The IFactory is the interface used to create contrete instances of Objectes. More...

Inheritance diagram for IFactory:

Collaboration diagram for IFactory:

Public Member Functions
	DeclareInterfaceID (IFactory, 2, 0)
	InterfaceID.

virtual IInterface *	instantiate (IInterface *parent) const =0
	Instantiate an instance of a Gaudi class.

virtual unsigned long	addRef () const =0

virtual unsigned long	release () const =0

virtual unsigned long	addRef ()=0
	Re-declaring these here avoids a compiler warning about hidden functions.

virtual unsigned long	release ()=0
	Release Interface instance.

virtual const std::string &	ident () const =0

Public Member Functions inherited from IInterface
virtual void *	i_cast (const InterfaceID &) const =0
	main cast function

virtual std::vector< std::string >	getInterfaceNames () const =0
	Returns a vector of strings containing the names of all the implemented interfaces.

virtual unsigned long	refCount () const =0
	Current reference count.

virtual StatusCode	queryInterface (const InterfaceID &ti, void **pp)=0
	Set the void** to the pointer to the requested interface of the instance.

virtual	~IInterface ()
	Virtual destructor.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from IInterface
enum	Status { SUCCESS = 1, NO_INTERFACE, VERSMISMATCH, LAST_ERROR }
	Return status. More...

typedef Gaudi::InterfaceId < IInterface, 0, 0 >	iid
	Interface ID.

typedef mpl::set1< iid >	ext_iids
	Extra interfaces.

Static Public Member Functions inherited from IInterface
static const InterfaceID &	interfaceID ()
	Return an instance of InterfaceID identifying the interface.

Detailed Description

The IFactory is the interface used to create contrete instances of Objectes.

It can be used to create Services, Algorithms, Converters, ...

Definition at line 17 of file IFactory.h.

Member Function Documentation

virtual unsigned long IFactory::addRef ( ) const

pure virtual

virtual unsigned long IFactory::addRef ( )

pure virtual

Re-declaring these here avoids a compiler warning about hidden functions.

Refer to ARM Page 210. Increment the reference count of Interface instance

Implements IInterface.

IFactory::DeclareInterfaceID	(	IFactory	,
		2	,
		0
	)

virtual const std::string& IFactory::ident ( ) const

pure virtual

virtual IInterface* IFactory::instantiate ( IInterface * parent ) const

pure virtual

Instantiate an instance of a Gaudi class.

virtual unsigned long IFactory::release ( ) const

pure virtual

virtual unsigned long IFactory::release ( )

pure virtual

Release Interface instance.

Implements IInterface.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

/afs/cern.ch/sw/Gaudi/releases/GAUDI/GAUDI_v23r6/GaudiKernel/GaudiKernel/IFactory.h