lib_mrpt_rtti.h

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/** \defgroup mrpt_rtti_grp [mrpt-rtti]
 
Runtime Type Information (RTTI) library, providing compiler-independent class registry, class factory, and inheritance information.
 
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# Library `mrpt-rtti`
<small> [New in MRPT 2.0.0] </small>
 
This library is part of MRPT and can be installed in Debian-based systems with:
 
        sudo apt install libmrpt-rtti-dev
 
Any class with RTTI support has to be derived from mrpt::rtti::CObject, either
directly or via a hierarchy of inheriting classes.
Class factory by name enables deserialization of polymorphic classes in the
library \ref mrpt_serialization_grp.
 
All classes defined in each MRPT module are automatically registered when loading
the module (if dynamically linked).
 
## Example #1: defining new user classes
 
See: \ref rtti_example1/test.cpp
\snippet rtti_example1/test.cpp example-define-class
\snippet rtti_example1/test.cpp example-define-class-test
Output:
\include rtti_example1/console.out
 
## Example #2: using the class factory
 
See: \ref rtti_example1/test.cpp
\snippet rtti_example1/test.cpp example-define-class
\snippet rtti_example1/test.cpp example-factory
Output:
\include rtti_example1/console.out
 
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