Thomas Hamilton / GenericFunctionHandler

Class designed to store and invoke function pointers and method pointers

GenericFunctionHandler.h@3:7e4f282982a6, 2011-12-09 (annotated)

Committer:
Blaze513
Date:
Fri Dec 09 01:19:08 2011 +0000
Revision:
3:7e4f282982a6
Parent:
1:2418b141f599 
Fixed problem with destructor deleting unallocated pointers

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Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 1 //mbed Microcontroller Library
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 2 //Class designed to store and invoke function pointers and method pointers
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 3 //Copyright 2011
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 4 //Thomas Hamilton
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 5
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 6 #ifndef GenericFunctionHandlerLibrary
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 7 #define GenericFunctionHandlerLibrary
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 8
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 9 class GenericFunctionHandler
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 10 {
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 11 private:
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 12 bool FunctionPointerType;
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 13 void (*FunctionPointer)();
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 14 unsigned char* ObjectPointer;
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 15 unsigned char* MethodPointer;
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 16 void (GenericFunctionHandler::*InvokePointer)();
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 17
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 18 template<class Class>
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 19 void InvokeMethod()
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 20 {
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 21 (*(Class**)ObjectPointer->**(void (Class::**)())MethodPointer)();
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 22 }
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 23
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 24 public:
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 25 GenericFunctionHandler(void (*FunctionAddress)())
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 26 : FunctionPointerType(0), FunctionPointer(FunctionAddress)
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 27 {
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 28 }
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 29 //This constructor accepts a function address and constructs an
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 30 //instance of this class for handling a static function. The
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 31 //constructor prepares the function to be called when the the Call
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 32 //method of this class object is called.
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 33 template<class Class>
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 34 GenericFunctionHandler(
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 35 Class* ObjectAddress, void (Class::*MethodAddress)()) :
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 36 FunctionPointerType(1),
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 37 ObjectPointer(new unsigned char(sizeof(ObjectAddress))),
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 38 MethodPointer(new unsigned char(sizeof(MethodAddress))),
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 39 InvokePointer(&GenericFunctionHandler::InvokeMethod<Class>)
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 40 {
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 41 memcpy(ObjectPointer, (unsigned char*)&ObjectAddress,
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 42 sizeof(ObjectAddress));
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 43 memcpy(MethodPointer, (unsigned char*)&MethodAddress,
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 44 sizeof(MethodAddress));
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 45 }
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 46 //This constructor template accepts a pointer to a class object
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 47 //and a pointer to a method of that class and constructs an
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 48 //instance of this class for handling a method of that class. The
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 49 //constructor constructor prepares the method to be called on the
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 50 //class object when the Call method of this class object is
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 51 //called.
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 52
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 53 ~GenericFunctionHandler()
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 54 {
Blaze513 3:7e4f282982a6 55 if (FunctionPointerType)
Blaze513 3:7e4f282982a6 56 {
Blaze513 3:7e4f282982a6 57 delete[] ObjectPointer;
Blaze513 3:7e4f282982a6 58 delete[] MethodPointer;
Blaze513 3:7e4f282982a6 59 }
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 60 }
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 61
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 62 void Call()
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 63 {
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 64 if (!FunctionPointerType)
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 65 {
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 66 (*FunctionPointer)();
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 67 }
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 68 else
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 69 {
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 70 (this->*InvokePointer)();
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 71 }
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 72 }
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 73 //This method invokes the function or method pointer that was
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 74 //passed into the constructor of this class.
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 75
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 76 void operator ()()
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 77 {
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 78 if (!FunctionPointerType)
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 79 {
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 80 (*FunctionPointer)();
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 81 }
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 82 else
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 83 {
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 84 (this->*InvokePointer)();
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 85 }
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 86 }
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 87 //This overload of the () operator allows shorthand invokation of
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 88 //a GenericFunctionHandler object's function pointer such that it
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 89 //appears as a standard function call. For example:
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 90 //GenericFunctionHandlerObject(); does the same thing as
Blaze513 1:2418b141f599 91 //GenericFunctionHandlerObject.Call();
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 92 };
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 93
Blaze513 0:2aa4daee328e 94 #endif