Event.h

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008-2013 by Marc Boris Duerner
 * 
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#ifndef PT_EVENT_H
#define PT_EVENT_H
 
#include <Pt/Api.h>
#include <Pt/Types.h>
#include <Pt/Allocator.h>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <new>
 
namespace Pt {

class Event
{
    public:
        virtual ~Event()
        {}

        Event& clone(Allocator& allocator) const
        { return onClone(allocator); }

        void destroy(Allocator& allocator)
        { onDestroy(allocator); }

        const std::type_info& typeInfo() const
        { return onTypeInfo(); }
 
    protected:
        Event()
        {}
        
        virtual Event& onClone(Allocator& allocator) const = 0;

        virtual void onDestroy(Allocator& allocator) = 0;

        virtual const std::type_info& onTypeInfo() const = 0;
 
    public:
        template <typename EventT>
        static Event& copyConstruct(const EventT& ev, Allocator& allocator)
        {
            void* mem = allocator.allocate( sizeof(EventT) );
            EventT* pev = new (mem) EventT(ev);
            return *(pev);
        }

        template <typename EventT>
        static void destruct(EventT& ev, Allocator& allocator)
        {
            ev.~EventT();
            allocator.deallocate(&ev, sizeof(EventT));
        }
};

template <typename T>
class BasicEvent : public Event
{
    protected:
        BasicEvent()
        {}
 
        virtual const std::type_info& onTypeInfo() const
        { return typeid(T); }
 
        virtual Event& onClone(Allocator& allocator) const
        {
            void* pEvent = allocator.allocate(sizeof(T));
            return *(new (pEvent)T(*static_cast<const T*>(this)));
        }
 
        virtual void onDestroy(Allocator& allocator)
        {
            this->~BasicEvent();
            allocator.deallocate(this, sizeof(T));
        }
};
 
} // namespace Pt
 
#endif