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Macro BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS

BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS

Synopsis

// In header: <boost/type_index.hpp>

BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS

Description

BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS is used to help to emulate RTTI. Put this macro into the public section of polymorphic class to allow runtime type detection.

Depending on the typeid() availability this macro will expand to nothing or to virtual helper function virtual const type_info& boost_type_info_type_id_runtime_() const noexcept.

Example:

class A {
public:
    BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS
    virtual ~A(){}
};

struct B: public A {
    BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS
};

struct C: public B {
    BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS
};

...

C c1;
A* pc1 = &c1;
assert(boost::typeindex::type_id<C>() == boost::typeindex::type_id_runtime(*pc1));