C++ Design question

[denis]

Hi All,

I'm making a class which derives(impleme nts) from 5 interfaces:

class myClass: public base1, public base2, public base3,.......

I want to be able to ask from any interface about a pointer to another
interface
What I mean is:

myClass _myImpObj;

base1 *b1 = &_myImpObj;
base *b2 = b1->QueryInterafce ("b2");
base *b3 = b2->QueryInterafce ("b3");
base *b1N = b3->QueryInterface ("b1");

Its is very simialir to COM mechanism.Anyon e knows how to implement it?

Thanks,
Denis

[alon]

void* myClass::QueryI nterface(char* str)
{
if (!strcmp(str, "b1"))
return (base1*)this;
....
....
}

Is this what you meant?
denis wrote:

Hi All,

I'm making a class which derives(impleme nts) from 5 interfaces:

class myClass: public base1, public base2, public base3,.......

I want to be able to ask from any interface about a pointer to another
interface
What I mean is:

myClass _myImpObj;

base1 *b1 = &_myImpObj;
base *b2 = b1->QueryInterafce ("b2");
base *b3 = b2->QueryInterafce ("b3");
base *b1N = b3->QueryInterface ("b1");

Its is very simialir to COM mechanism.Anyon e knows how to implement it?

Thanks,
Denis

[kwikius]

denis wrote:

Hi All,

I'm making a class which derives(impleme nts) from 5 interfaces:

class myClass: public base1, public base2, public base3,.......

I want to be able to ask from any interface about a pointer to another
interface
What I mean is:

myClass _myImpObj;

base1 *b1 = &_myImpObj;
base *b2 = b1->QueryInterafce ("b2");
base *b3 = b2->QueryInterafce ("b3");
base *b1N = b3->QueryInterface ("b1");

Its is very simialir to COM mechanism.Anyon e knows how to implement it?

You can use dynamic_cast:

#include <iostream>

template <int N>
struct base{
virtual ~base(){}
};

struct my12 : base<1>, base<2>{};

struct my34 : base<3>, base<4>{};

struct my5 : base<5>{};

struct my12345 : base<1>,base<2> , my34 ,my5{};

template <int N, typename T>
bool has_interface(T * t)
{
bool is = dynamic_cast< base<N* (t) !=0;
std::cout << typeid(T).name( ) << " "
<< ((is)?"Is":"Is not")<< " a base<" << N << ">\n";
return is;
}

template <int N>
struct interfaces;

template <>
struct interfaces<1>{
template <typename T>
void operator()( T * t)const
{
has_interface<1 >(t);
}
};

template <int N>
struct interfaces{
template <typename T>
void operator()( T * t)const
{
interfaces<N-1f;
f(t);
has_interface<N >(t);
}
};

int main()
{
//test 5 interfaces
interfaces<5tes t;

//test some expressions
my12 var12;
test(&var12);

std::cout <<"---------\n\n";

my34 var34;
test(&var34);

std::cout <<"---------\n\n";

my5 var5;
test(&var5);

std::cout <<"---------\n\n";

my12345 var12345;
test(&var12345) ;

}

regards
Andy Little

[kwikius]

kwikius wrote:

//forgot crosscast test:

/*
....
*/

std::cout <<"---------\n\n";

my12345 var12345;
test(&var12345) ;

std::cout <<"---------\n\n";

//crosscast test
base<1>* bb = &var12345;

test(bb);

>
}

regards
Andy Little

[Jorgen Grahn]

On 14 Jan 2007 01:42:35 -0800, denis <de**********@h otmail.comwrote :

Hi All,

I'm making a class which derives(impleme nts) from 5 interfaces:

class myClass: public base1, public base2, public base3,.......

I want to be able to ask from any interface about a pointer to another
interface
What I mean is:

myClass _myImpObj;

base1 *b1 = &_myImpObj;
base *b2 = b1->QueryInterafce ("b2");
base *b3 = b2->QueryInterafce ("b3");
base *b1N = b3->QueryInterface ("b1");

Its is very simialir to COM mechanism.Anyon e knows how to implement it?

Not knowing what you want to accomplish, this sounds like a really bad idea.
Both the code itself, and the wish to emulate COM.

/Jorgen

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