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/*=========================================================================
Program: CMake - Cross-Platform Makefile Generator
Module: $RCSfile: cmObject.h,v $
Language: C++
Date: $Date: 2012/03/29 17:21:09 $
Version: $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $
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=========================================================================*/
#ifndef cmObject_h
#define cmObject_h
#include "cmStandardIncludes.h"
/** \class cmObject
* \brief Superclass for all commands and other classes in CMake.
*
* cmObject is the base class for all classes in CMake. It defines some
* methods such as GetNameOfClass, IsA, SafeDownCast.
*/
class cmObject
{
public:
/**
* Need virtual destructor to destroy real command type.
*/
virtual ~cmObject() {}
/**
* The class name of the command.
*/
virtual const char* GetNameOfClass() = 0;
/**
* Returns true if this class is the given class, or a subclass of it.
*/
static bool IsTypeOf(const char *type)
{ return !strcmp("cmObject", type); }
/**
* Returns true if this object is an instance of the given class or
* a subclass of it.
*/
virtual bool IsA(const char *type)
{ return cmObject::IsTypeOf(type); }
};
#endif