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4 Module: $RCSfile: cmObject.h,v $
6 Date: $Date: 2006/05/12 17:39:34 $
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20 #include "cmStandardIncludes.h"
23 * \brief Superclass for all commands and other classes in CMake.
25 * cmObject is the base class for all classes in CMake. It defines some
26 * methods such as GetNameOfClass, IsA, SafeDownCast.
32 * Need virtual destructor to destroy real command type.
34 virtual ~cmObject() {}
37 * The class name of the command.
39 virtual const char* GetNameOfClass() = 0;
42 * Returns true if this class is the given class, or a subclass of it.
44 static bool IsTypeOf(const char *type
)
45 { return !strcmp("cmObject", type
); }
48 * Returns true if this object is an instance of the given class or
51 virtual bool IsA(const char *type
)
52 { return cmObject::IsTypeOf(type
); }