Re: [boost] Re: GUI Library Proposal for a Proposal

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-09 15:29:06

> I'd prefer a way of storing the type information for each reflectable
> class statically, and in a generic way, e.g. something like
> std::map<std::string, property>.  This would enable the reflection
> code could be decoupled from the reflected classes entirely and just
> operate on this property meta-data.  It would also allow client code
> to lookup individual properties (e.g. by name) instead of having to
> visit all of them.
> 

Not sure if I understood you correctly, but if I did, why not do this:

// define globals in a source file

// etc.
reflected_property r1(&window::get_enabled, &window::set_enabled, 
"enabled");
reflected_property r2(&window::get_visible, &window::set_visible, 
"visible");

Best,
John

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