Some modifications to alow use of generic OPimRecords without need to

cast them manually to the right type

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimaccesstemplate.h b/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimaccesstemplate.h
index f1bcc44..d4c5fbb 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimaccesstemplate.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimaccesstemplate.h
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
                              This file is part of the Opie Project
-                             Copyright (C) The Main Author <main-author@whereever.org>
+                             Copyright (C) Holger Freyther <zecke@handhelds.org>
+                             Copyright (C) Stefan Eilers <eilers.stefan@epost.de>
               =.             Copyright (C) The Opie Team <opie-devel@handhelds.org>
@@ -139,2 +140,9 @@ public:
     bool add( const OPimRecord& );
+    // Needed for real generic access (eilers) 
+    // Info: Take this if  you are working with OPimRecord, which is a generic base class, and 
+    //       you need to add it into any database, you cannot generate a reference to
+    //       it and casting may be not approriate, too. 
+    //       But take care that the accessing database is compatible to the real type of OPimRecord !!
+    bool add( const OPimRecord* );
+
 
@@ -273,2 +281,3 @@ bool OPimAccessTemplate<T>::add( const T& t ) {
 }
+
 template <class T>
@@ -276,4 +285,5 @@ bool OPimAccessTemplate<T>::add( const OPimRecord& rec) {
     /* same type */
-    if ( rec.rtti() == T::rtti() ) {
-        const T &t = static_cast<const T&>(rec);
+    T tempInstance;
+    if ( rec.rtti() == tempInstance.rtti() ) {
+        const T& t = static_cast<const T&>(rec);
         return add(t);
@@ -282,2 +292,14 @@ bool OPimAccessTemplate<T>::add( const OPimRecord& rec) {
 }
+
+template <class T>
+bool OPimAccessTemplate<T>::add( const OPimRecord* rec) {
+    /* same type, but pointer  */
+    T tempInstance;
+    if ( rec -> rtti() == tempInstance.rtti() ) {
+        const T* t = static_cast<const T*>(rec);
+        return add( *t );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 template <class T>