ElementFactory.h

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#ifndef __ELEMENT_FACTORY_H__
#define __ELEMENT_FACTORY_H__

#include "AttributeSet.h"

// forward declaration
class TiXmlElement;

namespace Menge {

    template < class Element >
    class ElementFactory {
    public:
        ElementFactory() {}

        void destroy() {
            delete this;
        }

    protected:
        virtual ~ElementFactory(){}

    public:

        virtual const char * name() const = 0;

        virtual const char * description() const = 0;

        bool thisFactory( const std::string & typeName ) const { return typeName == name(); }

        Element * createInstance( TiXmlElement * node, const std::string & behaveFldr ) const {
            Element * element = instance();
            if ( ! setFromXML( element, node, behaveFldr ) ) {
                element->destroy();
                element = 0x0;
            }
            return element;
        }

    protected:
        virtual Element * instance() const = 0;

        virtual bool setFromXML( Element * element, TiXmlElement * node, const std::string & specFldr ) const {
            _attrSet.clear();
            return _attrSet.extract( node );
        }

        mutable AttributeSet    _attrSet;
    };
}   // namespace Menge

#endif  // __ELEMENT_FACTORY_H__