MkObjectC_Class_Introspection_C_API

MkObjectC - get information from the MkTypeS …

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The Introspection API is used to get information about the details of the instance and type implementation. Only the connection between type and instance is currently implemented.

Three methods are used to create an iteration over all avaialable instances of a type.

• Every class has a Linked-List of all instances created starting from last to first.
• The Introspection support always 3 Functions per class: Instance (static), Next and Prev
• The Instance (example: (static,runtime) MK_BUF MkBufferInstances())
  • return the last-instance created or MK_NULL if no instance was created.
• The Next (example: MK_BUF MkBufferNext(MK_BUF const buf))
  • return the next-instance for a given-instance or MK_NULL if the given-instance is the last-instance.
• The Prev (example: MK_BUF MkBufferPrev(MK_BUF const buf))
  • return the previous-instance for a given-instance or MK_NULL if the given-instance is the first-instance.

Example: a simple loop over all instances of class MkBufferC (language C++) ~~~~{.cc} for (auto buf = MkBufferC::Instances(); buf != NULL; buf = buf->Next()) { SendSTR(buf->ToString()); } ~~~~