TVirtualObject.h

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// @(#)root/io:$Id$
// Author: Philippe Canal July, 2008

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#ifndef ROOT_TVirtualObject
#define ROOT_TVirtualObject

/**
\class TVirtualObject
\ingroup IO

Wrapper around an object and giving indirect access to its content
even if the object is not of a class in the Cint/Reflex dictionary.
*/

#include "TClassRef.h"


class TVirtualObject {
private:

   TVirtualObject(const TVirtualObject&);             // not implemented
   TVirtualObject &operator=(const TVirtualObject&);  // not implemented

public:
   TClassRef  fClass;
   void      *fObject;

   TVirtualObject(TClass *cl) : fClass(cl), fObject(cl ? cl->New() : 0) { }
   ~TVirtualObject() { if (fClass) fClass->Destructor(fObject); }


   TClass *GetClass() const { return fClass; }
   void   *GetObject() const { return fObject; }

};

#endif // ROOT_TVirtualObject