[SOLVED] Get the Window Type

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Hello,

How do I determine what window type my Window is, as in Editbox, MultilineEditbox, Button or something else?
With the CEGUI::Window::getType() I only get the looknfeel type which could be ANYTHING in the heart of the dear guy who wrote it (MyGUISheet/Editbox or even MyGUISheet/LeetBoxForJustAboutEverything).

Maybe I don't need it at all? Say I wan't to set readonly on my window.

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static_cast<CEGUI::Editbox*>(m_Window)->setReadOnly(true);

That works.. If the window is an editbox.

I need a function to cast it to the right Window type and then set read only, or abort if the Window type isn't a type who has setReadOnly anyway.

My original plan was something like this

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String type = m_Window->getType().c_str();
if(type == "Editbox")
    static_cast<CEGUI::Editbox*>(m_Window)->setReadOnly(mode);
else if(type == "MultiLineEditbox")
    static_cast<CEGUI::MultiLineEditbox*>(m_Window)->setReadOnly(mode);
else
    Log("Don't set read only on something that can't be...");


Thank you for your help

[CrazyEddie]

There exists a few possibilities here, I'll post them as code snippets based on your own code, then you can pick one that you like

Use Window::testClassName to test whether a class is a particular class (or inherits that class).

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if (m_Window->testClassName( "Editbox" ))
    static_cast<CEGUI::Editbox*>(m_Window)->setReadOnly(mode);
else if (m_Window->testClassName( "MultiLineEditbox" ))
    static_cast<CEGUI::MultiLineEditbox*>(m_Window)->setReadOnly(mode);
else
    Log("Don't set read only on something that can't be...");

Use C++ dynamic_cast to determine whether class is a particular class (or inherits that class)

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CEGUI::Editbox* ebox = dynamic_cast<CEGUI::Editbox*>(m_Window);
if (ebox)
{
    ebox->setReadOnly(mode);
}
else
{
    CEGUI::MultiLineEditbox* mlbox = dynamic_cast<CEGUI::MultiLineEditbox*>(m_Window);
    if (mlbox)
    {
        mlbox->setReadOnly(mode);
    }
    else
    {
        Log("Don't set read only on something that can't be...");
    }
}

Use properties:

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if (m_Window->isPropertyPresent( "ReadOnly" ))
    m_Window->setProperty( "ReadOnly", CEGUI::PropertyHelper::boolToString(mode) );
else
    Log("Don't set read only on something that can't be...");

HTH

CE

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Just awesome!

I was being frightened that CEGUI might not support this, and I'd have to work it out myself.
But you're able to throw not less than 3 solutions in my face

I'm a bit ashamed, I should have known about dynamic_cast. I tried the exact code you wrote, with the static_cast call.

I'll be going with propertyPresent

Thank you very much!