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#ifndef SOFA_CORE_OBJECTMODEL_CLASSINFO_H
#define SOFA_CORE_OBJECTMODEL_CLASSINFO_H

#include <sofa/helper/system/config.h>
#include <sofa/helper/FnDispatcher.h>
#include <sofa/core/objectmodel/DataPtr.h>
#include <sofa/core/objectmodel/Data.h>
#include <string>
#include <map>

using sofa::core::objectmodel::DataPtr;
using sofa::core::objectmodel::Data;

namespace sofa
{

namespace core
{

namespace objectmodel
{

class Base;

class ClassInfo
{
protected:
    const std::type_info* pt;
    ClassInfo(const std::type_info* ti)
    : pt(ti)
    {
        classes[sofa::helper::TypeInfo(*ti)] = this;
    }

    virtual ~ClassInfo()
    {
    }
public:
    
    std::string name() const { return pt->name(); }
    operator const std::type_info&() const { return *pt; }
    helper::TypeInfo type() const { return sofa::helper::TypeInfo(*pt); }
    bool operator==(const ClassInfo& t) const { return *pt == *t.pt; }
    bool operator!=(const ClassInfo& t) const { return *pt != *t.pt; }
#ifdef _MSC_VER
    bool operator<(const ClassInfo& t) const { return (pt->before(*t.pt)!=0); }
#else
    bool operator<(const ClassInfo& t) const { return pt->before(*t.pt); }
#endif
    
    virtual void* dynamicCast(Base* obj) const = 0;
    
    virtual bool isInstance(Base* obj) const
    {
        return dynamicCast(obj) != NULL;
    }
protected:
    static std::map<sofa::helper::TypeInfo, ClassInfo*> classes;
};

template<class T>
class TClassInfo : public ClassInfo
{
protected:
    TClassInfo()
    : ClassInfo(&typeid(T))
    {
    }

public:
    static TClassInfo<T>& get()
    {
        static TClassInfo<T> inst;
        return inst;
    }

    virtual void* dynamicCast(Base* obj) const
    {
        return dynamic_cast<T*>(obj);
    }
};

template<class T>
const ClassInfo& classidT() { return TClassInfo<T>::get(); }

#define classid(T) sofa::core::objectmodel::classidT<T>()

} // namespace objectmodel

} // namespace core

} // namespace sofa

#endif