From dee24810c09d05ff227b5488b88d690e23edd211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akiko <akiko@linux-addicted.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:14:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] - added BaseObject class, a CRTP approach to get unique ids
 and a hierarchy (also useful for doing item tracking *hint*)

---
 common/BaseObject.hxx | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 common/BaseObject.hxx

diff --git a/common/BaseObject.hxx b/common/BaseObject.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aac6b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/BaseObject.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <string>
+#include <typeindex>
+
+template <typename Class>
+class BaseObject {
+private:
+    using HRC = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock;
+    using TP = std::chrono::time_point<HRC>;
+
+    const TP _pcid;              // parent class id
+    const TP _cid;               // class id
+    const std::type_index _cidx; // unique identifier
+
+public:
+    BaseObject()
+    : _pcid(TP::duration::zero()), _cid(HRC::now()), _cidx(typeid (Class))
+    {
+    }
+
+    BaseObject(const BaseObject& rhs)
+    : _pcid(rhs._cid), _cid(HRC::now()), _cidx(rhs._cidx)
+    {
+    }
+
+    BaseObject(const BaseObject&& rhs)
+    : _pcid(std::move(rhs._pcid)), _cid(std::move(rhs._cid)), _cidx(rhs._cidx)
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual ~BaseObject()
+    {
+    }
+
+    BaseObject& operator=(const BaseObject& rhs)
+    {
+        _pcid = rhs._cid;
+        _cid = HRC::now();
+        _cidx = rhs._cidx;
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    BaseObject& operator=(const BaseObject&& rhs)
+    {
+        _pcid = std::move(rhs._pcid);
+        _cid = std::move(rhs._cid);
+        _cidx = std::move(rhs._cidx);
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    size_t pcid() const
+    {
+        return _pcid;
+    }
+
+    size_t cid() const
+    {
+        return _cid;
+    }
+
+    std::type_index cindex() const
+    {
+        return _cidx;
+    }
+};
-- 
2.15.1