Hi All,
I have query regarding "C++ and Reflection". I could not get sufficient
information from net on this topic.
Does C++ support reflection or any features similar to some other
languages like Java?
As far as I understand C++ does support a feature on RTTI. At lest I
have not used it for anything more than simple object identidy
verification. Can it be classified as a sort of relection or rather can
this RTTI feature be used for any other purpose?
Finally in languages like Java reflection is widely used and is
considered as a useful feature. Are there any efforts going on to make
available true reflection features in C++ too.
Thanks
Sujit
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sujit wrote: Hi All,
I have query regarding "C++ and Reflection". I could not get sufficient
information from net on this topic.
Does C++ support reflection or any features similar to some other
languages like Java?
As far as I understand C++ does support a feature on RTTI. At lest I
have not used it for anything more than simple object identidy
verification. Can it be classified as a sort of relection or rather can
this RTTI feature be used for any other purpose?
Finally in languages like Java reflection is widely used and is
considered as a useful feature. Are there any efforts going on to make
available true reflection features in C++ too.
If I google for "c++ reflection" the two top-most links I get seem to give a good
starter: http://www.vollmann.com/en/pubs/meta/meta/meta.html http://www.garret.ru/~knizhnik/cppre...s/reflect.html
And no, the C++ language does not support reflection.
Stefan
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sujit wrote: As far as I understand C++ does support a feature on RTTI. At lest I
have not used it for anything more than simple object identidy
verification. Can it be classified as a sort of relection or rather can
this RTTI feature be used for any other purpose?
Anything can be classified as a "sort of" any other thing.
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On 21 Oct 2005 05:03:02 -0700, "sujit" <su************ *@gmail.com>
wrote: Hi All,
I have query regarding "C++ and Reflection". I could not get sufficient
information from net on this topic.
Does C++ support reflection or any features similar to some other
languages like Java?
As far as I understand C++ does support a feature on RTTI. At lest I
have not used it for anything more than simple object identidy
verification . Can it be classified as a sort of relection or rather can
this RTTI feature be used for any other purpose?
Finally in languages like Java reflection is widely used and is
considered as a useful feature. Are there any efforts going on to make
available true reflection features in C++ too.
Thanks
Sujit
No, C++ does not have a reflection usable as Java reflection is. And I
do like it so, I think Java reflection is a magnificient way of
trashing all safety, abstraction and type checking.
I have always felt the Java reflection is overused and abused.
"sujit" <su************ *@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ o13g2000cwo.goo glegroups.com.. . Hi All,
I have query regarding "C++ and Reflection". I could not get sufficient
information from net on this topic.
Does C++ support reflection or any features similar to some other
languages like Java?
No. C++ supports pointers to functions instead.
Finally in languages like Java reflection is widely used and is
considered as a useful feature. Are there any efforts going on to make
available true reflection features in C++ too.
Why do you need reflection when you have pointers to functions?
Greetings, Bane.
On 21 Oct 2005 05:03:02 -0700, "sujit" <su************ *@gmail.com> wrote: Finally in languages like Java reflection is widely used and is
considered as a useful feature. Are there any efforts going on to make
available true reflection features in C++ too.
I've always wondered what one can use Java reflection for that cannot be just
as easily, more safely, and more economically done through other means. Can
you shed some light on this?
-dr
* Dave Rahardja: On 21 Oct 2005 05:03:02 -0700, "sujit" <su************ *@gmail.com> wrote:
Finally in languages like Java reflection is widely used and is
considered as a useful feature. Are there any efforts going on to make
available true reflection features in C++ too.
I've always wondered what one can use Java reflection for that cannot be just
as easily, more safely, and more economically done through other means. Can
you shed some light on this?
Component technologies for languages with reflection are relatively clean;
corresponding technologies for C++ are unclean, to put it mildly.
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On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 05:00:08 GMT, al***@start.no (Alf P. Steinbach) wrote: I've always wondered what one can use Java reflection for that cannot be just
as easily, more safely, and more economically done through other means. Can
you shed some light on this?
Component technologies for languages with reflection are relatively clean;
correspondin g technologies for C++ are unclean, to put it mildly.
What's it used for?
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