/**
 * PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
 * Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
 * license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
 * with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
 *
 * @file factory.I
 * @author drose
 * @date 2000-05-08
 */

/**
 * Attempts to create a new instance of some class of the indicated type, or
 * some derivative if necessary.  If an instance of the exact type cannot be
 * created, the specified preferred will specify which derived class will be
 * preferred.
 */
template<class Type>
INLINE Type *Factory<Type>::
make_instance(TypeHandle handle, const FactoryParams &params) {
  return (Type *)FactoryBase::make_instance(handle, params);
}

/**
 * Attempts to create a new instance of some class of the indicated type, or
 * some derivative if necessary.  If an instance of the exact type cannot be
 * created, the specified preferred will specify which derived class will be
 * preferred.
 *
 * This flavor of make_instance() accepts a string name that indicates the
 * desired type.  It must be the name of some already-registered type.
 */
template<class Type>
INLINE Type *Factory<Type>::
make_instance(const std::string &type_name, const FactoryParams &params) {
  return (Type *)FactoryBase::make_instance(type_name, params);
}

/**
 * Attempts to create an instance of the type requested, or some base type of
 * the type requested.  Returns the new instance created, or NULL if the
 * instance could not be created.
 */
template<class Type>
INLINE Type *Factory<Type>::
make_instance_more_general(TypeHandle handle, const FactoryParams &params) {
  return (Type *)FactoryBase::make_instance_more_general(handle, params);
}

/**
 * Attempts to create an instance of the type requested, or some base type of
 * the type requested.  Returns the new instance created, or NULL if the
 * instance could not be created.
 *
 * This flavor of make_instance_more_general() accepts a string name that
 * indicates the desired type.  It must be the name of some already-registered
 * type.
 */
template<class Type>
INLINE Type *Factory<Type>::
make_instance_more_general(const std::string &type_name,
                           const FactoryParams &params) {
  return (Type *)FactoryBase::make_instance_more_general(type_name, params);
}

/**
 * Registers a new kind of thing the Factory will be able to create.
 */
template<class Type>
INLINE void Factory<Type>::
register_factory(TypeHandle handle, CreateFunc *func, void *user_data) {
  FactoryBase::register_factory(handle, (BaseCreateFunc *)func, user_data);
}