Orocos Real-Time Toolkit  2.8.3
AttributeBase.hpp
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38 
39 #ifndef ORO_ATTRIBUTE_BASE_HPP
40 #define ORO_ATTRIBUTE_BASE_HPP
41 
42 #include "DataSourceBase.hpp"
43 
44 namespace RTT
45 { namespace base {
46 
47 
53  {
54  protected:
55  std::string mname;
56  public:
60  AttributeBase();
61 
67  AttributeBase(const std::string& name);
68 
69  virtual ~AttributeBase();
70 
76  const std::string& getName() const;
77 
83  void setName(std::string const& new_name);
84 
89  bool ready() const
90  {
91  return this->getDataSource().get() != 0;
92  }
93 
97  virtual DataSourceBase::shared_ptr getDataSource() const = 0;
98 
102  virtual AttributeBase* clone() const = 0;
103 
110  virtual AttributeBase* copy( std::map<const DataSourceBase*, DataSourceBase*>& replacements, bool instantiate ) = 0;
111  };
112 }}
113 #endif
#define RTT_API
Definition: rtt-config.h:97
An attribute is a minimalistic, named placeholder for data.
bool ready() const
Returns true if the Attribute was correctly initialised.
boost::intrusive_ptr< DataSourceBase > shared_ptr
Use this type to store a pointer to a DataSourceBase.
Contains TaskContext, Activity, OperationCaller, Operation, Property, InputPort, OutputPort, Attribute.
Definition: Activity.cpp:51