C++ Messages Classes Generation

Hi I need a library to automatically generate message classes in C++ from some temaplate (XML for example). Something similar to google buffers. However google buffers do not support inheritance and "free" fields. I don't n开发者_运维知识库eed to use for serialization it is just automatic generation from a template part, which is a must. Any ideas?

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XSLT seems like the obvious choice, if your "source" is in XML.

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Looks like you have at least two issues: reading from XML and creating instances on the Fly. As others will state, use a library for parsing XML. Search the web for "Factory design pattern c++".

If there is a common base class, a factory will return instances of the descendant object (allocated in dynamic memory). Otherwise the factory will be a collection of functions returning different objects.

One form of the factory implementation is to have methods that receive a text string (of the name of the class to be created) and return an instance pointer or NULL if method could not create the class. Something like this:

class Animal;
class Cat: public Animal;
class Dog: public Animal;
class Elephant: public Animal;

Animal * Create_Cat(const std::string& animal_name);
Animal * Create_Dog(const std::string& animal_name);
Animal * Create_Elephant(const std::string& animal_name);

Animal * Animal_Factory(const std::string& animal_name)
{
    Animal * p_animal = NULL;
    do
    {
        p_animal = Create_Cat(animal_name);
        if (p_animal)
        {
            break;
        }
        p_animal = Create_Dog(animal_name);
        if (p_animal)
        {
            break;
        }
        p_animal = Create_Elephant(animal_name);
        if (p_animal)
        {
            break;
        }
    } while (false);
    return p_animal;
}