Base: Add 'getTypeIfDerivedFrom' member function to Type class

2021-09-01 10:10:39 -03:00
parent 82b97374fd
commit 33b2c7d353
3 changed files with 29 additions and 11 deletions
--- a/src/Base/Type.h
+++ b/src/Base/Type.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ public:
  bool isDerivedFrom(const Type type) const;

  static int getAllDerivedFrom(const Type type, std::vector<Type>& List);
+  /// Returns the given named type if is derived from parent type, otherwise return bad type
+  static Type getTypeIfDerivedFrom(const char* name , const Type parent, bool bLoadModule=false);

  static int getNumTypes(void);