Macros for defining the compile time class factory

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Macros
#define	BEGIN_FACTORY_DEF(company, url, email, noClasses)
#define	DEF_CLASS(cid, cardinality, category, name, classFlags, subCategories, version, sdkVersion, createMethod, createContext)
#define	END_FACTORY

Detailed Description

Example:

static constexpr size_t numberOfClasses = 1;
static DECLARE_UID (TestPluginUID, 0x00000001, 0x00000002, 0x00000003, 0x00000004);
 
BEGIN_FACTORY_DEF ("MyCompany", "mycompany.com", "info@mycompany.com", numberOfClasses)
 
    DEF_CLASS (TestPluginUID,
               PClassInfo::kManyInstances,
               "PlugIn",
               "Test PlugIn",
               0,
               "SubCategory",
               "1.0.0",
               stringSDKVersion,
               TestPlugin::newInstance,
               nullptr)
 
END_FACTORY

Macro Definition Documentation

BEGIN_FACTORY_DEF

#define BEGIN_FACTORY_DEF	(		company,
			url,
			email,
			noClasses )

Value:

    struct SMTG_HIDDEN_SYMBOL FactoryData                                                     \
    {                                                                                         \
        static constexpr Steinberg::PFactoryInfo factoryInfo = {                              \
            company, url, email, Steinberg::PFactoryInfo::kUnicode};                          \
                                                                                              \
        static constexpr std::array<Steinberg::PluginFactoryDetail::ClassInfo2WithCreateFunc, \
                                    noClasses>                                                \
            classInfos = {

DEF_CLASS

#define DEF_CLASS	(		cid,
			cardinality,
			category,
			name,
			classFlags,
			subCategories,
			version,
			sdkVersion,
			createMethod,
			createContext )

Value:

    Steinberg::PluginFactoryDetail::makeClassInfo2 (cid, cardinality, category, name, classFlags, \
                                                    subCategories, nullptr, version, sdkVersion,  \
                                                    createMethod, createContext),

END_FACTORY

#define END_FACTORY

Value:

    };};                                                                         \
    SMTG_EXPORT_SYMBOL Steinberg::IPluginFactory* PLUGIN_API GetPluginFactory () \
    {                                                                            \
        static Steinberg::PluginFactory<FactoryData> factory;                    \
        return &factory;                                                         \
    }