Reflection interface to a property in a PropertySet. More...

#include <properties.h>

Inherited by core::TypedProperty< T >, and core::VariantProperty< T >.

Public Member Functions
const string &	name () const
	Property name.

const string &	description () const
	Property description.

PropertySet *	parent () const
	The PropertySet which contains this property.

virtual string	value () const =0
	The property value, formatted as a string.

virtual string	defaultValue () const =0
	The default property value, formatted as a string.

virtual PropertySet *	childPropertySet () const
	Return the optional child PropertySet, or `nullptr`

virtual void	setValue (const string &str)=0
	Update the current value from a string representation.

virtual vector< string >	knownValues () const =0
	The list of known possible values (when available, for example enums)

virtual void	copyFrom (const Property &src)=0
	Copies values between properties of the same runtime type. More...

virtual json	toJson () const =0
	Serialize the property value to a json object.

virtual void	fromJson (const json &json_obj)=0
	Deserialize the property value from a json object.

template<class T >
const T &	nativeValue () const
	Type-safe accessor to the native property value. More...

template<class T >
bool	isA () const
	Returns `true` if the property wraps a `T` value.

Detailed Description

Reflection interface to a property in a PropertySet.

Member Function Documentation

virtual void core::Property::copyFrom ( const Property & src )

pure virtual

Copies values between properties of the same runtime type.

Exceptions

std::bad_cast if the types don't match

template<class T >

const T& core::Property::nativeValue ( ) const

inline

Type-safe accessor to the native property value.

Exceptions

core::Exception if the runtime type doesn't match

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