factory.h

00001 /*************************************************************************
00002  *              ESLA: Embeddable Scripting LAnguage
00003  *                  Copyright (C) 2003 Frantz Maerten
00004  *
00005  *   This  program  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute it and/or
00006  *   modify  it  under  the  terms  of  the GNU General Public License as
00007  *   published  by  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
00008  *   License, or (at your option) any later version.
00009  *
00010  *   If  you modify this software, you should contact the author, include
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00012  *   the date of modification, and the reason for such modification.
00013  *
00014  *   Note   that   the   GNU  General  Public  License  does  not  permit
00015  *   incorporating the Software into proprietary programs.
00016  *
00017  *  Contact: Frantz Maerten
00018  *     frantz@pangea.stanford.edu
00019  *
00020  *     Dept. of Geological & Environmental Sciences
00021  *     Stanford University 
00022  *     Stanford, CA 94305-2115
00023  *     USA
00024  *************************************************************************/
00025 
00026 
00027 #ifndef _FACTORY__
00028 #define _FACTORY__
00029 
00030 #include "../esla_namespace.h"
00031 #include "gen_object.h"
00032 #include "smart_pointer.h"
00033 
00034 
00035 BEGIN_LIB_NAMESPACE
00036 
00037 //______________________________________________________________
00038 
00042 class Factory : public virtual GenObject {
00043 public:
00047   virtual GenObject* create() = 0 ;
00048 } ;
00049 
00050 //------------------------------
00051 DECLARE_SMART_OBJECT(Factory) ;
00052 //------------------------------
00053 
00054 
00055 END_LIB_NAMESPACE
00056 
00057 #endif
00058