PHGenericFactoryT.h

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#ifndef __PHGENERICFACTORYT_H__
#define __PHGENERICFACTORYT_H__
 
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
 
template
< 
  class AbstractProduct
>
class DefaultFactoryError
{
protected:
  AbstractProduct* OnUnknownType(const std::string& id) { return 0; }
};
 
template
<
  class AbstractProduct,
  template<class> class FactoryErrorPolicy = DefaultFactoryError
>
class PHGenericFactoryT : public FactoryErrorPolicy<AbstractProduct>
{
public:
 
  typedef AbstractProduct* (*ProductCreator)();
  typedef std::string IdentifierType;
 
  class ProductCreatorPair
  {
  public:
    ProductCreatorPair()
      : creator_(), name_() {}
    ProductCreatorPair(ProductCreator creator, const char* productname)
      : creator_(creator),name_(productname) {}
 
    ProductCreator creator() const { return creator_; }
    std::string productname() const { return name_; }
 
  private:
    ProductCreator creator_;
    std::string name_;
  };
 
public:
 
  static PHGenericFactoryT<AbstractProduct,FactoryErrorPolicy>& instance()
  { 
    static PHGenericFactoryT<AbstractProduct,FactoryErrorPolicy> factory;
    return factory; 
  }
  
  AbstractProduct* create(const char* id)
  {
    // the id parameter is a const char* instead of std::string
    // just because we want to be able to access this one from
    // ROOT prompt, and Cint seems to have some problems with
    // std::string.
 
    typename CreatorMap::const_iterator it = 
      fCreators.find(IdentifierType(id));
 
    if ( it != fCreators.end() )
      {
        // invoke the creation function
        return (it->second.creator())();
      }
 
    // Upon failure we delegate to the FactoryError class
    // that might simply returns 0 or try to e.g. load some more
    // libs and retry, or whatever seems relevant to react
    // to the error.
    
    return this->OnUnknownType(IdentifierType(id));
  }
 
  void print(std::ostream& os = std::cout) const 
  {
    typename CreatorMap::const_iterator it;
    for ( it = fCreators.begin(); it != fCreators.end(); ++it ) 
    {
      os << "Creator id=" << it->first 
         << " for product " << it->second.productname()
         << std::endl;
    }
  }
 
  bool registerCreator(const IdentifierType& id, 
                       ProductCreator creator,
                       const char* productname)
  {
    bool ok = fCreators.insert(typename CreatorMap::value_type(id,ProductCreatorPair(creator,productname))).second;
    
    if (!ok)
    {
      std::cerr << "PHGenericFactoryT::registerCreator : registry of creator "
                << "id " << id << " for product " << productname 
                << "failed!" << std::endl;
    }
    else
    {
#ifdef DEBUG
      std::cout << "PHGenericFactoryT::registerCreator : creator id "
      << id << " for product " << productname 
      << " registered." << std::endl;
#endif
    }
    return ok;
  }
 
  bool unregisterCreator(const IdentifierType& id)
  {
    return fCreators.erase(id) == 1;
  }
 
private:
 
  PHGenericFactoryT() {}
  PHGenericFactoryT(const PHGenericFactoryT<AbstractProduct>&);
  PHGenericFactoryT<AbstractProduct>& operator=
  (const PHGenericFactoryT<AbstractProduct>&);
  ~PHGenericFactoryT() {}
 
  typedef std::map<IdentifierType,ProductCreatorPair> CreatorMap;
  CreatorMap fCreators;
};
 
#endif