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              Copyright (C) 2003 Joseph Coffland

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#ifndef BASICCLASSFACTORY_H
#define BASICCLASSFACTORY_H

#include "BasicClassFactoryBase.h"

/** 
 * A templated class factory. B is the base class and T the derived class.
 * The base class may be void, but otherwise B must be a base class of T.
 */
template <class B, class T>
class BasicClassFactory: public BasicClassFactoryBase<B> {
public:
  /** 
   * @return A pointer to a newly allocated instance of class T.
   */
  virtual B *create() {return new T;}

  /** 
   * @param classNode A pointer to the instance of class T to deallocate.
   */
  virtual void destroy(B *classNode) {delete classNode;}
};
#endif
