[t.oliveira]

Dear all,

In many parts of OpenFOAM (e.g. src/combustionModels/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModelNew.C) the variable dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_ occurs.

I would like to know what the class of this variable is, and where on the code it is instantiated.

Thanks!

[t.oliveira]

I found that the variable dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_ that occurs on src/combustionModels/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModelNew.C
is of pointer type Foam::combustionModels:: psiCombustionModel::dictionaryConstructorTable* {aka Foam::HashTable<Foam::autoPtr<Foam::combustionMode ls:: psiCombustionModel> (*)(const Foam::word&, const Foam::fvMesh&), Foam::word, Foam::string::hash>*}.

So I believe its type varies according to the scope of dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_.

[tomislav_maric]

Originally Posted by t.oliveira

Dear all,

In many parts of OpenFOAM (e.g. src/combustionModels/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModel/psiCombustionModelNew.C) the variable dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_ occurs.

I would like to know what the class of this variable is, and where on the code it is instantiated.

Thanks!

Check out this blog post. There is an entire series on RTS that I wrote, you might want to read that if you want to understand the RTS mechanism.

FYI: do not expect to read that stuff in 2 minutes and understand everything immediately - it's a complicated system that uses macros together with nested class templates to register stuff to class-static hash tables. It is not a cookie recipe Work over the source code examples (available on bitbucket ). If you find a bug in the examples, please submit an issue here

[wouter]

Hello t.oliveira
found another place where it is explained in another way.
http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Op...tion_mechanism

Maybe it helps,
Wouter

[t.oliveira]

Thanks, Tomislav and Wouter.

Tomislav, the series on RTS on sourceflux blog is one of a kind. Please consider making a new chapter out of it to add to the next edition of your book (which has been very useful, by the way).

[Piyush25]

what is dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_ and dictionaryConstructorTable??