Public Member Functions

Ageable () throw ()
Constructor; remembers birth time from current time counter.
Ageable (time_t t) throw ()
Constructor with explicit time value.
Ageable (const Ageable &A) throw ()
Copy constructor.
Ageable (const volatile Ageable &A) throw ()
Copy constructor.
bool isNewerThan (const Ageable &a) const throw ()
Comparison operator.
bool isOlderThan (const Ageable &a) const throw ()
Comparison operator.
bool isYoungerThan (const Ageable &a) const throw ()
Comparison operator (alias to isNewerThan() )
bool operator!= (const Ageable &a) const throw ()
Comparison operator.
bool operator< (const Ageable &a) const throw ()
Comparison operator.
bool operator< (volatile const Ageable &a) const volatile throw ()
bool operator<= (const Ageable &a) const throw ()
Comparision operator.
bool operator<= (const volatile Ageable &a) const volatile throw ()
Comparision operator.
bool operator== (const Ageable &a) const throw ()
Comparison operator.
bool operator> (const Ageable &a) const throw ()
Comparison operator.
bool operator> (const volatile Ageable &a) const volatile throw ()
Comparision operator.
bool operator>= (const Ageable &a) const throw ()
Comparision operator.
bool operator>= (const volatile Ageable &a) const volatile throw ()
Comparison operator.
time_t time_value () const throw ()
Return an object's current age.
time_t time_value () const volatile throw ()
Return an object's current age.
time_t touch () throw ()
Mark the current object as being modified "now".
time_t update (const Ageable &Other) throw ()
Set the age of the current object to the age of another object if that other one is newer than the current one.
time_t update (const volatile Ageable &Other) volatile throw ()
Set the age of the current object to the age of another object if that other one is newer than the current one.
time_t update (time_t age) throw ()
Set the age of the current object to a specific age if that is newer than the current one.
~Ageable () throw ()
Destructor.

Static Public Member Functions

static const Ageable & InfinitelyOld () throw ()
Return a time that is infinitely in the past (well, sort of).
static time_t now () throw ()
Return the current global time.

Detailed Description

Base class for objects which change from time to time.

Upon touching such "ageable" objects, a change is indicated. The "age" is not related to physical time, but just an integer number. This number is a global counter that is increased when any object is touched.

Member Function Documentation

static const Ageable& MemCore::Ageable::InfinitelyOld ( ) throw () [inline, static]

Return a time that is infinitely in the past (well, sort of).

It is a reference to a static members whose time value is zero, means it's the oldest of all objects (smallest age).

time_t MemCore::Ageable::touch ( ) throw () [inline]

Mark the current object as being modified "now".

The global time counter is increased by this operation.

Examples:: stockvish.cpp.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

memcore/Ageable.hpp
memcore/Ageable.cpp