age;
/** Constructor,
* Sets the object's time
*/
classbase() { age = time(NULL); }
~classbase() { }
};
/** class Extensible is the parent class of many classes such as userrec and chanrec.
* class Extensible implements a system which allows modules to 'extend' the class by attaching data within
* a map associated with the object. In this way modules can store their own custom information within user
* objects, channel objects and server objects, without breaking other modules (this is more sensible than using
* a flags variable, and each module defining bits within the flag as 'theirs' as it is less prone to conflict and
* supports arbitary data storage).
*/
class Extensible : public classbase
{
/** Private data store
*/
std::map<std::string,char*> Extension_Items;
public:
/** Extend an Extensible class.
* You must provide a key to store the data as, and a void* to the data (typedef VoidPointer)
* The data will be inserted into the map. If the data already exists, you may not insert it
* twice, Extensible::Extend will return false in this case.
* On successful extension, Extend returns true.
*/
bool Extend(std::string key, char* p);
/** Shrink an Extensible class.
* You must provide a key name. The given key name will be removed from the classes data. If
* you provide a nonexistent key (case is important) then the function will return false.
* Returns true on success.
*/
bool Shrink(std::string key);
/** Get an extension item.
* You must provide a key name, which is case sensitive. If you provide a non-existent key name,
* the function returns NULL, otherwise a pointer to the item referenced by the key is returned.
*/
char* GetExt(std::string key);
};
#endif